Tag Archives: Chapters

Upcoming 2020-21 Publications

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Books in press/pending

  • Lee, C. & Champion, E. (Ed). (2021: pending). Screen Tourism and Affective Landscapes. Edited book. Still under review/acceptance process but I am quietly confident.
  • Champion, E. (2021: pending). Rethinking Virtual Places. Indiana University Press, Spatial Humanities series. Also, final internal review.

Book chapters in press/pending

  • Champion, E. & Foka, A. (2020: in press). “Chapter 17: Art History, Heritage Games, and Virtual Reality”, in Brown, K. J. (Ed.). The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities and Art History. Routledge, UK. May 2020. Chapter.
  • Champion, E., Nurmikko-Fuller, T., & Grant, K. 2020 (pending, invited). “Blue Sky Skyrim VR: Immersive Techniques to Engage with Medieval History.” In Games for Teaching, Impact, and Research edited by Robert Houghton, Winchester University. Chapter. Abstract accepted, chapter due end of 2020.
  • Invitation to Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna) by Professor Eveline Wandl-Vogt to contribute to manifesto and “Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity: Virtual opportunities” chapter for e-book Biodiversity in connection with Linguistic and Cultural Diversity. 22-23 October 2019. Editors from Austrian Academy of Sciences and Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities; European Citizen Science Association; metaLab (Harvard) etc. Chapter submitted, abstract accepted.
  • Champion, E. (2020: under review). “Not Quite Virtual: Techné between Text and World.” In Texts & Technology: Inventing the Future of the Humanities, edited by Anastasia Salter and Barry Mauer, University of Central Florida, Orlando Florida USA. Chapter. Abstract accepted. Invited.
  • Champion, E. (2020: under review). “Workshopping Game Prototypes for History and Heritage” for Digital Humanities book, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Aracne Publishing Company. Chapter submitted. Invited.

Conferences (pending/postponed/cancelled)

Upcoming Invitations

Upcoming Visiting Scientist/Professorship

  • One month visiting scientist, University of Padova (Padua), Veneto, Italy. Now on hold. Candidature finanziate.

 

reminder: I need book chapter proposals for GAME MODS (ETC Press)

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Call For Book Chapters: Game Mod Design Theory and Criticism

This will be both a practical and reflective book on game-mods, designing, playing and evaluating the quality, success and effectiveness of game engines for modding, individual game mod levels, related tools and techniques, and the social and cultural issues related to the design and use of game mods.

The type of book chapter content I am looking for:
· An overview of what is possible and what is commendable or admirable with exemplars.
· Critiques of game mods and game mod/engine technologies (and reviews of mods as creative and critical and reflective extensions of games and game audiences).
· The ethical and social implications using commercial game engines and the content supplied · A comparison of game mod technologies.
· Case studies (Unreal, Source, Panda 3d, Blender 3D, Neverwinter Nights, Marathon, XNA, Oblivion, Cobalt, Crystal Space, WoW, Halo, Far Cry and Crysis etc, Sims, Jedi Academy, Ogre 3D) etc.
· Feature art and aesthetics.
· Machinima features hindered and helped by mods.
· Review of terrible experiences trying to build game mods. · A feature list to help people choose the right game engine for their mod.
· Some sample chapters on how to get started, tips, quick step tutorials as simple 3D, animation, lighting, behaviors, interface customization.
· The social and cultural implications of using and designing game mods (issues with violent content, cultural empathy, copyright, educational issues and so on).

The publisher will be ETC Press, an academic, open source, multimedia, publishing imprint affiliated with the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and in partnership with Lulu.com The book will be published under a Creative Commons license. For more details about ETC Press refer http://www.etc.cmu.edu.

Time Line

· March 18 2011 Please send me a title and 300 word abstract, the earlier the better! Please email your submission to gamemodbook AT gmail DOT com

· March 25 2011 you should have heard back from me.

· June 10 2011 draft chapters to me.

· And after many drafts and checks and proofs later…by the end of 2011 (optimistically speaking), publication!

Editor:
Associate Professor Erik Champion
Auckland School of Design, Albany Village Campus
College of Creative Arts
Massey University
Auckland New Zealand
email: nzerik AT gmail DOT com OR e dot champion AT massey DOT ac DOT nz for general questions.
Send submissions to gamemodbook AT gmail DOT com