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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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Games For Health Games For Health Sponsored by the Serious Games Initiative. Develops a community and best practices platform for the numerous games being built for health care applications.
Google PageRank: 6/10

Serious Games Initiative Serious Games Initiative Focuses on using games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Sponsors annual Serious Games Summit.
Google PageRank: 6/10
DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research DFC Intelligence: Game Industry Research Providing strategic market research and statistics on the video game, interactive entertainment and interactive broadcasting industries.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games Virtual exhibits from the University of Waterloo, Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to research and the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Game Game Game Game Ludology meets Understanding Comics. A card game about game studies by Aki Järvinen.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Game Research Game Research Offers news and research information on the development and social impact of computer games, and the Games Research mailing list.
Google PageRank: 5/10

Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture Links to computer and video game research resources. Bibliography of game research, researchers, organisations, conferences, archives, news.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Habitat Chronicles Habitat Chronicles Weblog and development historical information from Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, designers of Habitat, 1985.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Learning Games Initiative Learning Games Initiative Examine computer games (arcade, console, PC, and handheld) in order to better understand their cultural and pedagogical import. Based in Tucson, AZ.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive Richard A. Bartle: MUD Writings Archive A collection of fulltext research articles on MUDs by different researchers.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Yee, Nicholas - The Norrathian Scrolls: A Study of EverQuest Yee, Nicholas - The Norrathian Scrolls: A Study of EverQuest 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.
Google PageRank: 5/10

Artificial Life Game Artificial Life Game Contains useful links to resources and studies of artificial life games.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Artificial Life Game Artificial Life Game Articles and inform information on artificial life games.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Digiplay Initiative Digiplay Initiative Research project on computer games, gamers and the gaming industry. Site has an bibliography of print and online game research. Some news, links, events, own publications.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Dungeon & Dreamers Dungeon & Dreamers Website for book of the same name. Includes sample chapter and individual pages for authors Brad King and John Borland.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Game Liberation Game Liberation A game about game theory by Jesper Juul.
Google PageRank: 4/10

GamesLab GamesLab New Zealand based research group dedicated to raising the profile of games research and acting as a proponent in developing a critical awareness of video games.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Global Timoto Global Timoto One man, on a motorcycle, around the world, in mission to explore and record diverse people and the games they play.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Satellite Uplink Satellite Uplink A collection of insights that put video games inside a broader cultural and aesthetic framework. E-book available for download.
Google PageRank: 4/10
The Canadian Video Game and Computer Industry The Canadian Video Game and Computer Industry Offers information and analysis about the video and computer game industry in Canada. Produced by a group of researchers in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Video Game Culture: Leisure and Play Preferences of BC Teens Video Game Culture: Leisure and Play Preferences of BC Teens Study examines the significance of children's video game play by surveying British Columiba teenagers' attitudes, interests, motives and behaviors toward gaming.
Google PageRank: 4/10