Game Studies

Game Studies

Game Studies covers the artistic, cultural, social, psychological and economic significance of games. This category includes links to academic studies, journals, news articles, conferences, associations, and related information on game culture and research.

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- A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
- Resource for academic videogame research - Includes articles, links, conferences, news
- Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.
- Quick and very sharp critique of the validity of recent research on video games and violence.
- Article by Craig A. Anderson, University of Iowa and Karen E. Dill, Lenoir-Rhyne College, showing increased aggression in video game players.
- Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.
- Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
- Report on the economy of Everquest, arguing that this virtual world has as real an economy as most nation states.
- 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.
- Article situating cutscenes in games in relation to popular culture and narrative, arguing against the radical ludologist position that they are extraneous.
- Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming.
- Description of the mailing list, archives of previous posts and instructions on how to subscribe.
- Description of a graduate project by Dmitri Williams addressing questions of community, isolation and social capital.
- A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
- MA thesis by a Danish ludologist arguing that games are not narrative. Links to his other work. 1999.
- Article reviewing David Kennerly's philosophy.
- 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.
- Extracts of a PhD thesis on SvenskMUD and the management of a virtual gaming community.
- Essay about video games including an analysis of SimCity written by Ted Friedman.
- 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.
- Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
- Discusses whether MUDs are games, pass times, sports or entertainments and suggests four kinds of player: achiever, explorer, socializer or killer.
- Brief information on this initiative by Digiplay, and a call for participation.
- Applied research lab specifically looking at game form. Located in Visby, Gotland, Scotland.
- Essay discussing communities in MOOs, using PMC-MOO as a case study and discussing scholarly and pedagogical trajectories of MOOs. 1996.
- A collaborative weblog on the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment and video games, led by David Thomas.
- 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.
- A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
- A collection of articles written by game designers, media critics, and players about computer and video game culture and its implications on society.
- One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
- Academic research papers examining violence in video games, and related topics.

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