Web Site Links
Digiplay is a "project looking at computer games, gamers and the gaming industry. It is made up of researchers from the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) at the University of Manchester and The Department of Psychology of Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) in the UK."
DiGRA: Digital Games Research Association
"DiGRA is the association for academics and professionals who research digital games and associated phenomena."
This consortium, formally known as Games2Teach, "expands development work for and assessment studies of games in education; encourages broader investigations into the use of games in education with both industrial and university partners; and brings together a community of professionals and advocates interested in the future of videogames in education."
"Over 250,000 developers from around the world return here regularly to take advantage of our frequently updated developer news, thousands of articles and other resources, amazingly active forums, and most importantly to be a part of the growing international community of game developers."
"Game Research attempts to bring together knowledge on computer games from the areas of art, business, and science."
"Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published several times a year at www.gamestudies.org. Our primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games."
"Ludology.org is an online resource for videogame researchers."
North American Simulation and Gaming Association
NASAGA is "a growing network of professionals working on the design, implementation, and evaluation of games and simulations to improve learning results in all types of organizations."
"The Serious Games Initiative is focused on uses for games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector."
"The goal of this site is to catalog the growing number of video and computer games whose primary purpose is something other than to entertain."
Twitchspeed.com is a "Digital Game-Based Learning Portal, bringing together professionals and information in the field of digital game-based learning."
Virtual U "provides students, teachers, and parents the unique opportunity to step into the decision-making shoes of a university president. Players are responsible for establishing and monitoring all the major components of an institution, including everything from faculty salaries to campus parking."
Watercooler Games is "a forum for the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment."
