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Games For Health
gamesforhealth.org
Sponsored by the Serious Games Initiative. Develops a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications.
DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research
dfcint.com
Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture
knowledge.hut.fi
Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.
Dungeon & Dreamers
dungeonsanddreamers.com
Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland.
Artificial Life Game
alifegame.blogspot.com
Articles and inform information on artificial life games.
Game Research
game-research.com
Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
Yee, Nicholas - The Norrathian Scrolls: A Study of EverQuest
nickyee.com
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.
Game Liberation
jesperjuul.dk
A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
Digiplay Initiative
digiplay.org.uk
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.
Global Timoto
globaltimoto.com
One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive
mud.co.uk
A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
Interactive Fiction
jerz.setonhill.edu
Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
Video Game Culture: Leisure and Play Preferences of BC Teens
media-awareness.ca
Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming.
Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games
gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca
Virtual exhibits from the University of Waterloo, Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects.
Satellite Uplink
efn.org
A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
The Canadian Video Game and Computer Industry
publish.uwo.ca
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.
Habitat Chronicles
fudco.com
Blog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985.
Artificial Life Game
alifegame.blogspot.com
Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games.
Serious Games Initiative
seriousgames.org
Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit.
Game Game
gamegame.blogs.com
Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen.
Learning Games Initiative
mesmernet.org
Examine computer games (arcade, console, PC, and handheld) in order to better understand their cultural and pedagogical import. Based in Tucson, AZ.
GamesLab
gameslab.co.nz
New Zealand based research group dedicated to raising the profile of games research and acting as a proponent in developing a critical awareness of video games.