I haven't been posting here much recently; that'll change soon, I promise. In the meantime, while I can't imagine there's very many who read this regularly and don't follow me through other venues, just in case, I wanted to point out that the grad student periodical First Person Scholar has launched. As the about page suggests, we see the site as a way to fit some of the gaps left by game scholarship, with more direct engagement with videogames, and a faster rate of publication. We also a place to work out ideas before developing them into larger pieces for journal publication. And I say we, because I'm on the editorial board. (Surprise!) I won't say which member of the editorial board I am, to preserve some shred of my anonymity, but I'm there, rest assured. It's kind of amazing to see the thing in existence, after talking about it for so long; this has been in the pipeline for at least half a year now, if not longer. At the moment, I have to say that best thing about it is probably our smooth design interface, courtesy of our editor-in-chief Steve Wilcox. And while we've populated the site with our own work for now, we will need the submissions of others to keep things going in the long term. We don't have a general submission call up yet, because we want to get off the ground first, but if you've got a game studies idea burning a hole in your pocket, stay tuned.
Later Days.
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