Call
for papers:
Special
Issue of Interacting with Computers on
“HCI
Issues in Computer Games”
Guest Editors
Panayiotis Zaphiris &
CS Ang, Centre for
Note: Reviews of the
submitted papers are now in progress. The process is running a bit slow, we
anticipate that the outcomes of the review process and decisions of
accept/reject will be passed to the authors around mid June.
Computer Games are at the forefront
of technological innovation and their popularity in research is also
increasing. Their wide presence and use makes Computer Games a major factor
affecting the way people socialize, learn and possibly work. Computer Games are
also beginning to attract the attention of educators and education
technologists.
With this special issue of
Interacting with Computers we wish to explore the relationship between Computer
Games and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Are current HCI techniques
and methodologies appropriate for designing Computer Games? Do we need new
Computer Game focused HCI methods, theories and paradigms? What are the new
challenges when it comes to evaluating Computer Games?
This special issue of Interacting
with Computers is inviting contributions from both the academic community and
industry. It will focus on issues surrounding the analysis, design, development
and evaluation of Computer Games and the issues surrounding them. Potential
topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
* Design
approaches and techniques suitable for Computer Games
* Usability studies regarding Computer Games
* Theoretical and/or pedagogical foundations for analysing Computer Games
* Within-game and/or out-game activities and their HCI analysis
* Computer Games and Online Communities
* Social and Cultural Issues and Computer Games
* Accessibility of Computer Games
* Transfer of gaming metaphors to business applications
"Interacting with
Computers" is an interdisciplinary journal of Human-Computer Interaction,
published by Elsevier. More information about this journal can be found at:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525445/description
IwC special issues contain only 5 - 6
papers, each of no more than 10,000 words (so acceptance will be fairly
selective).
Submission:
Papers should be
submitted through the manuscript management system at http://ees.elsevier.com/iwc/ by
Papers should be submitted to the online system with a clear covering note
identifying that it is for the 'HCI Issues in Computer Games' special issue.
Important dates:
Full paper
submission:
Response to authors: 8th May 2006 (Monday) Mid June
Final version of papers: 5th June 2006 (Monday) Mid July
Planned publication: September 2006
Dr. Panayiotis
Zaphiris (zaphiri@soi.city.ac.uk)
and CS Ang
Centre for HCI Design, City University London
Guest Editors
Special issue of Interacting with Computers on HCI Issues in Computer
Games