Game Studies

» 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/

» 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/

» 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