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ToDiGRA Vol. 7 No. 2 – DiGRA Mexico Special Issue now out!
Thanks to the efforts of anonymous reviewers and a crack team of guest editors (Ruth S. Contreras Espinosa, Blanca Estela López Pérez, and Ángel Garfias Frías), the newest issue of ToDiGRA is now out. This one is a mixed-language issue (some articles in Spanish, others in English) with selected articles from the 1st International DiGRA…
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G|A|M|E – Call For Papers N.8 – ‘Would you kindly?’
‘Would you kindly?’: Claiming Video Game Agency as Interdisciplinary Concept (https://www.gamejournal.it/n-8-2019-would-you-kindly-claiming-video-game-agency-as-interdisciplinary-concept/) The new issue of G|A|M|E proposes a re-examination of the concept of agency in games. They welcome contributions that address the idea of agency from a variety of academic perspectives, taking into account its interdisciplinary history and application, in order to expand our critical…
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CfP: Special Issue – Intergenerational Gaming, Accessibility, Motivation, and Engagement (iGAME)
Overview: The CGJ is pleased to announce a CFP for the forthcoming special issue: iGAME (intergenerational: Gaming, Accessibility, Motivation, and Engagement). The field of Games Studies has received a vast amount of interest and investigation over the last 50 years, ranging from game addiction, gender, engagement/interaction, to health rehabilitation and cohorts (i.e. baby boomers). However, intergenerational gaming has received less…
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Special issue of GAME on digital entertainment and special needs
A new special issue of GAME has been released with a focus on Digital Entertainment and Special Needs. Edited by Enrico Gandolfi, Kaybeth Calabria, and Richard E. Ferdig, it includes 5 peer-reviewed articles that address different aspects of the relationship between video games and special needs (e.g., spanning universal interfaces, empathy through games, ludic mechanics…
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Press Start Journal latest issue published!
Press Start Journal is pleased to announce that our latest issue is now published! https://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/issue/view/8 Over the past year, they’ve had a change of hands from our founder, Matt Barr, to their new editor-in-chief, Mahli-Ann Butt. They’ve taken some extra time to put together this issue with great pride and care. Through a friendly double-open…
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CfP: Video Game Art Reader
Video Game Art Reader Issue 3 Call for Papers OVERCLOCKING This issue proposes overclocking as a foundational metaphor for how games are produced and experienced today, and the temporal compressions and extensions of the many historical lineages that have shaped game art and culture. In the same way that a computer user might overclock the…
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CfP: Games of Empire 10 Years Later Special Issue in Games & Culture
Call for Papers: Games of Empire 10 Years Later – Special Issue in Games & Culture 2019 marks ten years since the publication of Nick Dyer-Witheford and Greig de Peuter’s seminal Games of Empire. Adopting the concept of Empire from Italian autonomous Marxist authors Michael Negri & Antonio Hardt, the book is considered one of…
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CfP: ACM Special Issue on Culture Games
Special Issue on “Culture Games” ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline 15th December 2019 Industries, stakeholders, and the general public approach culture (both tangible and intangible) for a variety of purposes, and digital games can channel each of these purposes in different ways. In the context of a cultural…
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CfP: Special Issue GAMEVIRONMENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue GAMEVIRONMENTS Nation(alism), identity and video gaming Guest Editors: Lisa Kienzl (kienzl@uni-bremen.de) and Kathrin Trattner (kathrin.trattner@uni-graz.at) Although video games can be seen as a prime example of a globalized media culture, questions of nation and identity have been the subject of increasing scholarly as well as public discussion in recent years.…
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Press Start Journal Call for 2019 Editorial Board
Press Start Journal is looking for up to eight new volunteer Editorial Board members. Board members are expected to: Guide submissions made to Press Start through the editorial process. This will involve: Assigning appropriate reviewers Following up with reviewers as required Providing authors with the results of the review process, including a summary of reviewers’…
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Queerness & Video Games Special Issue of Game Studies
Amanda Phillips and Bo Ruberg are very proud to announce that the “Queerness & Video Games” special issue of Game Studies is now out! The issue includes eleven original peer-review articles on a variety of topics relating to queerness, gender, sexuality, games, and play, as well as an introduction from the special issue editors, Amanda…
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CfP: Games of Empire 10 Years Later – Special Issue in Games & Culture
Call for Papers: Games of Empire 10 Years Later – Special Issue in Games & Culture 2019 marks ten years since the publication of Nick Dyer-Witheford and Greig de Peuter’s seminal Games of Empire. Adopting the concept of Empire from Italian autonomous Marxist authors Michael Negri & Antonio Hardt, the book is considered one of…
