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ALA: Videogames In Libraries Increase Readership

Here’s an interesting story by Michael Martinez at the Chicago Tribune sure to make gaming and library advocates happy. The American Library Association announced at their annual conference this wee… more »

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ALA: Videogames In Libraries Increase Readership

John Rice wrote 4 days ago: Here’s an interesting story by Michael Martinez at the Chicago Tribune sure to make gaming and lib … more »

Tags: ALA, Educational Conferences, Surveys, Wii, American Library Association, Chicago Tribune, Loriene Roy, Michael Martinez, Paul Wa

Videogames Worth $57 Billion Next Year, Online Gaming Tops in Platform Revenue

John Rice wrote 4 days ago: Here’s a new set of stats for your next paper on videogames. Industry research indicates the video … more »

Tags: MMORPGS, Research, Video Game Research, virtual worlds

Games Boom Despite Food & Fuel Costs — 5 comments

John Rice wrote 2 months ago: Today is the release date for the fourth installment in the Grand Theft Auto titles, otherwise known … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, video game addiction, MMORPGS, World of Warcraft, New York Times, Wow, gta iv, gamestop, Berkeley

Report: Brain Fitness Software Shows Strong Potential for Schools — 3 comments

John Rice wrote 3 months ago: The folks over at SharpBrains have released a new report: The State of the Brain Fitness Market, 200 … more »

Tags: Research, Video Game Research, Serious Games, Nintendo, DS, Brain Science, Medical Games, Military Games, Wii

Report: Market for Video Gaming in Mexico Soon Worth $1 Billion

John Rice wrote 3 months ago: I’ve blogged a lot about our Canadian friends and the wealth of research occurring on videogames n … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Video Game Research, México, Mexican videogames

Case Study in the Making: Cautious Nintendo Results in Low Forecasts, Few Wiis — 2 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: Here’s an article in today’s Wall Street Journal by Yukari Iwatani Kane and Nick Wingfield profi … more »

Tags: Business Lit, Game Discussion, Making Video Games, Nintendo, UCLA, Video Game Research, Wii, WSJ, Bandai

Controversy Over Industry Survey Results — 1 comment

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: Kudos to Gamasutra, one of the best sites out there covering all aspects of the gaming world, for re … more »

Tags: Research, Video Game Research, game studies, esa, gamasutra, Hill & Knowlton, opinion research corporation

Online Gambling: A Press Release from Gibraltar — 6 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: I had to laugh today while browsing news releases. I came across this one from Belle Rock Entertainm … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Business Games, Game Writing, Making Video Games, MMORPGS

Games Are Bad, Right? Misericordia Survey Aims to Find Out — 5 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: Sam Galski over at the Hazelton, PA Standard-Speaker (“Serving Luzerne, Carbon, Schuylkill, Columb … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, Ellen McLaughlin, Misericordia University, survey research

CFP: Electronic Commerce Research — 6 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: Thanks to the Virtual Economy Research Network: Electronic Commerce Research: Special Issue Call / D … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Second-Life, Business Games, Business Lit, Game Writing

Researching World of Warcraft — 3 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: Climbing the scales at Digg this week is a story on How Stuff Works about World of Warcraft. Most in … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, game studies, video game addiction, MMORPGS, World of Warcraft, virtual worlds, Terra nova

The Family that Frags Together, Stays Together — 5 comments

John Rice wrote 7 months ago: The news feeds were abuzz today about a new AP/AOL Games poll of parents and videogames. The interes … more »

Tags: AP, Game Discussion, game studies, media

Dissin’ the Women: How Videogame Makers Discriminate Against Female Players — 11 comments

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: I found a nice site across the pond tonight, the DigiPlay Initiative. Here’s an excerpt from their … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, game studies, Game Writing, Gaming blogs, Making Video Games, Related blogs, Research, Serious Games, Video Game Research

Engaged to Learn? Study Shows MMORPGs Rule — 8 comments

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: I corresponded recently with Dr. Joshua Smyth over at Syracuse’s Dept. of Psychology, who gracious … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, AMA, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Apa, Second-Life, Game Writing

Canada Celebrates Videogame Boom

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: The Entertainment Software Association of Canada released a report recently on Canada’s videogame … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Questions, Research, Video Game Research, game studies, Web 2.0, Business Games, Game Writing, Making Video Games

UTD Study Addresses Gaming Market for Girls & Mothers — 4 comments

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: I’m fascinated by the different approaches researchers take when studying videogames. Recently, Th … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Second-Life, Business Games, Business Lit, Educational Conferences

A Billion Bucks on Virtual Worlds — 3 comments

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: Here’s a nice factoid for those interested in videogame statistics: in the last year, corporations … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, media, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Second-Life, Business Games, Business Lit

Boys Just Want to Have (Violent) Fun — 10 comments

John Rice wrote 8 months ago: If parents have a son and a daughter, are they more likely to let the son play violent videogames? A … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, Video Game Research, game studies, Business Lit

Newspaper Seriously Errs Reporting Videogame Study — 5 comments

John Rice wrote 9 months ago: I came across an egregious error in the media today, where a newspaper reporter indicated a study sh … more »

Tags: Game Discussion, Research, media, AMA, Video Game Research, Serious Games, game studies, Apa, Game Writing


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