Game Studies

• Conferences
• Personal Pages

• Science: Social Sciences: Economics: Game Theory 
• Games: History 
• Games: Video Games: Research 

• Center for Computer Games Research  - University of Copenhagen initiative dedicated to exploring the impact of computer games on society and their patrons.
• DFC Intelligence  - Strategic market research and consulting firm focusing on interactive entertainment and the video and online gaming industry. Provides reports of global or local scopes.
• Digiplay Initiative  - Broad ranging research project on computer games, gamers, and the gaming industry itself.
• Digiplay Initiative  - Site dedicated to understanding digital games, prepared by a Marie Curie Research Fellow who specializes in games, digital media, and counterfeiting.
• DiGRA Digital Library  - Collection of game studies information and resources published by the Digital Games Research Association available for free for educational and research use.
• Dungeons and Dreamers  - "Rise of the computer game culture form geek to chic." Featured book chronicles the advent of computer gaming culture from the seventies to the present.
• Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games  - Contains virtual game exhibits presenting various game types and themes.
• Game Research  - Aims to pool in materials and information that represent the art, science, and business of computer games.
• Games and Playable Media  - University of California - Santa Cruz research on games. Includes studies on augmented design, computational cinematics, natural language and dialog systems, as well as software introspection.
• Games for Health  - Features a research initiative that aims to develop a community and best practices platform for games being built for health care applications.
• Global Timoto  - Check out this interactive presentation of one man touring the world to record and document the games different people play.
• International Society for Board Game Studies  - Researching the history and development of board games around the world. Includes journal.
• Learning Games Initiative  - Collective research undertaking attempts to examine the culture and pedagogy of various game platforms.
• Trans-Reality Game Laboratory  - Research facility that focuses on the development of new game forms and technologies. Details on projects and results presented.
• University of Salford Centre for the Study of Gambling  - Conducts research on the gambling industry and provides instruction for those interested in pursuing a career in the gaming industry.