It is my great pleasure to announce the impending publication of two new
volumes in the Approaches to Digital Game Studies book series.
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
)
Violent Video Games: Rules, Realism, and Effect
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
Schott, Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand). This
monograph draws on new insights achieved from research located at an
intersection between humanities, social and computer sciences, to
interrogate the nature and meaning of the "violence" encountered and
experienced by game players. In focusing on the various ways "violence"
is mediated by both the rule system and the semiotic layer of games, the
aim is to draw out the distinctiveness of games' exploitation of
violence or violent themes.
Music Video Games: Performance, Politics, and Play
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
Austin, Assistant Professor at Howard University, USA). This anthology
investigates important themes surrounding the ways in which we play
music and play with music in video games. Starting with the precursors
to music games - including Simon, the hand-held electronic music game
from the 1980s, this collection goes on to discuss issues in
musicianship and performance, authenticity and "selling out," and
composing, creating, and learning music with video games.
Both volumes will be available on July 28, 2016 in paperback, hardback,
and various ebook formats.
Orders via Bloomsbury will receive a 30% discount with the coupon code
"gamestudies" on the checkout page.
Authors interested in proposing a volume to the series can learn more at
https://sites.google.com/site/
contact the series editors at gamestudies.books@gmail.com.
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