Kirksأ¦ther, Jأ¸rgen:
Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a
few links.
http://home.nvg.org/~kirk/
Juul, Jesper:
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, reviews, thesis, games.
http://www.jesperjuul.dk
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/
Flanagan, Mary:
University of Oregon. 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
Jأ¤rvinen, Aki:
Finland. Some of the site is in Finnish, but the research section is
in English.
http://www.akijarvinen.net/
Konzack, Lars:
University of Aarhus. Research on computer games and ludology.
Weblog and articles.
http://konzack.blogspot.com/
Rau, Anja:
Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer
games and hypertext.
http://www.wordwrap.de/
Tosca, Susana:
IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, activities, teaching.
http://www.it-c.dk/people/tosca/
Funk, Jeanne B:
University of North Carolina. Research on the impact of violence in
computer and video games on children. List of publications.
http://www.utoledo.edu/psychology/FunkVita.html
Frasca, Gonzalo:
Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games,
simulations, ludology.
http://ludology.org
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/
Zimmerman, Eric:
Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and
practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching.
http://www.ericzimmerman.com/
Costikyan, Greg:
Game developer and theorist. Links to published essays, game play
and a personal section.
http://www.costik.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/
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
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/
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/
Pearce, Celia:
Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and
descriptions of projects are available.
http://www.cpandfriends.com/
Myers, David:
Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a
semiotic framework.
http://www.loyno.edu/~dmyers/
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/psychol/bryce.htm
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
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/
Klastrup, Lisbeth:
Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background
in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications.
http://www.klastrup.dk
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
Young, Brian-Mitchell:
Weblog about videogames and popular culture and essays about
first-person shooters written from a cultural studies perspective.
http://www.geocities.com/yllohwood
