- Kirksæther, Jørgen - http://home.nvg.org/~kirk/
Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links.
- Juul, Jesper - http://www.jesperjuul.dk
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, reviews, thesis, games.
- Aarseth, Espen - http://www.hf.uib.no/hi/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.
- Flanagan, Mary - http://www.maryflanagan.com/
Hunter College, NY. Digital media artist, research among other things on games.
- Mortensen, Torill - http://torillsin.blogspot.com
Volda University College. Weblog. Research on MUDs.
- Konzack, Lars - http://konzack.blogspot.com/
Aalborg University. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles.
- Rau, Anja - http://www.wordwrap.de/
Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer games and hypertext.
- Tosca, Susana - http://www.it-c.dk/people/tosca/
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, activities, teaching.
- Frasca, Gonzalo - http://ludology.org
Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology.
- Klevjer, Rune - http://www.uib.no/people/smkrk/
Phd scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. Abstract of his doctoral project: Play and Mediation in Computer Games, links to papers.
- Zimmerman, Eric - http://www.ericzimmerman.com/
Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching.
- Costikyan, Greg - http://www.costik.com/
Game designer, consultant and author. Site includes weblog, publications and other resources.
- Yee, Nicholas - http://www.nickyee.com/
Research is both quantative and qualitative, and is particularly centred on players of EverQuest and other Massive Multi-Player Online Games.
- Manninen, Tony - http://www.tol.oulu.fi/~tmannine/research.html
Researching networked multi-user virtual worlds, and especially the high-intensity interaction between humans originating from the world of 3D games.
- Mactavish, Andrew - http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~mactavis/
Focuses on the performative and participatory elements of computer game play. Also researches hypertext theory and interactive, streaming video.
- Montfort, Nick - http://nickm.com/
Theorist and author/developer specialising in interactive fiction, often in the crossover between game and literature. Games, fiction, publications and links.
- Pearce, Celia - http://www.cpandfriends.com/
Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available.
- Myers, David - http://www.loyno.edu/~dmyers/
Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework.
- Nowviskie, Bethany - http://www.people.virginia.edu/~bpn2f
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.
- Adams, Ernest W. - http://www.designersnotebook.com/
Game designer and theorist. Archive of columns published in Gamasutra, other articles, list of print publications, pages describing game philosophy.
- Klastrup, Lisbeth - http://www.klastrup.dk
Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.
- Poremba, Cindy - http://shinyspinning.com
Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative.
- Boullón Sabín, Alfonso - http://www.alu.us.es/a/alfbousab/english-index.htm
PhD Student, University of Seville. Research on the evolution of video games from a formal/audiovisual point of view. Portfolio and CV.
- Kennerly , David - http://finegamedesign.com/
Professional and academic articles, presentation, and interviews game design philosophy, MMORPG design, and game education.
- Parker, J. R. - http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/%7eparker/new/welcome.html
Offers links to game technology and articles on research and courses.
- Taylor, Laurie - http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/%7eltaylor/
Professional and academic articles, presentations, and links to other resources.
- Tang, Stephen - http://stephen.mob1900.com
Studies games and technology. Full-time lecturer at Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. Personal blog and research listing.
- Dormans, Joris - http://www.jorisdormans.nl/home.php
Website of Dutch independent game scholar Joris Dormans. His articles on games and related subjects can be found here.
- Kücklich, Julian - http://particlestream.motime.com
Researches computer game philology, electronic art, and fiction.
- Dibbell, Julian - http://www.juliandibbell.com/
Personal site contains articles and writing samples including research on MMORPG economies and "A Rape in Cyberspace."
- Barr, Brandon. - http://texturl.net/
Texturl is the blog of Brandon Barr, an advertising copywriter interested in the intersections between electronic media, advertising and poetry.
- Bryce, Jo - http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psychol/staff/jo.htm
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.
- Funk, Jeanne B - http://psychology.utoledo.edu/default.asp?id=99
University of Toledo. Research on the impact of violence in computer and video games on children. List of publications.
- Walker, Jill - http://jilltxt.net/
Weblog. Links to publications and other resources.
- Hourigan, Ben - http://benhourigan.com/
University of Melbourne. PhD candidate studying the political content of role-playing videogames.
- Dekoven, Bernie - http://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.
- Hook, Brian - http://www.bookofhook.com/
News, reviews, articles and a forum related to game design and development.
- Burke, Timothy - http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/
Personal blog of Terra Nova contributor. Includes links and other resources.
- Sjursen, Elin - http://www.zoomscope.com/blog/
Personal blog of new media scholar.
- Smith, Jonas Heide - http://www.jonassmith.dk/weblog/
PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen. Personal weblog and CV.
- Eladhari, Mirjam - http://eladhari.blogspot.com/
Gotland University in Sweden and University of Teesside in England. Personal blog and notes for Ph.D. work on MMORPGs.
- Bartle, Richard - http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/%7Erabartle/
(Ln(x))3. The everyday blog of MUD Scholar Richard Bartle.
- Järvinen, Aki - http://www.gameswithoutfrontiers.net/index.html
Game Researcher & Designer. Personal blog, design diary, and research in progress.
- Hunicke, Robin - http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/
Northwestern University. Personal blog, CV, and links to research and projects on player experience in computer games.
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