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Journal: JVWR new issue “Edge” is published
Volume 9, Number 3: Edge Issue editor: Yesha Sivan, Coller Institute of Venture, Tel Aviv University, Israel A collection of 5 papers which suggest new angles and unique points of view, is presented in this Edge issue. Each of these five papers pushes the boundaries of the disciplines in a different way. Together, they demonstrate the…
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Well Played – a special let’s play video issue
ETC Press is excited to announce the release of the first issue of the sixth volume of Well Played, a special Let’s Play video issue, edited by Moses Wolfenstein. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/volume-6-number-1-lets-play Who Needs Video Games? South Park Stick of Truth – Osvaldo Jimenez Fallout 4: Succumbing to the Simulacra- Mark Chen Read Only Memories ~ A Supercut…
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Call for Editors for a Special Issue on Real Virtual Relationships
Call for Editors A Special Issue on “Real Virtual Relationships” We are looking for a prime guest editor (with potentially one or two co-editors) to manage the process for 2017, Q2. This is a great opportunity to influence the state of our field. You will need to: Be passionate about advancing research in the field. Issue a Call…
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“Gamevironments of the Past”, #5 (2016), and 2 new CfP: regular issue + “Jewish Gamevironments”
We are happy to announce this year’s Special Issue of GAMEVIRONMENTS by Derek Fewster and Ylva Grufstedt (Helsinki) on gaming and history! “Gamevironments of the Past”, #5 (2016), includes articles, reports on current activities/trends, and interviews – all from the field of gaming and history: Derek Fewster and Ylva Grufstedt: Introduction: Gamevironments of the Past…
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Press Start Journal issue 3.2
Press Start, the Game Studies journal led and fed by students, has just published its latest issue over at http://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/issue/view/5. We invite you to review the Table of Contents below and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Press Start Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed student journal that publishes the best undergraduate and…
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Announcing G|A|M|E journal n.5/2016
We’re proud to announce that G|A|M|E n. 5/2016 has been published and is available (open access) at http://www.gamejournal.it/issues/game-n-52016/ Can video game design be compared to more formalized practices of scientific research or speculation within game studies? And, by virtue of an intellectual leap that in itself calls for discussion, can video games be considered as an…
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CfP: Special Issue on Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies
Call for articles for a special issue of Open Library of Humanities: Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies This open-access special issue of Open Library of Humanities aims to bring questions of Postcolonialism to the forefront of game studies. An often underexplored and neglected area in the domain of studying both digital and analogue games, a…
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Journal Issue: ‘On Game Structures’ special issue
On Game Structures is the title of a special edition of the Journal for Performance Research, edited by Natasha Lushetich & Mathias Fuchs. Performance Research, Volume 21, Issue 4, August 2016 http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rprs20/21/4 is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online.
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Journal Issue: Press Start on ‘Negotiating Gamer Identities’
The editors of Press Start Journal announce that the special issue “Negotiating Gamer Identities” has just been published: For this latest special issue, they invited submissions regarding the recent controversies surrounding the notion of player identities within gaming culture and offer a range of engaging articles, with topics such as gender, race and sexuality being discussed.
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CfP: Well Played Journal Special Issue
Well Played Journal Special Issue Cfp: European Videogames of the 1980s Edited by Clara Fernandez-Vara and Bennett Foddy.
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Journal: Journal of Games Criticism Special Issue
The Journal of Games Criticism announces the publication of its first special issue, edited by Aaron Trammell and Zack Lischer-Katz. Adapted from the Extending Play: The Sequel conference held at Rutgers University in 2015, this issue’s articles and interviews consider matters surrounding sequels and repetition in the world of video games and their study. The…
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Journal Issue and CfP: New Issue of Gamevironments + CfP for the next issue
New issue of gamevironments. games, religion, and stuff is available at http://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/ In this second regular issue, #4 (2016), you find articles, a report about current activities in the field of gaming and religion, two interviews and a number of different game and book reviews.
