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kind as to circulate the following call for abstracts please? Thanks very much.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">James Cartlidge,
PhD</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I sent around a call for
abstracts for a collection of essays on roguelites a while back, and I'm doing
a second one, so if you're interested in contributing I'd love to hear from
you. All the details you need are below:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2<sup>nd</sup> Call for Abstracts
- A proposal, with selected abstracts, has been sent to a publisher and
received initially positive reviews. We are now looking to collect more
contributions and improve the proposal for a second submission.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstracts on any topic related to
roguelites will be considered, however we are especially looking now to improve
the gender diversity and international appeal of the volume, and collect
submissions on topics not yet covered. Therefore, submissions from female
authors and contributions which relate to the following topics are especially
welcome:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gender</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Race</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Non-Western Perspectives</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The influence of Roguelikes
on Roguelites</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Original text of the 1st call:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am currently soliciting
abstracts for an interdisciplinary edited volume of essays on ‘rogue-lite’
video games – like ‘<i>Hades</i>’, ‘<i>Slay the Spire</i>’, ‘<i>Dead Cells</i>’,
‘<i>Binding of Isaac</i>’, ‘<i>Spelunky</i>’, ‘<i>FTL</i>’ and so on.
Roguelites are an important, popular new wave of games that are heavily
inspired by, but which differ in important ways from, ‘roguelike’ games. There
have been some excellent books about the nature and history of roguelikes that
have appeared recently and I think it would be great to have a collection of
essays which discusses roguelites, exploring the continued influence roguelike
games have on video game culture from a variety of intellectual perspectives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Potential topics include, but are
not limited to, the following:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roguelites and Game Design</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roguelites and Narrative</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Worldbuilding in Roguelite
Games</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">History of Roguelite Games,
and their Significance</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Influence of Roguelikes
on Roguelites</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How Roguelites Experiment
with Roguelike Gameplay Mechanics</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Differences Between
Roguelikes and Roguelites</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Critical Perspectives:
Roguelites vs. Roguelikes</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Difficulty</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Meta-Progression</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roguelite Innovations in
Procedural Generation</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Philosophical,
Phenomenological or Existential Readings of Roguelites</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Psychological Themes and
Player Motivation Analysis</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roguelites and Learning</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Comparative Analysis of
Roguelite Games</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Interviews with Game
Developers</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Future of the ‘Rogue-’
Genre</span></li>
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a title and abstract (300-500 words) (or any questions you may have) to the
following email address:</span></p>
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anyone that might be interested. You can find a tentative description of the
book below, for inspiration. I look forward to hearing your ideas!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Book Description</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘The Rise of the Roguelite: How
Roguelikes are Influencing Contemporary Video Game Culture’</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The ‘roguelike’ genre of video
games is arguably one of the most interesting, but its status as one of the
most influential is beyond doubt: its gameplay mechanics and innovations in
design have indelibly impacted video game culture up to the present day. This
is evidenced profoundly by the recent creative boom of ‘roguelite’ titles,
which creatively appropriate and subvert various roguelike features and blend
them with other genres. This has resulted in some of the best, most critically
acclaimed, and noteworthy games of the past decade, from the
multi-award-winning ‘<i>Hades</i>’, the influential ‘<i>Slay the Spire</i>’,
the popular ‘<i>Dead Cells</i>’ and many others. Roguelites represent the most
recent chapter in the storied history of one of gaming’s most important genres
and are introducing swathes of gamers to roguelike ideas using 21st century
ideas and technology. Understanding the rise of the roguelite is crucial to
understanding current trends in gaming, but despite admirable texts on
roguelikes appearing, the research usually does not discuss the most recent
developments of the movement, often stopping at 2008’s ‘<i>Spelunky</i>’,
2011’s ‘<i>Binding of Isaac</i>’or 2012’s ‘<i>FTL: Faster Than Light</i>’ –
often not discussing them in much detail either.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The proposed interdisciplinary
volume would contribute to filling this gap, complementing the already existing
research by commenting on the developments of the past decade. Its essays would
discuss the historical development and significance of roguelites, issues of
genre and categorization, critical perspectives, the influence of roguelikes on
roguelites, the differences between the two, and how roguelites make use of and
subvert roguelike mechanics. Essays on history, design and case studies of
significant roguelite titles would probably take up much of the book, but
essays on narrative, psychological elements and philosophical themes of
roguelites (or even how to play them) would certainly be welcomed for
consideration. Roguelikes have a complicated and controversial history, but in
the recent burst of roguelite titles, we can see how they continue to tangibly
influence contemporary video games. The proposed volume will analyze this
important wave of games and put them in historical context, informing readers
about their development out of and relation to the roguelike genre that
inspired them.”</span></p>
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