The Computational Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz is seeking a Program Director for the Games and Playable Media masters degree program, with an ideal start date of August/September 2015.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
CfP: Workshop on Meta-Games and Meta-Gaming (@CEEGS 2015)
Although scrutinized by a number of individual papers, meta-referentiality in and surrounding games is still under-researched. Following a round-table discussion at this year’s DiGRA conference at Leuphana University, Lüneburg, and a small workshop hosted by the University of Cologne’s media studies department in June, the workshop co-located with the Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference (CEEGS) 2015 is meant to explore additional facets of meta-phenomena connected with games and to further facilitate the formation of an international network of scholars interested in their study.
CfP: European Fan Cultures 12-13 November
Academic studies are increasingly paying attention to active audiences and participatory cultures. The figure of the fan – the enthusiastic, adoring, productive, but critical audience member – perhaps best captures these cultures. Both online and offline, fans have their own subcultures, habits and local practices.
Books: Bumper crop of new game studies books from Routledge
Routledge recently published a bumper crop of new game studies books. Details below.
CfP: Special Issue of Game Studies – “Games and War”
Please take note of the following call for papers for a special issue on the varying relations between games and war hosted by the journal Game Studies. Submission deadline for full papers: December 1, 2015. Publication planned for December 2016.
CfP: Playful Experiences and Game Concepts for Multi-Screen Environments @ ICEC2015
In this workshop at the ICEC 2015 Conference we will focus on how to design for playful experiences in multi-screen environments (smartphone, tablet, PC and TV), how existing gaming concepts can or cannot be transferred to the design of novel multi-screen formats, and how current insights in sociability, genres and attention can inspire new game concepts.
Sign up for “History of Gender in Games” Symposium
The program of the Symposium “History of Gender in Games,” that will take place in the auditorium of the Grande Bibliothèque June 26-27 2015, is now available online at http://www.sahj.ca. Organized in partnership by TAG, MIT-CMS|W, LUDOV, Homo Ludens, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design, this event is free and open to the public (250 spaces – first-come, first-served).
Book: “More Playful User Interfaces”
Anton Nijholt writes:
My recent (edited) book on More Playful User Interfaces just appeared in Springer’s Gaming Media and Social Effects series. It contains chapters on..
Journal: Second Issue of “Press Start” now available
Matthew Barr writes:
We’ve just published the second issue of Press Start (a student game studies journal hosted here at Glasgow):
Journal: July 2015 issue of Games and Culture is now available
Tanya Krzywinska writes:
I’m delighted to announce that there is a new, and exciting, edition of Games and Culture out. Here’s the table of contents: