[ecrea] CFP: Analog Game Studies--Deception/Algorithms/Open Call

CFP: Analog Game Studies--Deception/Algorithms/Open Call

Analog Game Studies (analoggamestudies.org 
<http://analoggamestudies.org/>) is an online academic journal committed 
to increasing the visibility of analog games within the broader field of 
game studies by providing a periodically published platform for the 
critical analysis, discussion of design, and documentation of 
analog games. For more detail on what we do, see “Reinventing Analog 
Game Studies 
<http://analoggamestudies.org/2014/08/reinventing-analog-game-studies/>.” 
We are currently seeking submissions for three forthcoming issues in 
2018 on the following themes. (Articles published online will likely 
appear in a yearly print anthology as well.)


DECEPTION GAMES
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We have a cultural obsession with deception in games. Be it the 
politically charged critique of /Secret Hitler, /slips of paper being 
passed in /Dungeons & Dragons/, the plot of /Clue_,_ /or the secret and 
lengthy character backgrounds written for players in larp, we are 
deceiving ourselves if we see secrecy anything other than central to 
most games today. /Analog Game Studies/ is calling for abstracts and 
papers that interrogate deception of all kinds in games.//How is 
deception implemented as a game mechanic? How does deception impact our 
understanding of the self and the psyche? Has our seeming comfort with 
deception led to the proliferation of discourse around fake news and 
conspiracy?

CRITICAL ALGORITHMS IN GAMES

The second decade of the 21st Century marks the ascension of the 
/algorithm/ to a position of absolute dominance over human & non-human 
affairs. From Internet searches to political data-mining, from insurance 
to inventory management, complex operations process variables to model 
and predict just about every aspect of our existence. Critical Algorithm 
Studies 
<https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/> has 
emerged as a field to confront the fact that the seeming "objectivity" 
of such data processing actually reproduces and exacerbates social 
inequalities. This special issue of Analog Game Studies concerns itself 
with the ways in which board, card, dice, role-playing, and live-action 
games present and/or critique algorithms in society. How does 
/Amun-Re/ examine the tragedy of the commons? What visions of 
storytelling and game design are enshrined in the symmetrical 
probability curve of 2D6 so popular in the Powered by the Apocalypse 
games? Do specific card-game hacks change the societal metaphor at the 
center of the original game? Analog games offer players and designers a 
window into how equations and incentives affect us and our broader 
social systems.

OPEN CALL
In addition to the themes above, AGS is also extending an open call for 
submissions on any other topics relevant to analog game studies. We also 
welcome submissions for book or game reviews, or interviews (please see 
this 
<http://analoggamestudies.org/2014/08/uncertainty-in-analog-role-playing-games-part-1/> and 
this <http://analoggamestudies.org/2015/01/currency-interview/> for 
examples of the style we aim for).

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