Eludamos

Aims & Scope

Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical academic study of games and play across media. The journal is published at Septentrio Academic Publishing at UiT The Arctic University of Norway under a CC-BY-4.0 diamond open access license . The journal is owned by the Dept. of Language & Culture at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, with support from the Center for Digital Narrative at University of Bergen. The editors of Eludamos conceive of digital and other games as aesthetic expressions that have cultural, political and societal implications, and see it as an important part of the journal’s mission to investigate such games with an eye on facilitating inclusive and progressive politics. The journal aspires to enhance the understanding of both play practices and the media-specific aspects of games as well as highlight their intrinsic connections with other cultural practices and forms. Eludamos publishes peer-reviewed original research articles, book reviews, and commentaries. We invite the submission of contributions on the interplay between games, players, politics, culture and society and invite both theoretical and empirical studies of topics including but not limited to: critical perspectives on games, representation and play, analyses of game cultures, play practices and player experiences, analyses of genres, rules, narratives and worlds in games, the cultural, political, societal and economic implications of games and play, critical game design, as well as investigations of the game industry, game production, game journalism, and political economy of games. Eludamos does not publish articles on new technical advances in game design or instrumental approaches aimed at for instance improving marketing techniques or the effectiveness of gamified applications.

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