Research Help: Game Design Research Guide: Welcome

About the Game Design Guide

Welcome!

Explore the tabs to the left to find the best tools for your research, information about the gaming industry, and to see what other artists and developers are up to. Go on, it’ll be fun. I promise there’ll be cake.

What's going on in the gaming world?

Digital Games and Research Association
Founded in 2003, DiGRA is the premiere international 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. www.digra.org
International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
Global network of collaborative projects and communities comprised of individuals from all fields of game development - from programmers and producers to writers, artists, QA and localization.
International Game Developers Association - Boston Chapter
Videogame developers in New England meet periodically in the Boston area to discuss the business of making and playing videogames, to meet old friends and make new friends in the industry, and to hang out, eat and drink, and have a good time.
Kotaku
News and opinion site about games and things serious gamers care about.
GameSpot

Gamelife

The latest gaming news from Wired’s gaming blog.

Joystiq

Gaming blog from Joystiq for news and information about the video game industry.

Destructoid

Videogame news and community blog.