Mobygames is a website that maintains a database of digital games. The site aims to catalogue all games, and it relies on user contibutions to extend its range. See:
http://www.mobygames.com/
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Mobygames
Posted in Online resources with tags games, resources on March 9, 2008 by fransWikipedia
Posted in Online resources with tags game studies, resources, Wikipedia on March 9, 2008 by fransA collaboratively edited encyclopedia, Wikipedia includes several interesting entries that relate to game studies. These include:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_studies
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_on_computer_and_video_games
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Video_Arcade_Games
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_video_game
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_games
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_video_game_industry
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_lists_by_genre
Note that the Wikipedia articles might include unverified claims and tilted argumentation, so be cautious, and practice a fair deal of source criticism.
DiGRA Library
Posted in Online resources with tags DiGRA, game studies, resources on March 9, 2008 by fransThe open access digital library provided by DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) collects together peer-reviewed papers presented in DiGRA conferences. See:
http://www.digra.org/dl
Game Research
Posted in Online resources with tags game studies, resources on March 9, 2008 by fransGame Research is the title of site that contains book reviews, research articles and information pages on various game studies related topics. See:
http://www.game-research.com/
Digiplay Bibliography
Posted in Online resources with tags Books, digiplay, game studies, resources on March 9, 2008 by fransThe Digiplay Initiative maintains an extensive games research bibliography, currently reaching over two thousand references. The Digiplay site includes also links to papers, reports and books authored by the Digiplay research collective. Link to the bibliography:
http://digiplay.info/digibiblio
An Introduction to Game Studies 