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Amory et. al. - Computer Games as a Learning Resource - Paper by Alan Amory, Kevin Naicker, Jackie Vincent and Claudia Adams evaluating how biology students use computer games and how games can be used in teaching.
http://www.nu.ac.za/biology/staff/amory/edmedia98.html |
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Buzzcut - A collaborative weblog on the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment and video games, led by David Thomas.
http://www.buzzcut.com |
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Castronova, Edward: Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier - Report on the economy of Everquest, arguing that this virtual world has as real an economy as most nation states.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=294828 |
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Computergamestudies Mailing List - Description of the mailing list, archives of previous posts and instructions on how to subscribe.
http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/computergamestudies |
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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/ |
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Digiplay Initiative - Research project on computer games, gamers and the gaming industry. Site has an extensive bibliography of print and online game research. Some news, links, events, own publications.
http://www.digiplay.org.uk/ |
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Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design - Article reviewing David Kennerly's philosophy.
http://finegamedesign.com/fun_is_fine.html |
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Game Culture - Resource for academics, developers, gamers and others interested in the significance of computer games as a cultural phenomenon. Includes information on news, journal articles, conferences, mailing lists and related resources.
http://www.game-culture.com/ |
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Game Liberation - A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
http://www.jesperjuul.dk/gameliberation/ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Interactive Fiction - Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index.html |
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Jeffrey Goldstein: Does Playing Violent Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior? - Quick and very sharp critique of the validity of recent research on video games and violence.
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/goldstein.html |
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Jesper Juul: A clash between game and narrative - MA thesis by a Danish ludologist arguing that games are not narrative. Links to his other work. 1999.
http://www.jesperjuul.dk/thesis/ |
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John Unsworth: Living Inside the (Operating) System: Community in Virtual Reality - Essay discussing communities in MOOs, using PMC-MOO as a case study and discussing scholarly and pedagogical trajectories of MOOs. 1996.
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/pmc/Virtual.Community.html |
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Klevjer, Rune: In Defence of Cutscenes - Article situating cutscenes in games in relation to popular culture and narrative, arguing against the radical ludologist position that they are extraneous.
http://www.uib.no/people/smkrk/docs/klevjerpaper.htm |
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Ludology.org - Videogame Theory - Resource for academic videogame research - Includes articles, links, conferences, news
http://www.ludology.org |
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Making Sense of Software: Computer Games and Interactive Textuality - Essay about video games including an analysis of SimCity written by Ted Friedman.
http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/simcity.htm |
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New International Association for Digital Games Researchers - Brief information on this initiative by Digiplay, and a call for participation.
http://www.digiplay.org.uk/dga.php |
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Pargman, Daniel: Code begets community - Extracts of a PhD thesis on SvenskMUD and the management of a virtual gaming community.
http://svmud.lysator.liu.se/pargman/ |
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Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive - A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
http://mud.co.uk/richard/oarchive.htm |
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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 |
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The Zero-Game Studio - Applied research lab specifically looking at game form. Located in Visby, Gotland, Scotland.
http://zerogame.tii.se/ |
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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/r...dies/video_games/video_game_culture.cfm |
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Video Game Research Papers - Academic research papers examining violence in video games, and related topics.
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~sherryj/videogames/papers.htm |
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Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior in the Laboratory and in Life - Article by Craig A. Anderson, University of Iowa and Karen E. Dill, Lenoir-Rhyne College, showing increased aggression in video game players.
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp784772.html |
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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 |
