Call for Papers
The Futures of Games and Game Studies
Special issue of Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
https://eludamos.org/index.php/eludamos/announcement/view/99
Submission deadline: September 1, 2022
During its around 20 years of existence, game studies has put computer games on the academic map. The field has provided a response to effect studies by demonstrating that games are social arenas of intrinsic value to the individuals that use them, and that they are cultural products able to comment on society in new ways. From a more practical perspective, technical oriented game studies has driven developments in artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
But where will game studies go in the future? What are the challenges that game studies will face as computer games mature and become a medium not only for entertainment but also for politics and activism? What will happen to games as technological developments take new and unforeseen directions? How can we as a scholarly community be able not only to respond to these rapid developments but also be able to define what games should be in the future? This special issue will be an attempt to illuminate potential avenues for the future of game studies.
This special issue call is based on the Futures of Games and Game Studies symposium and doctoral consortium organized at the IT University of Copenhagen in April 2022. Participants who attended the event are encouraged to submit, but with this call we also invite submissions from the larger academic community.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Full paper submission deadline: September 1, 2022
Review results: October 15, 2022
Camera ready papers: Dec 1, 2022
Publication: December 2022/January 2023
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Eludamos accepts submissions of up to 8.000 words, excluding references but including notes and tables. Please make sure your manuscript corresponds to the journal’s formal requirements regarding length, citation style, and so on. For full submission guidelines, see https://www.eludamos.org/index.php/eludamos/information/authors
ABOUT ELUDAMOS:
Eludamos is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the academic study of computer games and play. Eludamos publishes special issues, but will also accept unsolicited submissions relating to our aims and scope. See full description of Eludamos at https://eludamos.org/index.php/eludamos/about
CONTACT:
Kristine Jørgensen
Professor, Dept of Information Science and Media Studies
Vice Dean of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
Kristine.Jorgensen@uib.no