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Parker, J. R.
Offers links to game technology and articles on research and courses.
pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Offers links to game technology and articles on research and courses.
pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Smith, Jonas Heide
PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen. Personal weblog and CV.
www.jonassmith.dk
PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen. Personal weblog and CV.
www.jonassmith.dk
Hook, Brian
News, reviews, articles and a forum related to game design and development.
www.bookofhook.com
News, reviews, articles and a forum related to game design and development.
www.bookofhook.com
Burke, Timothy
Personal weblog of Terra Nova contributor. Includes links and other resources.
www.swarthmore.edu
Personal weblog of Terra Nova contributor. Includes links and other resources.
www.swarthmore.edu
Costikyan, Greg
Game designer, consultant and author. Weblog, publications and other resources.
www.costik.com
Game designer, consultant and author. Weblog, publications and other resources.
www.costik.com
Flanagan, Mary
Hunter College, NY. Digital media artist, research among other things on games.
www.maryflanagan.com
Hunter College, NY. Digital media artist, research among other things on games.
www.maryflanagan.com
Kirksæther, Jørgen
Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links.
home.nvg.org
Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links.
home.nvg.org
Konzack, Lars
Aalborg University. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles.
konzack.blogspot.com
Aalborg University. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles.
konzack.blogspot.com
Taylor, Laurie
Professional and academic articles, presentations, and links to other resources.
www.laurientaylor.org
Professional and academic articles, presentations, and links to other resources.
www.laurientaylor.org
Myers, David
Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework.
www.loyno.edu
Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework.
www.loyno.edu
Järvinen, Aki
Game Researcher and Designer. Personal weblog, design diary, and research in progress.
www.gameswithoutfrontiers.net
Game Researcher and Designer. Personal weblog, design diary, and research in progress.
www.gameswithoutfrontiers.net
Rau, Anja
Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer games and hypertext.
www.wordwrap.de
Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer games and hypertext.
www.wordwrap.de
Frasca, Gonzalo
Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology.
ludology.org
Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology.
ludology.org
Hourigan, Ben
University of Melbourne. PhD candidate studying the political content of role-playing videogames.
benhourigan.com
University of Melbourne. PhD candidate studying the political content of role-playing videogames.
benhourigan.com
Pearce, Celia
Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available.
www.cpandfriends.com
Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available.
www.cpandfriends.com
Klastrup, Lisbeth
Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.
www.klastrup.dk
Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.
www.klastrup.dk
Dibbell, Julian
Personal site contains articles and writing samples including research on MMORPG economies and "A Rape in Cyberspace."
www.juliandibbell.com
Personal site contains articles and writing samples including research on MMORPG economies and "A Rape in Cyberspace."
www.juliandibbell.com
Dormans, Joris
Website of Dutch independent game scholar Joris Dormans. His articles on games and related subjects can be found here.
www.jorisdormans.nl
Website of Dutch independent game scholar Joris Dormans. His articles on games and related subjects can be found here.
www.jorisdormans.nl
Funk, Jeanne B
University of Toledo. Research on the impact of violence in computer and video games on children. List of publications.
psychology.utoledo.edu
University of Toledo. Research on the impact of violence in computer and video games on children. List of publications.
psychology.utoledo.edu
Eladhari, Mirjam
Gotland University in Sweden and University of Teesside in England. Personal weblog and notes for Ph.D. work on MMORPGs.
eladhari.blogspot.com
Gotland University in Sweden and University of Teesside in England. Personal weblog and notes for Ph.D. work on MMORPGs.
eladhari.blogspot.com
Hunicke, Robin
Northwestern University. Personal weblog, CV, and links to research and projects on player experience in computer games.
www.cs.northwestern.edu
Northwestern University. Personal weblog, CV, and links to research and projects on player experience in computer games.
www.cs.northwestern.edu
Kennerly , David
Professional and academic articles, presentation, and interviews game design philosophy, MMORPG design, and game education.
finegamedesign.com
Professional and academic articles, presentation, and interviews game design philosophy, MMORPG design, and game education.
finegamedesign.com
Zimmerman, Eric
Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching.
www.ericzimmerman.com
Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching.
www.ericzimmerman.com
Boullón Sabín, Alfonso
PhD Student, University of Seville. Research on the evolution of video games from a formal/audiovisual point of view. Portfolio and CV.
www.alu.us.es
PhD Student, University of Seville. Research on the evolution of video games from a formal/audiovisual point of view. Portfolio and CV.
www.alu.us.es
Klevjer, Rune
Phd scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. Abstract of his doctoral project: Play and Mediation in Computer Games, links to papers.
www.uib.no
Phd scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. Abstract of his doctoral project: Play and Mediation in Computer Games, links to papers.
www.uib.no
Barr, Brandon.
Texturl is the weblog of Brandon Barr, an advertising copywriter interested in the intersections between electronic media, advertising and poetry.
texturl.net
Texturl is the weblog of Brandon Barr, an advertising copywriter interested in the intersections between electronic media, advertising and poetry.
texturl.net
Mactavish, Andrew
Focuses on the performative and participatory elements of computer game play. Also researches hypertext theory and interactive, streaming video.
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
Focuses on the performative and participatory elements of computer game play. Also researches hypertext theory and interactive, streaming video.
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
Adams, Ernest W.
Game designer and theorist. Archive of columns published in Gamasutra, other articles, list of print publications, pages describing game philosophy.
www.designersnotebook.com
Game designer and theorist. Archive of columns published in Gamasutra, other articles, list of print publications, pages describing game philosophy.
www.designersnotebook.com
Yee, Nicholas
Research is both quantative and qualitative, and is particularly centred on players of EverQuest and other Massive Multi-Player Online Games.
www.nickyee.com
Research is both quantative and qualitative, and is particularly centred on players of EverQuest and other Massive Multi-Player Online Games.
www.nickyee.com
Manninen, Tony
Researching networked multi-user virtual worlds, and especially the high-intensity interaction between humans originating from the world of 3D games.
www.tol.oulu.fi
Researching networked multi-user virtual worlds, and especially the high-intensity interaction between humans originating from the world of 3D games.
www.tol.oulu.fi
Dekoven, Bernie
Articles, links, and weblog chronicling personal search for games and toys, ideas and innovations, people and events that enhance our capacity for having fun.
www.deepfun.com
Articles, links, and weblog chronicling personal search for games and toys, ideas and innovations, people and events that enhance our capacity for having fun.
www.deepfun.com
Montfort, Nick
Theorist and author/developer specialising in interactive fiction, often in the crossover between game and literature. Games, fiction, publications and links.
nickm.com
Theorist and author/developer specialising in interactive fiction, often in the crossover between game and literature. Games, fiction, publications and links.
nickm.com
Poremba, Cindy
Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative.
shinyspinning.com
Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative.
shinyspinning.com
Aarseth, Espen
University of Bergen. Editor in chief of Gamestudies.org and the originator of cybertext theory. The first chapter of his book, Cybertext, is available, as are a few other early articles.
www.hf.uib.no
University of Bergen. Editor in chief of Gamestudies.org and the originator of cybertext theory. The first chapter of his book, Cybertext, is available, as are a few other early articles.
www.hf.uib.no
Nowviskie, Bethany
University of Virginia. Dissertation deals with games and generative art in the context of conflicting design philosophies: hermeneutic and algorithmic. CV, descriptions of dissertation and projects, list of publications.
www.people.virginia.edu
University of Virginia. Dissertation deals with games and generative art in the context of conflicting design philosophies: hermeneutic and algorithmic. CV, descriptions of dissertation and projects, list of publications.
www.people.virginia.edu
