Game Research
www.game-research.com
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Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
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Game Liberation
www.jesperjuul.dk/gameliberation/
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A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
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Yee, Nicholas - The Norrathian Scrolls: A Study of EverQuest
www.nickyee.com/eqt/home.html
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Findings of a major study of EverQuest players including data on and discussions of demographics, statistics, psychology, charts, addiction, gender differences, gender bending, relationships, romance and guilds.
keywords: sociology, research, online, nick, mmorpg, information, eq
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DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research
www.dfcint.com/
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Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
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Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive
mud.co.uk/richard/oarchive.htm
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A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
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Satellite Uplink
www.efn.org/~dredmond/penguin.html
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A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
keywords: videogame, culture, 3d, quake, gaming, web, shooter, serious, sam, pc
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Global Timoto
www.globaltimoto.com
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One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
keywords: workshop, vlog, video, unicef, travelogue, tiga, social, rightplay, questgameplay, independent
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Interactive Fiction
jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index.html
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Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
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Video Game Culture: Leisure and Play Preferences of BC Teens
www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/research_documents/studies/video_games/video_game_culture.cfm
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Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming.
keywords: violence, top_video_games, games, doc_study
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The Canadian Video Game and Computer Industry
publish.uwo.ca/~ncdyerwi/
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Offers information and analysis about the video and computer game industry in Canada. Produced by a group of researchers in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
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Artificial Life Game
alifegame.blogspot.com
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Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games.
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Serious Games Initiative
www.seriousgames.org/
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Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit.
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Learning Games Initiative
www.mesmernet.org/lgi/
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Examine computer games (arcade, console, PC, and handheld) in order to better understand their cultural and pedagogical import. Based in Tucson, AZ.
keywords: studies, video, work, ruggill, rhetoric, research, mcallister, ludology, lgi, gaming
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Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games
gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/
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Virtual exhibits from the University of Waterloo, Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects.
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Games For Health
www.gamesforhealth.org/
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Sponsored by the Serious Games Initiative. Develops a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications.
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Dungeon
www.dungeonsanddreamers.com/
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Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland.
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Game Game
gamegame.blogs.com/
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Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen.
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Habitat Chronicles
www.fudco.com/habitat/
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Weblog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985.
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Artificial Life Game
alifegame.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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Articles and inform information on artificial life games.
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