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/

Video Game Research Papers

Academic research papers examining violence in video games, and related topics.
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~sherryj/videogames/papers.htm

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, 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

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

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/

Game Liberation

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

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

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

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/

Ludology.org - Videogame Theory

Resource for academic videogame research - Includes articles, links, conferences, news
http://www.ludology.org

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

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

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

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/

Richard A. Bartle: Players Who Suit MUDs

Discusses whether MUDs are games, pass times, sports or entertainments and suggests four kinds of player: achiever, explorer, socializer or killer.
http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm

Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive

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

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/

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

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

Buzzcut

A collaborative weblog on the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment and video games, led by David Thomas.
http://www.buzzcut.com

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

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

The Zero-Game Studio

Applied research lab specifically looking at game form. Located in Visby, Gotland, Scotland.
http://zerogame.tii.se/

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

Interactive Fiction

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

Fun is Fine: Toward a Philosophy of Game Design

Article reviewing David Kennerly's philosophy.
http://finegamedesign.com/fun_is_fine.html

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

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