[Air-L] REMINDER: Game Studies Special Issues on Game Reward Systems

Olli Sotamaa Olli.Sotamaa at uta.fi
Fri Jul 16 05:43:03 PDT 2010


Hi all,

and sorry for multiple postings. I've just got one important correction 
to the CFP. The correct submission address is: submit at gamestudies.org

Best,

Olli

Olli Sotamaa // Senior Research Fellow
INFIM // University of Tampere
olli.sotamaa at uta.fi // www.uta.fi/~olli.sotamaa/

Olli Sotamaa wrote:
> CFP: Game Studies Special Issues on Game Reward Systems
>
> Guest editors Mikael Jakobsson (mikael.jakobsson at mah.se) and Olli 
> Sotamaa (olli.sotamaa at uta.fi).
>
> Digital games have a long history of rewarding players for their 
> efforts. It can be in the form of  treasures, items, easter eggs, 
> highscores, character outfits, achievements, or badges. The prolific 
> use of  rewards indicates that they play an important part in shaping 
> the gaming experience. On one hand, it seems  obvious that we enjoy 
> being rewarded, but on the other hand, it is harder to understand the 
> fascination  with these seemingly empty gestures, given their virtual 
> nature.
>
> This special issue of Game Studies is dedicated to the exploration of 
> all aspects of game rewards and game  reward systems. We invite our 
> potential authors to think about the topic in relation to game culture
> as  well as game design, but also hope to attract papers exploring 
> connections to other areas of research such  as psychology, sociology, 
> economy, education, and law. Possible topics include, but are not
> limited to:
> - Means for approaching and understanding game reward systems
> - Reward typologies: characteristics and qualities
> - The role of reward systems in relation to other game mechanics
> - Player motivations in relation to game achievements
> - History of reward systems within game culture and beyond
> - Reward systems in social media applications
> - Understanding rewards as motivators
>
> The call is for full papers in English. All submissions will undergo a 
> double blind peer review process and  be reviewed by at least two 
> reviewers. Papers should be submitted to submit at gamestudies.com. 
> Please see the Game Studies submission guidelines for further details: 
> http://gamestudies.org/1001/submission_guidelines
>
> Timeline
> Submission deadline: 15th of August 2010
> Publication: November - December 2010
>
> About Game Studies
> 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. Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games 
> research, web-published several times a year at www.gamestudies.org. 
> Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of 
> computer games, but any previously  unpublished article focused on 
> games and gaming is welcome. Proposed articles should be jargon-free, 
> and should attempt to shed new light on games, rather than simply use 
> games as metaphor or illustration of some  other theory or phenomenon.
>
> Please help us spread the call to anyone you think might be interested.
> It is also available on the web at: 
> http://gamestudies.org/1001/articles/cfp_game_reward_systems
>




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