Game Studies the international journal of computer game research issue 1 july 2001 is out <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/> "Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published 3-4 times a year at <www.gamestudies.org> Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games." "Our mission - To explore the rich cultural genre of games; to give scholars a peer-reviewed forum for their ideas and theories; to provide an academic channel for the ongoing discussions on games and gaming." Espen Aarseth Computer Game Studies, Year One <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/editorial.html> Marie-Laure Ryan Beyond Myth and Metaphor The Case of Narrative in Digital Media <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/ryan/> Jesper Juul Games Telling stories? A brief note on games and narratives <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/juul-gts/> Selmer Bringsjord Is It Possible to Build Dramatically Compelling Interactive Digital Entertainment (in the form, e.g., of computer games)? <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/bringsjord/index.html> Markku Eskelinen The Gaming Situation <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/eskelinen/> Jesper Juul The repeatedly lost art of studying games Review of Elliott M. Avedon & Brian Sutton-Smith (ed.): The Study of, Games, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. 530 pages <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/juul-review/> Gonzalo Frasca The Sims: Grandmothers are cooler than trolls <http://cmc.uib.no/gamestudies/0101/frasca/>