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• Amory et. al. - Computer Games as a Learning Resource   [rate] [review]
  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.

• Buzzcut   [rate] [review]
  A collaborative weblog on the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment and video games, led by David Thomas.

• Castronova, Edward: Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Front   [rate] [review]
  Report on the economy of Everquest, arguing that this virtual world has as real an economy as most nation states.

• Computergamestudies Mailing List   [rate] [review]
  Description of the mailing list, archives of previous posts and instructions on how to subscribe.

• DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research   [rate] [review]
  Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.

• Digiplay Initiative   [rate] [review]
  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.

• Fred McVittie: Games, entertainment and after.   [rate] [review]
  Short essay arguing that games are theatre and vice versa.

• Game Culture   [rate] [review]
  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.

• Game Liberation   [rate] [review]
  A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.

• Game Research   [rate] [review]
  Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.

• Gamegirlz Articles and Features   [rate] [review]
  Collection of academic articles, interviews and opinion pieces on women and gaming.

• Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture   [rate] [review]
  Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.

• Gaming People   [rate] [review]
  A collection of articles written by game designers, media critics, and players about computer and video game culture and its implications on society.

• How They Got Game: The History of Videogames and Interactive Simulations   [rate] [review]
  A project based at Stanford but involving researchers from several universities in the US that explores the history and cultural impact of videogames and interactive simulations.

• Interactive Fiction   [rate] [review]
  Annotated bibliography and several scholarly articles about interactive fiction, by Dennis G. Jerz.

• Jeffrey Goldstein: Does Playing Violent Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior?   [rate] [review]
  Quick and very sharp critique of the validity of recent research on video games and violence.

• Jesper Juul: A clash between game and narrative   [rate] [review]
  MA thesis by a Danish ludologist arguing that games are not narrative. Links to his other work. 1999.

• John Unsworth: Living Inside the (Operating) System: Community in Virtual Reality   [rate] [review]
  Essay discussing communities in MOOs, using PMC-MOO as a case study and discussing scholarly and pedagogical trajectories of MOOs. 1996.

• Klevjer, Rune: In Defence of Cutscenes   [rate] [review]
  Article situating cutscenes in games in relation to popular culture and narrative, arguing against the radical ludologist position that they are extraneous.

• Ludology.org - Videogame Theory   [rate] [review]
  Resource for academic videogame research - Includes articles, links, conferences, news

• New International Association for Digital Games Researchers   [rate] [review]
  Brief information on this initiative by Digiplay, and a call for participation.

• Pargman, Daniel: Code begets community   [rate] [review]
  Extracts of a PhD thesis on SvenskMUD and the management of a virtual gaming community.

• Richard A. Bartle - Players Who Suit MUDs   [rate] [review]
  Discusses whether MUDs are games, passtimes, sports or entertainments and suggests four kids of player: achiever, explorer, socializer or killer. Bibliography of previous research on MUDs.

• Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive   [rate] [review]
  A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by many different researchers, including some classics. Archive stretches from 1984 till 1997.

• The 2002 Project on Massively Multiplayer Game Communities   [rate] [review]
  Description of a graduate project by Dmitri Williams addressing questions of community, isolation and social capital.

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