The Escapist has been published since 2005, and has the benefit of being open access, edited games magazine. Note, that this is not an academic journal, but if you are looking for accessible games journalism, and a source of topical information on games cultures, you might be interested to check out The Escapist. See:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/
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The Escapist
Posted in Journals with tags game culture, games, magazine on March 11, 2008 by fransEludamos
Posted in Journals with tags game studies, Journals on March 10, 2008 by fransEludamos — Journal for Computer Game Culture was established in 2007. It includes introductory articles, academic peer-reviewed game studies articles and reviews of games and books. The journal is interdisciplinary by character. See:
http://eludamos.org
Game Journal
Posted in Journals with tags game development, game studies, Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransAnother new journal, currently (March 2008) still working on its first issue, Game Journal is a refereed, open access journal that aims to serve as a portal for game and game theory research and development. See:
http://www.gamejournal.org/
Loading… Journal
Posted in Journals with tags Canadian, game studies, Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransLoading… is a Canadian game studies journal, with currently one issue (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007) out. It is an open access journal, promoting Canadian game studies, but I suppose they might consider also non-Canadian submissions. See:
http://journals.sfu.ca/loading/index.php/loading/
New Media & Society Journal
Posted in Journals with tags Journals, new media, society on March 9, 2008 by fransNew Media and Society deals with new media research in its various forms and is not particularly game oriented, but particularly students of online and Internet gaming might profit from its articles. See:
http://www.newmediaandsociety.com/
http://nms.sagepub.com/
Convergence Journal
Posted in Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransConvergence is not only about games, but it deals with closely related or overlapping issues. Subtitled “the international journal of research into new media technologies”, the journal was launched already in 1995. Again, two websites are available with more information:
http://convergence.beds.ac.uk/
http://con.sagepub.com/current.dtl
Journal of Game Development
Posted in Journals with tags game development, Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransCharles River Media established the Journal of Game Development (JOGD) in 2005 (if my memory serves me correctly), and currently there are three volumes available to subscribers — but you can access the article abstracts online. JOGD is technically oriented and serves particularly computer science and technical designer parts of the game studies community. See:
http://www.jogd.com/
Games and Culture Journal
Posted in Journals with tags game studies, Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransSAGE established its Games and Culture journal in January 2006. While not an open access journal (like Game Studies), it is still possible to access at least a sample issue from the journal website. There are actually two sites, one maintained by the publisher, one by the editors. See:
http://gac.sagepub.com/
http://www.gamesandculture.com/
Game Studies Journal
Posted in Journals with tags game studies, Journals on March 9, 2008 by fransThe key journal of the field, established in July 2001, Game Studies has published several important articles and has collected some of the leading scholars in its editorial board. Currently seems not to be appearing at the same frequency as before, but lets hope there will be fresh life waiting in its future. URL:
http://www.gamestudies.org/
An Introduction to Game Studies 