Game Studies

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Artificial Life Game :

- Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games.
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.
DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research :

- Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
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.
Dungeon & Dreamers :

- Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland.
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.
Game Game :

- Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen.
Game Liberation :

- A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
Game Research :

- Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
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.
Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture :

- Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.
Global Timoto :

- One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
Habitat Chronicles :

- Weblog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985.
Interactive Fiction :

- Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
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.
Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive :

- A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
Satellite Uplink :

- A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
Serious Games Initiative :

- Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit.
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.
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.

Artificial Life Game :

- Articles and inform information on artificial life games. [Atom]