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Contents 1 Videos and Podcasts 2 Books 3 Groups 4 Source Code and Tutorials 5 Papers 6 Websites and Periodicals 7 Specific Topics

Videos and Podcasts

• Speeches
• Classes
• Movies

Books

• Essential reading
• Fun reading
• Technical reading

Groups

• IGDA Positive Impact SIG
• Technology Entertainment Design Community
• Hacker Community Publication

Source Code and Tutorials

• Android Programming Home
• Bad Logic Games

Papers

Research papers on gaming: game design, mech's, ludology, social marketing...

• McGonigal, J. (2003). A Real Little Game: The Performance of Belief in Pervasive Play, 0. Citeseer.
• Browne, C., & Maire, F. (2010). Evolutionary Game Design, 2(1), 1-16.

Websites and Periodicals

• Gamasutra: "The Art & Business of Making Games" Reporting on all aspects of video games and the video game industry including long articles on specific technical topics and in-depth interviews with game developers.
• Play This Thing!: Aimed primarily at game designers, this is a great roundup of all that is new and/or interesting in the world of indie games (video, board, ARG, etc.). Games that are unusual or innovative are commonly posted.

Specific Topics

• Game design
• Technical
• Pervasive gaming
• Role playing
• Classic games
• Computability
• Artificial intelligence
• Social engineering
• Educational games