Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds (Journal)
The peer-reviewed Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds explores the cultural effects of gaming and virtual worlds across platforms and genres, as their increasing popularity begins to affect culture as a whole. It also critically evaluates cutting-edge market trends and technological developments.
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
The Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds focuses on theoretical and applied, empirical, critical, rhetorical, creative, economic and professional approaches to the study of electronic games across platforms and genres as well as ludic and serious online environments. This journal is double-blind peer-reviewed in order to maintain the highest standards of scholastic integrity.
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
The Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds (JGVW) is a peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on theoretical and applied, empirical, critical, rhetorical, creative, economic, pedagogical and professional approaches to the study of electronic games across platforms and genres, as well as ludic and serious online environments such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games and Second Life™.
JGVW aims at researchers and professionals working in and researching creative new media and entertainment software around the globe, and seeks to document, harmonize, juxtapose and critically evaluate cutting-edge market trends and technological developments, as well as sociocultural, political, economic and psychological concerns. It informs its readers about recent events such as conferences, and features long articles, short papers, poster abstracts, interviews, reports and reviews of relevant new publications, websites, virtual environments and electronic artefacts.
Prospective guest editors are invited to approach the Associate Editors with a proposal for a themed issue or series. Prospective book reviewers and publishers should approach the Reviews Editor directly.
Contributions are invited from all fields of game studies research, design and development. We seek to provide a platform for vivid information interchange between academia and industry, between scholarship and professionalism, between theory, criticism and practice. Typical subject areas include:
- Theory and criticism: e.g. narratology, ludology, philosophy, gender, race, identity, history (of and in games), rhetorical approaches, discourse analysis and semiotics, genre criticism and cultural studies.
- Social, psychological and educational concerns: e.g. (online) communities, participation, interaction, identity formation, networks, violence and addiction, emotion, children's social behaviour, cognitive effects, e-learning and education.
- Design issues: e.g. developments in 3D modelling, authenticity and realism, mimesis, screenwriting, sound effects, composition, static vs. moving image, cut scenes, background vs. foreground, multimodality, simulation and game engines.
- Reception and production: e.g. ethnography, customer research, therapeutic and hazardous effects, serialisation, adaptation, franchising, commercial vs. serious games, transmediation, intermediality, artificial intelligence, and new literacy studies.
Submissions to JGVW should be sent as an attachment to an e-mail message to the Editors. The attached article should be 'anonymized', and contain an abstract and up to eight keywords. You should delete the 'file properties' or 'summary info' of your document (see file menu) that reveal your name and institution. Be sure to add your full name and address in the e-mail message to the Editors. Submissions are welcome at any time, but deadlines for forthcoming issues are normally as follows:
- Issue 1 (spring): 31 August for long papers; 15 September for short papers
- Issue 2 (summer): 31 December for long papers; 15 January
- Issue 3 (winter): 30 April for long papers; 15 May for short papers
The Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds publishes general and themed issues. Themes for future issues are announced in the journal.
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
Editorial Board
Derek A. Burrill
University of California Riverside
Erik Champion
Curtin University
David Ciccoricco
University of Otago
Mia Consalvo
Concordia University
Hilde Corneliussen
University of Bergen
Denise Doyle
University of Wolverhampton, UK
John Finnegan
Falmouth University
Pawel Frelik
University of Warsaw
Mathias Fuchs
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Maria B. Garda
University of Lodz
Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari
Nottingham Trent University
Lisa Gotto
University of Vienna
Andrew Hoyle
University of Stirling
Stacey Hunter
Bangor University
Melinda S. Jacobs
Subatomic
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
Shawna Kelly
University of Southern California
Helen W. Kennedy
University of Brighton
David Kirschner
Nanyang Technical University
Rachel Kowert
University of York
Tanya Krzywinska
Falmouth University, UK
Brian C. Ladd
State University of New York
Xavier Laurent
Oxford University
Ben Light
Queensland University of Technology
Esther Maccallum-Stewart
University of Surrey
Crystle Martin
University of California
Souvik Mukherjee
Presidency University
Mark Mullen
The George Washington University
Jörg Müller-Lietzkow
University of Paderborn
Eoin Murray
Bangor University
Michael Nitsche
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang
West Virginia University
Justin Parsler
Brunel University
Celia Pearce
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon
University of Alberta
Nathaniel Poor
Independent Scholar
Markus Rautzenberg
Folkwang University of the Arts
Paolo Ruffino
University of Lincoln
Daniel Schultheiss
TU Ilmenau
Harrington Weihl
West Virginia University
Lauren White
Fielding Graduate University
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
Contents
- Volume (11): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (11): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2019
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- Volume (10): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (10): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (10): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2018
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- Volume (8): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (8): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (8): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2016
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- Volume (7): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (7): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (7): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2015
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- Volume (6): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (6): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (6): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2014
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- Volume (5): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (5): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (5): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2013
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- Volume (4): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (4): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (4): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2012
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- Volume (3): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2011
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- Volume (3): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2011
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- Volume (3): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2011
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- Volume (2): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2010
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- Volume (2): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2010
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- Volume (2): Issue (3)
- Cover date: 2010
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- Volume (1): Issue (1)
- Cover date: 2009
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- Volume (1): Issue (2)
- Cover date: 2009
Associate Editor
Sonia Fizek
Independent
fizek.sonia@gmail.com
Eben Muse
Bangor University
e.muse@bangor.ac.uk
Melissa Kagen
Bangor University
melkagen@gmail.com
Reviews Editors
Matthew S. S. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
matjohn@siue.edu
VR & Arts Review Editor
Phylis Johnson
San Jose State University
phylisj@yahoo.com
