In this collaborative weblog, researchers and game designers come together to explore computer-generated, persistent, immersive, and representational social platforms." This is the best single resource for students of virtual worlds.
This site is a user-friendly gateway to Nick Yee's extensive
research findings on the dynamics of virtual worlds.
Maintained by games researcher Lisa Galarneau, Social Study Games is a repository of resources related to the social and psychological dimensions of video-games. It includes articles on addiction, cheating, education, gender, identity, immersion, and vide-game ethics.
This site describes itself as "a forum for the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment." Co-editors Ian Bogost and Gonzalo Frasca are first-rate scholars and experienced game developers.
For the past six years, Gama Sutra has been essential reading for game
developers. The site includes articles about designing games, interviews with
industry figures, discussion forums, job announcements, and a gallery of student
work.
