Announcement: G A M E S T U D I E S -- The international Journal of Computer Game Research __________________________________________________ Issue 1 Vol. 1 is now available at http://www.gamestudies.org Gamestudies is the first academic journal dedicated to interdisciplinary computer game research, web-published 4 times a year at www.gamestudies.org. Games are a billion dollar industry with almost no basic research. With a new generation of researchers, the field of computer game research is finally growing up, and is taking games and gameplay seriously. We predict that games, in combining the social, the technological and the aesthetic, will have a greater cultural impact than any mass entertainment genre of the last century. What is needed now is solid, balanced research, in dialogue with the industry and society at large. Gamestudies' primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games. The journal will explore the rich cultural genre of games; give scholars a peer-reviewed forum for their ideas and theories; and provide an academic channel for the ongoing discussions on games and gaming. The first issue contains articles by Espen Aarseth, Selmer Bringsjord, Markku Eskelinen, Gonzalo Frasca, Jesper Juul and Marie-Laure Ryan. __________________________________________________ Gamestudies.org -- For academics who play! Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Webmaster/Manager CDDC 526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage Virginia Tech (yes i partially updated it) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614 icq 5535471