play/write Student Journal
Topic: Community in Play
Community has always been at the heart of play. Therefore, in this issue we want to examine how games – whether video games, analog games, or tabletop role-playing games – foster, reflect and shape community and communities.
Possible essay topics include (but are not limited to):
– Game Jams as Spaces for Community Building
– Toxicity in Gaming Communities
– The Role of Streamers and Let’s Plays in Community Creation
– Exploration of Fandoms
– Community and Communities within Gameworlds
– Diversity and Inclusion
– The Evolution and Development of Game Communities
– How Game Design Encourages and Discourages Community Building
– Community and (Online) Multiplayer Games
– TTRPG as a Collaborative Medium
– Social Interaction in Analog Games and Its Role in Community Building
We encourage submissions from both humanities as well as technical sciences!
Submission Deadline: December 31st, 2024
Formal Requirements:
Word Count: between 800-2000 words
Referencing Style: CMoS17
Please submit your essay to kcgl@aau.at!
>Mission Statement
Our Play/Write Student Journal wants to engage ([under]graduate) students from any kind of background to submit brief essays including critical reflections on video games.
We offer the opportunity to both review and publish student’s written works in the field of Game Studies. Our aim is to bring together different perspectives on topics in Game Studies from people with differing (scholarly) backgrounds on a student level, to foster skills of critical analysis and writing, and to promote the visibility of students who aim to find their footing in Game Studies.
Archive
Volume 4
Published February 12, 2023
Authors: Anja Kolundžija, Marie Biedermann, Tamara Urach, Borna Gredelj, Kseniia Harshina, Samuele Balduzzi, Ylva Schütz, Tom Tuček
Volume 3: Special Issue: Capitalism at Play
Published March 27, 2023
Authors: Luca Braun,
Elias René Mohamed Chraïbi,
Konstantin Gitschthaler,
Manuel Günther,
Mano Marichal,
Ylva Schütz,
Miriam Scuderi
Volume 2
Published July 18, 2022
Authors: Marie Biedermann, Süleyman Utku Dağlı, Rachel Gorden, Benjamin Hanussek, Yvette R. Puff, Thomas Sauerschnig, Tom Tuček
Volume 1: Special Issue: Death in Games
Published February 3, 2022
Authors: Mohammad Aldehayat, Samuele Balduzzi, Alin-Lucian Brebulet, Manuel Günther, Ahmad Kalatiani, Tom Tuček
Team
> Editorial Team
Rachel Gorden
Tom Tuček
Ylva Schütz
Sara Skubiszewski
Magdalena M. Strobl
> Cover Artist
Nikolay Markozov
Info
>Contact
Contact us via kcgl@aau.at.
> Open Access NetLibrary
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