Press Start Journal

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies

Multilingual Call for Papers Multilingual Call for Papers The Editorial Board of Press Start invites submissions for our upcoming issues. Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed student journal that publishes the best underg...

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Research articles should contain 5000-8000 words including references and abstract, submitted in our template, and in APA style. Please see our About page (press-start.gla.ac.uk/press-start/...) for more information and submission guidelines.

Open Call for Papers 2025🥰📢
Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by November 10, 2025, for a potential spot in our 2026 issue!
More details below in this thread👇
#CallForPapers #GameStudies

Several authors who have contributed to the newest issue have shared their socials with us:
- Chelsea Russel: chelseasbitstream.myportfolio.com
- Edward Strazd: x.com/SimplyEdwardGG
- Joel White: @joelalwhite.bsky.social
- Mark Hines: @markshines.bsky.social

🌟New Issue Published!!🌟
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the latest issue of Press Start! Huge thanks to all our authors and reviewers for their hard work and dedication.
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Review: Przygody cyfrowego tułacza. Interpretacje groznawcze, by Kacper Karwacki
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Review: Bioware’s Mass Effect, by Tony Payment
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Review: Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities, by Chelsea Russell
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Review: The Stuff Games Are Made Of, by Luke Thomley
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Review: The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race, and Geek Culture, by Mark Hines
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“Can Ordinary Horror Games Reduce Avoidant and Safety Behaviours in Players with Anxiety Disorders?,” by Lara Wood
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“Riot Games’ Content Marketing Approach for VALORANT Champions 2022,” by Edward Strazd
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“Rose-Tinted Videogames: The Influential Nature of Nostalgia in Videogame Development,” by Ember Martin
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“How 2B[?]: The Narrative Mechanics of Posthumanism in NieR: Automata,” by Joel White
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🌟New Issue Published!!🌟
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the latest issue of Press Start! Huge thanks to all our authors and reviewers for their hard work and dedication.
Please check it out and share widely: press-start.gla.ac.uk/press-start/...

We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)

If you are interested, please DM us or email our editor Cass directly at cass.barkman@unimelb.edu.au.
In addition, please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a current student or within a year of having graduated💙(2/2)

We are looking for three peer reviewers for a manuscript titled "Third places and community environments in gaming"😊 Please check the attached image for the abstract! (1/2)

Update: We've found our reviewer! Thank you everyone for spreading the word💙

We're still looking for a reviewer!

DM us or email Hyerin at hyerin.shin@toki.waseda.jp to express interest or ask questions!
Please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be a student, or within one year of having graduated. (2/2)

We are looking for one more peer reviewer for a manuscript titled "Playfully Anachronistic and Historically Inauthentic: Understanding Resistance to Diverse Representation in Call of Duty: Vanguard"😀
Please see the attached image for the abstract (1/2)

Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the confusion and inconvenience the website error has caused.

AMAZING NEWS!!!
Hi everyone! We are extremely happy to share that our website is finally working! We are all back at work and will soon get in touch with you if you have a manuscript or a book review under review with us. 😃

Website Update #2
We were hoping that the problem would be resolved last week, but unfortunately it has not. We are actively working with the University of Glasgow to fix it ASAP and will keep you updated on any progress. Thank you again for your patience and understanding🫶

Hi Everyone, as some of you may have noticed, our website is currently offline due to difficulties with the Open Journal System. We're working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and will let you know once it's fixed. Thank you for your patience💙

We're still looking for one more reviewer for this article!

To professors: We would greatly appreciate it if you could let your students know about our journal and any call for papers/reviewers!💙

Hi, apologies to all the professors who have reached out to us for book reviews--all reviewers for Press Start need to be students or recent graduates (within one year of graduation)📚