








Research and Academia
These are sites for (and by) people that are interested in games in the academic sense of the word. This includes the study of games as culture, as forms of interactive narrative, as media, and for their own sake.
Typical Services/Sections:
Articles, webboards
http://www.ludology.org
http://game.itu.dk
http://www.playresearch.com
http://www.game-culture.com
http://www.nickyee.com/hub/
http://www.game-research.com
http://www.digiplay.org.uk
http://web.mit.edu/cms/
http://www.joystick101.org/
http://www.ren-reynolds.com/game_studies.htm
Journals
http://gamestudies.org (Game Studies)
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1822/ijigs11.htm (I. J. of Intelligent Games & Simulation)
http://www.scan.net.au/scan/journal/1203/index.php (Ludic Moments)
Weblogs
I’ve placed these here since the authors are primarily researchers or members of the game design community interested in furthering their art and holding serious discussions about games.
http://www.gamegirladvance.com
http://www.costik.com/weblog
http://www.antifactory.org
http://www.jesperjuul.dl/ludologist
http://chrisbusse.blogspot.com
http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu
http://www.corante.com/gotgame