Game Studies

Artificial Life Game
Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games.
http://alifegame.blogspot.com

The Canadian Video Game and Computer Industry
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.
http://publish.uwo.ca/~ncdyerwi/

DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research
Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
http://www.dfcint.com/

Digiplay Initiative
Research project on computer games, gamers and the gaming industry. Site has an bibliography of print and online game research. Some news, links, events, own publications.
http://www.digiplay.org.uk/

Dungeon & Dreamers
Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland.
http://www.dungeonsanddreamers.com/

Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games
Virtual exhibits from the University of Waterloo, Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects.
http://gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/

Game Game
Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen.
http://gamegame.blogs.com/

Game Liberation
A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
http://www.jesperjuul.dk/gameliberation/

Game Research
Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
http://www.game-research.com

Games For Health
Sponsored by the Serious Games Initiative. Develops a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications.
http://www.gamesforhealth.org/

Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture
Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.
http://www.knowledge.hut.fi/projects/games/gamelinks.html

Global Timoto
One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
http://www.globaltimoto.com

Habitat Chronicles
Weblog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985.
http://www.fudco.com/habitat/

Interactive Fiction
Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index.html

Learning Games Initiative
Examine computer games (arcade, console, PC, and handheld) in order to better understand their cultural and pedagogical import. Based in Tucson, AZ.
http://www.mesmernet.org/lgi/

Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive
A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
http://mud.co.uk/richard/oarchive.htm

Satellite Uplink
A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
http://www.efn.org/~dredmond/penguin.html

Serious Games Initiative
Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit.
http://www.seriousgames.org/

Video Game Culture: Leisure and Play Preferences of BC Teens
Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/research_documents/studies/video_games/video_game_culture.cfm

Yee, Nicholas - The Norrathian Scrolls: A Study of EverQuest
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.
http://www.nickyee.com/eqt/home.html

Artificial Life Game
Articles and inform information on artificial life games. [Atom]
http://alifegame.blogspot.com/atom.xml