Lukol Directory: Games: Game Studies: Personal Pages

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?...

Costikyan, Greg
Game designer, consultant and author. Site includes weblog, publications and other resources.
http://www.costik.com/

Pearce, Celia
Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available.
http://www.cpandfriends.com/

Dibbell, Julian
Personal site contains articles and writing samples including research on MMORPG economies and "A Rape in Cyberspace."
http://www.juliandibbell.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/

Bartle, Richard
(Ln(x))3. The everyday blog of MUD Scholar Richard Bartle.
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~rabartle/

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

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/

Hook, Brian
News, reviews, articles and a forum related to game design and development.
http://www.bookofhook.com/

Järvinen, Aki
Game Researcher & Designer. Personal blog, design diary, and research in progress.
http://www.gameswithoutfrontiers.net/index...

Kennerly , David
Professional and academic articles, presentation, and interviews game design philosophy, MMORPG design, and game education.
http://finegamedesign.com/

Sjursen, Elin
Personal blog of new media scholar.
http://www.zoomscope.com/blog/

Parker, J. R.
Offers links to game technology and articles on research and courses.
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~parker/new/...

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-i...

Frasca, Gonzalo
Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology.
http://ludology.org

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/

Hourigan, Ben
University of Melbourne. PhD candidate studying the political content of role-playing videogames.
http://benhourigan.com/

Tosca, Susana
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, activities, teaching.
http://www.it-c.dk/people/tosca/

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/

Taylor, Laurie
Professional and academic articles, presentations, and links to other resources.
http://www.laurientaylor.org/

Bryce, Jo
Interested in the psychological dimensions of technology use in work and leisure; gender and leisure; computer games and internet use; media psychology and media effects.
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psycho...

Walker, Jill
Weblog. Links to publications and other resources.
http://jilltxt.net/

Myers, David
Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework.
http://www.loyno.edu/~dmyers/

Klastrup, Lisbeth
Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.
http://www.klastrup.dk

Tang, Stephen
Studies games and technology. Full-time lecturer at Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. Personal blog and research listing.
http://stephen.mob1900.com

Smith, Jonas Heide
PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen. Personal weblog and CV.
http://www.jonassmith.dk/weblog/

Burke, Timothy
Personal blog of Terra Nova contributor. Includes links and other resources.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/

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/

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/

Juul, Jesper
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, reviews, thesis, games.
http://www.jesperjuul.dk

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

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/

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/

Yee, Nicholas
Research is both quantative and qualitative, and is particularly centred on players of EverQuest and other Massive Multi-Player Online Games.
http://www.nickyee.com/

Flanagan, Mary
Hunter College, NY. Digital media artist, research among other things on games.
http://www.maryflanagan.com/

Mortensen, Torill
Volda University College. Weblog. Research on MUDs.
http://torillsin.blogspot.com

Kirksæther, Jørgen
Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links.
http://home.nvg.org/~kirk/

Zimmerman, Eric
Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching.
http://www.ericzimmerman.com/

Konzack, Lars
Aalborg University. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles.
http://konzack.blogspot.com/

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....

Rau, Anja
Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer games and hypertext.
http://www.wordwrap.de/

Kücklich, Julian
Researches computer game philology, electronic art, and fiction.
http://particlestream.motime.com

Poremba, Cindy
Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative.
http://shinyspinning.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/~mactavi...





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