tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64532099318270295672011-11-27T18:58:58.700-05:00Lore, Facts, Articles and Opinions on the study of video games from a social science and humanities perspectiveLooking for Group Gamesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-80070866213305734192010-05-31T19:34:00.000-04:002010-05-31T19:34:48.823-04:00<a href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7135392.ece">Why are video games important? - Times Online</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-8007086621330573419?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-29992121035692809442010-01-27T16:15:00.000-05:002010-01-27T16:15:01.764-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/27dungeons.html">Appeals Court Upholds Prison Ban on Dungeons and Dragons - NYTimes.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-2999212103569280944?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-35749598321715393052010-01-22T16:19:00.000-05:002010-01-22T16:19:45.021-05:00<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10438120-247.html">Want to be a better gamer? Size matters | Health Tech - CNET News</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-3574959832171539305?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-7126098777157907432009-04-15T14:34:00.000-04:002009-04-15T14:34:57.830-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30217310/">Games a 'healthy escape,' say disabled readers - On the Level- msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-712609877715790743?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-61827452370702742392009-03-30T02:32:00.000-04:002009-03-30T02:32:21.378-04:00<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329143326.htm">Action Video Games Improve Vision, New Research Shows</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-6182745237070274239?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-87002847318875767202008-12-25T16:31:00.000-05:002008-12-25T16:31:33.818-05:00<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&amp;taxonomyName=Management&amp;articleId=9124143&amp;taxonomyId=14">Boss by day, gamer by night: Tech leaders' favorite video games</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-8700284731887576720?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-22881960475555547732008-12-07T20:24:00.000-05:002008-12-07T20:24:08.800-05:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28101518/">Survey: Over half of adults play video games - Games - msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-2288196047555554773?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-82595867297591386802008-11-28T15:03:00.000-05:002008-11-28T15:03:46.500-05:00<a href="http://fold.it/portal/info/science">The Science Behind Foldit Foldit</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-8259586729759138680?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-65775557586875937392008-09-30T15:09:00.000-04:002008-09-30T15:09:21.805-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26726230/">Can games make your kid a better citizen? - Back to School- msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-6577555758687593739?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-35310456304257720302008-09-30T15:06:00.000-04:002008-09-30T15:06:34.123-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26947992/">Video gamers are surprisingly fit, says study - LiveScience- msnbc.com</a>: "unhealthy results, and video games have gotten lumped in. Yet Williams pointed out that TV watchers get bombarded by messages about 'buying, consuming and eating,' while video gamers get messages about 'taking action' within the game."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-3531045630425772030?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-30266292662714590252008-09-17T22:05:00.000-04:002008-09-17T22:05:07.934-04:00<a href="http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/17/1411662.aspx">DNA fingerprints in orbit - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-3026629266271459025?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-64080405333015259032008-09-08T14:15:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:15:09.488-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26562202/">'Spore' is a game for all gamers - Games - msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-6408040533301525903?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-26311251601368429872008-07-22T18:21:00.000-04:002008-07-22T18:21:22.234-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25801638/">NY law seeks to restrict violent video games - Games - msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-2631125160136842987?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-15290747363676847742008-06-14T13:03:00.000-04:002008-06-14T13:03:19.716-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15500439/page/2/">Serious games provide learning, training - On the Level- msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-1529074736367684774?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-48065399898822593292008-06-14T12:45:00.000-04:002008-06-14T12:45:23.786-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25104254/page/2/">Can video games be a force for change? - Citizen Gamer- msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-4806539989882259329?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-12985679016187347202008-04-22T15:23:00.000-04:002008-04-22T15:23:55.847-04:00<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24245196/">What makes video games 'addictive'? - On the Level- msnbc.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-1298567901618734720?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-16654853069863705792008-02-21T14:24:00.000-05:002008-02-21T14:24:40.173-05:00<a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/61747.html">Technology News: Gaming: How Gaming Chops Translate Into Real-World Business Skills</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-1665485306986370579?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-32465309039164077322007-07-24T13:37:00.000-04:002007-07-24T13:37:10.952-04:00<a href="http://www.gamestudies.org/0501/nakamura_wirman/">Game Studies 0501: Girlish Counter-Playing Tactics by Rika Nakamura and Hanna Wirman</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-3246530903916407732?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-10021706751303766532007-07-24T13:33:00.000-04:002007-07-24T13:33:46.056-04:00<a href="http://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/consalvo_dutton">Gamestudies - Game analysis: Developing a methodological toolkit for the qualitative study of games</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-1002170675130376653?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-41624957072007431862007-07-24T13:31:00.000-04:002007-07-24T13:31:54.408-04:00<a href="http://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/paulk">Gamestudies - Signifying Play: The Sims and the Sociology of Interior Design</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-4162495707200743186?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-86359682005576268092007-07-10T22:51:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:51:25.567-04:00<a href="http://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/arnseth">Gamestudies - Learning to Play or Playing to Learn - A Critical Account of the Models of Communication Informing Educational Research on Computer Gameplay</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-8635968200557626809?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-28646349700025363732007-07-10T22:49:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:50:02.639-04:00<a href="http://www.gamestudies.org/0301/fromme/">Game Studies - Computer Games as a Part of Children's Culture</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-2864634970002536373?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-19200748325185737962007-07-01T21:18:00.000-04:002007-07-01T21:18:10.138-04:00<a href="http://gamestudies.org/0601/articles/arnseth">Gamestudies - Learning to Play or Playing to Learn - A Critical Account of the Models of Communication Informing Educational Research on Computer Gameplay</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-1920074832518573796?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-68877486739991924642007-07-01T21:16:00.000-04:002007-07-01T21:16:23.062-04:00<a href="http://www.gamestudies.org/0102/squire/">Game Studies 0102: Cultural framing of computer/video games. By Kurt Squire</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-6887748673999192464?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453209931827029567.post-47336098191595320612007-07-01T18:46:00.000-04:002007-07-01T18:56:28.108-04:00Welcome to Ludology for Gamers, a blog created by Looking for Group Games. We will be posting articles, links and other stuff relating to Ludology - the study of video games from the perspective of social science and its affect on humanity. Feel free to comment on any of the articles presented here (keep it clean please).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6453209931827029567-4733609819159532061?l=ludologyforgamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glenn Corcoranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006884022920216206noreply@blogger.com0