Topia!: Games: Game Studies: Personal Pages (26) Kirksæther, Jørgen - Brief presentation of his doctoral thesis on videogame history and a few links. Juul, Jesper - IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, reviews, thesis, games. 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. Flanagan, Mary - University of Oregon. Digital media artist, research among other things on games. Mortensen, Torill - Volda University College. Weblog. Research on MUDs. Järvinen, Aki - Finland. Some of the site is in Finnish, but the research section is in English. Konzack, Lars - University of Aarhus. Research on computer games and ludology. Weblog and articles. Rau, Anja - Germany. Weblog, articles, conference calls. Research on computer games and hypertext. Tosca, Susana - IT University of Copenhagen. Articles, activities, teaching. Funk, Jeanne B - University of North Carolina. Research on the impact of violence in computer and video games on children. List of publications. Frasca, Gonzalo - Independent. Weblog, articles, games. Research on political games, simulations, ludology. Klevjer, Rune - Phd scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. Abstract of his doctoral project: Play and Mediation in Computer Games, links to papers. Zimmerman, Eric - Game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring the theory and practice of game design. Essays, links, teaching. Costikyan, Greg - Game developer and theorist. Links to published essays, game play and a personal section. Yee, Nicholas - Research is both quantative and qualitative, and is particularly centred on players of EverQuest and other Massive Multi-Player Online Games. Manninen, Tony - Researching networked multi-user virtual worlds, and especially the high-intensity interaction between humans originating from the world of 3D games. Mactavish, Andrew - Focuses on the performative and participatory elements of computer game play. Also researches hypertext theory and interactive, streaming video. Montfort, Nick - Theorist and author/developer specialising in interactive fiction, often in the crossover between game and literature. Games, fiction, publications and links. Pearce, Celia - Interactive media designer who has also written on games. Papers and descriptions of projects are available. Myers, David - Recent work attempts to unify existing theories of play within a semiotic framework. 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. 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. Adams, Ernest W. - Game designer and theorist. Archive of columns published in Gamasutra, other articles, list of print publications, pages describing game philosophy. Klastrup, Lisbeth - Researching the construction of story in virtual worlds. Background in hypertext theory. Weblog and publications. Poremba, Cindy - Weblog, articles and projects centered around multiplayer games, women and technology, emergence in communities and games and serial and reconfigurable narrative. Young, Brian-Mitchell - Weblog about videogames and popular culture and essays about first-person shooters written from a cultural studies perspective. Additional categories: baby store volkswagen beetle accessories lincoln electric woodworker cribs

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