Game Studies 19/02

For your theoretical dissection, Game Studies journal issue 19/02.

Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Games Research is out now (Volume 19, Issue 2).

Editorial
Game Studies: How to play — Ten play-tips for the aspiring game-studies scholar
by Espen Aarseth

Articles
“Gotta Catch ‘Em All” – Can Playing Pokémon Go Influence Mood and Empathy?
by Tracy Packiam Alloway & Rachel Carpenter

Don’t Fear the Reapers, Fear Multiculturalism: Canadian Contexts and Ethnic Elisions in Mass Effect
by David Callahan

The Indiepocalypse: the Political-Economy of Independent Game Development Labor in Contemporary Indie Markets
by Nadav D. Lipkin

The Open, the Closed and the Emergent: Theorizing Emergence for Videogame Studies
by Joan Soler-Adillon

Book Review
Review of Gaming the Iron Curtain
by Jaakko Suominen

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