play/write Student Journal
>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.
Current Issue: Volume 4
Published February 12, 2024
Meant to Be? Developing a Dating Simulator Tackling Issues of Identity
Anja Kolundžija
Where is the Intersectionality, FFS? Intersectionality in Video Games and their Culture
Marie Biedermann
The Battle of Thermopylae – How to Use Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey to Teach Students about Sparta’s Fight Against the Persian Expansion
Tamara Urach
Why Can't We? – Comparing Film and Video Games Using Similarity and Difference Factors
Borna Gredelj
In the Ring and on the Runway: Masculinities of Drag and Wrestling from TV to Video Games
Kseniia Harshina
Literary and Ludic Mise-en-Abyme in What Remains of Edith Finch
Samuele Balduzzi
Implicit Messages in the Edutainment Game The Oregon Trail
Ylva Schütz
King Arthur as a Romanceable Anime Girl: Depictions of Arthurian Legends in Japanese Video Games
Tom Tuček
Archive
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
Samuele Balduzzi
Ylva Schütz
Ellie Chraïbi
Kseniia Harshina
Michele Fanelli
> Cover Artist
Nikolay Markozov
Info
>Contact
Contact us via kcgl@aau.at.
> Open Access NetLibrary
Our journal has been added to the open access netlibrary of the University of Klagenfurt. All of our issues can henceforth also be found here: