GI faculty and researchers publish series of game studies books

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Palgrave Maculinities in play cover
Palgrave Games in Context, a series of games studies books edited by Neil Randall (director of the Games Institute) and GI alumnus Steve Wilcox.Three volumes are scheduled to be released this year: Feminism in Play (released December 4, 2018), Queerness in Play (released  December 9, 2018), and Masculinities in Play (released November 19, 2018).   

Masculinities in Play is edited in part by Games Institute faculty member Gerald Voorhees, and Feminism in Play is edited by Gerald Voorhees and Emma Vossen.

Palgrave Games in Context situates games and play within such interdisciplinary and interprofessional contexts, resulting in accessible, applicable, and practical scholarship for students, researchers, game designers, and industry professionals.  What does it mean to study, critique, and create games in context? This series eschews conventional classifications—such as academic discipline or game genre—and instead looks to practical, real-world situations to shape analysis and ground discussion. A single text might bring together professionals working in the field, critics, scholars, researchers, and designers. The result is a broad range of voices from a variety of disciplinary and professional backgrounds contributing to an accessible, practical series on the various and varied roles of games and play.

All three volumes in the series are available now for pre-order in  softcover and ebook format from Palgrave Macmillan.