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Championing homegrown music is one of the preeminent hallmarks of community radio. For the month of November, it expands annually into the entire Australian cultural zeitgeist. However, there’s a specific lane of Ausmusic that tends to fall by the wayside — videogame soundtracks. A study from Bond University earlier this year indicates 94% of Australian households have a videogame device, with the average one-in-four Australians having played for at least eleven years. Associate Professor Dan Golding (the first videogame composer to be ARIA-nominated), and Dr. Brendan Keogh, who’s extensively written about the development and cultural practice of videogames.

You can check out Dan and Brendan’s Benchmark report here.