[Air-L] new issue of gamevironments + CfP for the next issue

[Xenia Zeiler]

Dear colleagues,

we are happy to announce the new issue of gamevironments. games,  
religion, and stuff [http://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/]!

In our second regular issue, #4 (2016), you find articles, a report  
about current activities in the field of gaming and religion, two  
interviews and a number of different game and book reviews.


#4 (2016)

Post-Digital Games: The Influence of Nostalgia in Indie Games‘ Graphic  
Regimes.
Article by Matthia Thibault, 1-23.

Religion, Games, and Othering: An Intersectional Approach.
Article by Kathrin Trattner, 24-60.

'The poor carpenter': Reinterpretating Christian Mythology in the  
Assassin’s Creed Game Series.
Article by Frank G. Bosman, 61-87.

Dishonored: A “Less Dark Outcome” – The Religious Milieu on Dishonored  
in the Pacifist Route.
Review by Heidi Rautalahti, 88-95.

Agency and Consequence in Life is Strange.
Review by Ylva Grufstedt, 96-100.

To Live or Die in Los Santos: Death and Post Mortality Aspects in  
Grand Theft Auto V.
Review by Isabell Gloria Brendel, 101-109.

Analyzing Digital Fiction: A Review.
Review by Nina Maskulin, 110-119.

Interview with Shailesh Prabhu, Indian Game Designer.
Interview by gamevironments, 120-126.

Interview with Ricardo Ruiz from 3Ecologias.
Interview by gamevironments, 127-139.

Mapping Methods: Visualizing Visual Novels’ Cultural Production in Japan.
Research Report by Edmond Ernest Dit Alban, 140-160.

Enjoy :)

The next regular issue will be published in summer 2017. We invite  
submissions in a number of formats - articles, book or game reviews,  
research reports on new or planned research projects, etc. Just check  
the CfP on the website!
Please also share this CfP and the deadlines with interested  
colleagues, doctoral students etc.:

31.10.2016 Full Chapter Submission
31.12.2016 Review Results Returned
31.02.2017 Revised Chapter Submission
summer 2017 Online-Publication

Best
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler & Xenia Zeiler
(editors-in-chief)
-- 
Prof. Dr. Xenia Zeiler
Associate Professor
South Asian Studies

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