Personal Pages Game Studies Games The Game 2007

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.

http://www.hf.uib.no/hi/espen/

Adams, Ernest W.

Game designer and theorist. Archive of columns published in Gamasutra, other articles, list of print publications, pages describing game philosophy.

http://www.designersnotebook.com/

Barr, Brandon.

Texturl is the blog of Brandon Barr, an advertising copywriter interested in the intersections between electronic media, advertising and poetry.

http://texturl.net/

Bartle, Richard

(Ln(x))3. The everyday blog of MUD Scholar Richard Bartle.

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~rabartle/

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.

http://www.alu.us.es/a/alfbousab/english-index.htm

Burke, Timothy

Personal blog of Terra Nova contributor. Includes links and other resources.

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/

Costikyan, Greg

Game designer, consultant and author. Site includes weblog, publications and other resources.

http://www.costik.com/

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.

http://www.deepfun.com/

Dibbell, Julian

Personal site contains articles and writing samples including research on MMORPG economies and "A Rape in Cyberspace."

http://www.juliandibbell.com/

Dormans, Joris

Website of Dutch independent game scholar Joris Dormans. His articles on games and related subjects can be found here.

http://www.jorisdormans.nl/home.php

Eladhari, Mirjam

Gotland University in Sweden and University of Teesside in England. Personal blog and notes for Ph.D. work on MMORPGs.

http://eladhari.blogspot.com/

Flanagan, Mary

Hunter College, NY. Digital media artist, research among other things on games.

http://www.maryflanagan.com/

Frasca, Gonzalo

Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology.

http://ludology.org

Funk, Jeanne B

University of Toledo. Research on the impact of violence in computer and video games on children. List of publications.

http://psychology.utoledo.edu/default.asp?id=99

Hook, Brian

News, reviews, articles and a forum related to game design and development.

http://www.bookofhook.com/

Hourigan, Ben

University of Melbourne. PhD candidate studying the political content of role-playing videogames.

http://benhourigan.com/

Hunicke, Robin

Northwestern University. Personal blog, CV, and links to research and projects on player experience in computer games.

http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/

Järvinen, Aki

Game Researcher & Designer. Personal blog, design diary, and research in progress.

http://www.gameswithoutfrontiers.net/index.html

Juul, Jesper

IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, reviews, thesis, games.

http://www.jesperjuul.dk

Kennerly , David

Professional and academic articles, presentation, and interviews game design philosophy, MMORPG design, and game education.

http://finegamedesign.com/

Kirksæther, Jørgen

Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links.

http://home.nvg.org/~kirk/

Klastrup, Lisbeth

Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.

http://www.klastrup.dk

Klevjer, Rune

Phd scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. Abstract of his doctoral project: Play and Mediation in Computer Games, links to papers.

http://www.uib.no/people/smkrk/

Konzack, Lars

Aalborg University. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles.

http://konzack.blogspot.com/

Kücklich, Julian

Researches computer game philology, electronic art, and fiction.

http://particlestream.motime.com

Mactavish, Andrew

Focuses on the performative and participatory elements of computer game play. Also researches hypertext theory and interactive, streaming video.

http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~mactavis/

Manninen, Tony

Researching networked multi-user virtual worlds, and especially the high-intensity interaction between humans originating from the world of 3D games.

http://www.tol.oulu.fi/~tmannine/research.html

Montfort, Nick

Theorist and author/developer specialising in interactive fiction, often in the crossover between game and literature. Games, fiction, publications and links.

http://nickm.com/

Mortensen, Torill

Volda University College. Weblog. Research on MUDs.

http://torillsin.blogspot.com

Myers, David

Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework.

http://www.loyno.edu/~dmyers/

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.

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~bpn2f

Parker, J. R.

Offers links to game technology and articles on research and courses.

http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~parker/new/welcome.html

Pearce, Celia

Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available.

http://www.cpandfriends.com/

Poremba, Cindy

Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative.