Dear Colleagues, we are happy to announce the publishing of GAMEVIRONMENTS' newest Special Issue: "Democracy Dies Playfully. (Anti)-Democratic Ideas in and Around Video Games" edited by Eugen Pfister, Tobias Winnerling and Felix Zimmermann with contributions from: * “Discrepancy Detected. Operationalizing Immigration and Borderzone Policy in Papers, Please” by David Kocik * “Autocracy for the People. Modes of response-able Action and the Management of Demise in Frostpunk” by Lars Dolkemeyer * "Turning Votes into Victory Points. Politics in Modern Board Games” by Torben Quasdorf * “The Face of Authority through Sid Meier's Civilization Series” by Ruth García Martín, Begoña Cadiñanos Martínez and Pablo Martín Domínguez * “The Missing Memorial. The Division 2 and the Politics of Memory” by Joseph Meyer * “Play America Great Again. Manifestations of Americanness in Cold War Themed Video Games” by Regina Seiwald * “Videogames about Politics as States of Exception” by Yu Hao * “Likers Get Liked. Platform Capitalism and the Precariat in Death Stranding” by Ryan House * “Imperialism and Fascism Intertwined. A Materialist Analysis of the Games Industry and Reactionary Gamers” by Emil Lundedal Hammar * “It Was Just a Joke. Demagoguery, Humor, and Video Game Streaming” by Jacob Euteneuer and Josiah Meints * “At the Edge of Utopia. Esports, Neoliberalism and the Gamer Culture’s Descent into Madness” by Thiago Falcão, Daniel Marques, Ivan Mussa and Tarcízio Macedo * “Code of Resistance. On the Potential of Digital Games and Game Jams for Civic Education” by Michael Laumer and Marcel Kabaum * “Projekt CH+ Games for Democracy. User-Friendly Political Self-Education through Entertainment Design” by Sophie Walker * “Interview with Jörg Friedrich on Procedural Rhetoric in his Game Through the Darkest of Times” by Elisa Budian * “Wir sind das Volk! Agitprop between East and West Germany” by Anton Oehmsen-Clark You find all papers and further information on our website: https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/completed-quests/. Best wishes, Lisa managing editor gamevironments -- Dr. Dr. Lisa Kienzlmanaging editor gamevironments wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | postdoctoral researcherArbeitsgebiet Literaturen und Medien der Religionen | Literature and Media of Religions(Pronomen: sie/ihr. Pronouns: she/her) Universität Bremen | University of Bremen Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik | Institute of Religious Studies and Religious EducationSportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 440D-28359 BremenT. +49 (0)421 218 67912 https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/ <https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/>