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The global cataclysm of COVID-19 has brought enormous changes to the games industry, the ways we play video games alone and together, and the meaning and content of games old and new.<br>
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In the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=757c526637e99d9638b85e354&id=00f8d72762&e=04c5415ac7__;!!KwNVnqRv!Sovf6DxEbQ-ppqPn-Y9atrrJ5qP3EgMJmRpRq3PHsJT5gDvFTHcgCrsCnysYVWiSWUre$" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Pandemics and Games Essay Jam</a>, presented by <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=757c526637e99d9638b85e354&id=96526c00a7&e=04c5415ac7__;!!KwNVnqRv!Sovf6DxEbQ-ppqPn-Y9atrrJ5qP3EgMJmRpRq3PHsJT5gDvFTHcgCrsCnysYVblumi31$" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Critical Distance</a> and the Center for Science and the Imagination, we invite you to contribute to a book of micro-length essays, 500-800 words, that explore these themes and others:
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<li>How the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped and transformed our relationships to, and encounters with, video games</li>
<li>How it has catalyzed changes in the games industry, from design and labor issues to marketing and corporate structure</li>
<li>How pandemics and other transmissible diseases are represented in games yesterday and today</li>
<li>How game worlds, especially in social and live games, have been affected by pandemics, whether rooted in game narratives or through “viral” trends in player behavior</li>
<li>How the trauma of COVID-19 has retroactively changed the legacy of older titles</li>
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After the Jam, we'll collect all of the contributions together into an ebook, which will be distributed for free. All contributions will be distributed under a Creative Commons license.<br>
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