Welcome
This is a companion website to the textbook An Introduction to Game Studies: Games in Culture by Frans Mäyrä, published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
You can use this site to access the table of contents, as well as to find links to some bookshops that have the textbook available for ordering.
In the right sidebar, you can also browse various content categories, including journals, organisations, as well as selected online publications that relate to game studies in different ways. Most of these are mentioned and discussed in more detail in An Introduction to Game Studies, but this online companion will have a life of its own, potentially also inviting discussions through its commenting tool.
Note that page preview and word search are now available through Amazon.com services. Visit again to see new content being added to this site!
New:
- the most recent additions to this site are listed in the right sidebar;
- looking at Amazon.co.uk in early June’08, the book is now #9 most popular book in the category of ‘history & culture’ of PC & video games books — great! [link]
- it appears that the book has run “out of stock” in Amazon, so I suppose some of you have decided to order it (thanks!) (update: again available!)
- there are now companion PowerPoint slides available for classroom use, and for self-study;
- are you a teacher? It is possible to get instructor review and desk copies of the textbook from SAGE Publications: see more information here (for the US) and here for Europe.
An Introduction to Game Studies 
December 1, 2007 at 10:39 am
It is also possible to leave feedback through this site — and suggestions for its additions or improvements.
December 12, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Good work, Frans. I’m very much looking forward to the book!!
December 12, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Hiya! Thanks — but lets see first when and how the book actually comes out. 🙂
March 9, 2008 at 9:55 am
I think the book can now be ordered through several bookshops, even if the official release date is March 19th. I have now updated this site to contain some basic information resources.
September 14, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Added the ‘tag cloud’ today to facilitate thematic browsing.
November 11, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I would like to congratulate you for the book, I’ve bought and Im reading it with great interest, is an excellent work that serves a lot of people like me who are interested in games and synthetic worlds
greetings from Chile
Alberto Precht
July 4, 2009 at 10:28 am
Looks very interesting, I’m going to order it! I think it’s amazing that such pioneering work is done right here in Finland. I never knew something like this was being done in my home university. Keep it up.
I found it at Booky.fi: http://www.booky.fi/book.php?book_id=9781412934466
and Bookplus.fi: http://www.bookplus.fi/kirjat/mayra%2c_frans/an_introduction_to_game_studies-4689762.
Adlibris seems to be the cheapest though.
July 20, 2009 at 7:47 am
Thanks – and I will! 🙂
September 10, 2009 at 12:00 pm
löytyykö kirjaa Helsingistä?
September 10, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Suosittelen Adlibris-kirjakauppaa: http://www.adlibris.com/fi/product.aspx?isbn=141293446X