RESOURCES // blogs & wikis, etc.

7.5th Floor
http://www.girardin.org/fabien/blog/
A blog by Fabien Girardin used for his Ph.D. thesis on collaboration in the context of mobile and ubiquitous environments

Academic Gamers
http://www.academic-gamers.org/
This site is dedicated to contributing to the scholarly discussion of games already taking place in books, journals, and weblogs. Their goal is to apply serious criticism to videogames--from a number of possible disciplinary approaches--and provide resources and a forum for others working in the field.

Analysys
http://research.analysys.com/
Offers resources on telecoms news

CNET
http://www.cnet.com/
A consumer-oriented site with product reviews and tech. industry news.

Develop Magazine
http://www.developmag.com/index.php
Targeted at the UK and international community, this site offers game development news.

DigiArts (UNESCO)
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC
&URL_SECTION=201.html

The UNESCO knowledge portal on digital arts. Lots of resources here.

Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)
http://www.digra.org/
DiGRA is the association for academics and professionals who research digital games and associated phenomena. It encourages high-quality research on games, and promotes collaboration and dissemination of work by its members

EDGE Videogame Culture
http://www.edge-online.co.uk/
Targeted towards gamers, this is a blog about video game culture and news Also available as a magazine.

Gamasutra
http://www.gamasutra.com/
A blog dedicated to game development and game development news.

game girl advance
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/
GameGirlAdvance (GGA) is a weblog and online journal that brings alternative perspectives to videogame culture. We want to analyze various aspects of gaming but also we want to put it into context, into the larger arena of modern pop culture. We're interested in what makes games fun, what makes games interesting, what we can learn from games, and what forces convert perfectly normal people into rabid gamers. We're also interested in music, film, and fashion. And girls. We love girls.

Game Research
http://www.game-research.com/
This site attempts to bring together the art, science and business of computer games.

Game Research
http://www.game-research.com/
Game Research attempts to bring together knowledge on computer games from the areas of art, business, and science.

GameGirlz
http://www.gamegirlz.com/
A weblog and news aggregator that brings a woman's and mother's perspective to video games. Yes, the editor is both!

Games & Storytelling
http://www.gamesandstorytelling.net/
Games and Storytelling is a joint project of University of Art and Design Helsinki, University of Tampere, Nokia and Veikkaus, designed to bring leading international experts together in a three-year-long lecture and workshop series, highlighting some important and topical developments in the culture, research and design of games.

Games Press
http://www.gamespress.com/
An online resource for games journalists; also an aggregator of press releases

GamesIndustry.biz
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/index.php
Games industry news

GameSpy.com
http://www.gamespy.com/
Games news and reviews (consumer)

GamingReport
http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NPNews&file=index
Games news and reviews (consumer)

Gignews.com
http://www.gignews.com/
News and reviews for industry professionals

GrandTextAuto
http://www.grandtextauto.org/
A group blog about digital narrative, games, poetry and art.

InfoSync World
http://www.infosyncworld.com/
Latest news and reviews on digital technology.

International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
http://www.igda.org/
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit professional membership organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game creation.

Ludology.org
http://ludology.org
Ludology.org is an online resource for videogame researchers. It has been published by Gonzalo Frasca.

Marc Prensky
http://www.marcprensky.com/
Personal site of the creator of socialimpactgames.com

networked_performance
http://turbulence.org/blog/
A research blog about networked performance.

New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Also good source of information on technology and internet.

Pasta and Vinegar
http://tecfa.unige.ch/perso/staf/nova/blog/
pasta and vinegar is a weblog by nicolas nova about emerging technologies usage/research/ foresight (video games, tangible interactions, ubicomp, hci/cscw, user experience analysis, innovation and various weird things)

PCZone Magazine
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/sites/pczone/
A British gaming magazine for consumers

RIXC
http://www.rixc.lv/#
Information on new media. Has some streaming lectures, too. Navigation is a bit cumbersome.

Screen Digest
http://www.screendigest.com/
Offers a broad range of media intelligence

Selectparks
http://www.selectparks.net/
A blog that deals with interconnections among art and games.

Social Impact Games
http://www.socialimpactgames.com
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. These are also known as "serious games."

Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/
From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society. Check the Infotech section.

Terra Nova
http://terranova.blogs.com/
Terra Nova is a collaborative weblog experiment an emerging social phenomenon called "virtual worlds" -- computer-generated, persistent, immersive, and representational social platforms.

The Education Arcade
http://educationarcade.org
The Education Arcade is devoted to innovation in the design and development of games that engage players' intellects, and offer insights into their world. TEA is a collaboration between the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT, and the University of Wisconsin.

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
The Technology section has often very good articles.

Thumb Bandits
http://thumbbandits.com/
Blog, news, reviews: "By female gamers-for all gamers"

Wired News
http://www.wired.com/
Created by Nicholas Negroponte, this is one of the most popular technology and new media online magazines. Great source of information.

Women Gamers
http://www.womengamers.com/
News, reviews, resources: "Because Women DO Play"

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