Two new journals on games out recently:
Games and Culture is the direct competitor to Game Studies and the inaugural issue is freely available (with registration.)
In the opening issue, 22 scholars are asked to answer the question “Why Game Studies Now?” I won’t focus on any particular author, but while I find the manifesto-style responses promising (manifestos are always nice), they do make me look forward to longer and more in-depth articles in future issues.
Issue 4 of The International Review of Information Ethics was edited by Elizabeth A. Buchanan and Charles Ess, and focuses on The Ethics of E-Games. This collection has a more general philosophical slant and covers some familiar (games and violence) as well as some less explored ground (cheating, general ethics of games), so worth a look as well.