Videos and Cinema
There were just LOADS of great opportunities on CFP last week. I should have checked my email earlier.

Videogames and Cinema (edited collection of essays + conference, Italy)

Deadline: September 1, 2006

We are currently seeking for essays that analyze the interplay between
videogames and cinema for a a book provisionally titled Videogames and
cinema. Digital play, screen pleasures, This edited collection will be
published in Italy in Winter 2006 in the ongoing "videoludica.game
culture series" [www.videoludica.com].


Edited by Matteo Bittanti, videoludica. game culture is a series of
books about critically acclaimed and much-loved videogames of the past
40 years. By turns passionate, creative, and always informed, the
thought-provoking books in this series demonstrate many different styles
of thinking about videogames. What binds this series together, and what
brings it to life, is that all of the authors  scholars/critics/gamers
- represent the cultures that these games spawned after their releases.
Each meditation revels in the distinct nature of the chosen game, series
or genre - providing insightful commentary to an overlooked practice.
Available in three formats ('Monographs', 'Readers', and, soon,
'Illustrated'), these volumes discuss videogames from a broad academic
and critical perspective, setting characteristics, themes and techniques
in context and exploring the games significance. More info:
www.videoludica.com.