New Issue of Press Start Journal 4.1

The editorial board of Press Start Journal is once again happy to inform you of our newest issue, containing:

Editorial: Behind the Making

Lars de Wildt, Carina Assuncao, Samir Azrioual, Matthew Barr, Landon Kyle Berry, Mahli-Ann Butt, Daniel Joseph Dunne, Sarah Beth Evans, Eric Murnane

Critical Insights:

Playing Producer: An alternative perspective on video games as film

Olivia Huang

Papers, Please as Critical Making: A Review

Eddie Lohmeyer

Articles:

Pokémon is Evolving! An investigation into the development of the Pokémon community and expectations for the future of the franchise

Carina Assunção, Michelle Brown, Ross Workman

The Design Process of a Board Game for Exploring the Territories of the United States

Mehmet Kosa, Murat Yilmaz

“Grant us eyes, grant us eyes! Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy!”: FromSoftware’s Bloodborne, and the New Frontier of the Gothic

Oliver Langmead

Commentary:

Book Review: The Post-9/11 Video Game: A Critical Examination

Pieter Van den Heede

The new, sixth issue can be found at http://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/issue/view/6

As always, we seek contributions and reviewers – by students between the Bachelor level and until a year after finishing their Ph.D.

For those people we provide a supportive but critical, quick and high-quality environment to publish within the field of Game Studies. For more information check out http://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/index

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