Section III Resources

Books

HAMLET ON THE HOLODECK

by Janet Horowitz Murray

GAME WRITING: NARRATIVE SKILLS FOR VIDEOGAMES

edited by Chris Bateman

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND STORYTELLING FOR GAMES

by Lee Sheldon

DIGITAL STORYTELLING: A CREATOR’S GUIDE TO INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

by Carolyn Handler Miller

BREAK INTO THE GAME INDUSTRY: HOW TO GET A JOB MAKING VIDEO GAMES

by Ernest Adams

CHRIS CRAWFORD ON INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING

by Chris Crawford

GAME DESIGN: THE ART & BUSINESS OF CREATING GAMES

by Bob Bates

THEORY OF FUN FOR GAME DESIGN

by Raph Koster

FIRST PERSON: NEW MEDIA AS STORY, PERFORMANCE, AND GAME

by Noah Wardrip-Fruin

SWORDS & CIRCUITRY: A DESIGNER’S GUIDE TO COMPUTER ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

by Neal Hallford and Jana Hallford

SERIOUS GAMES: GAMES THAT EDUCATE, TRAIN, AND INFORM

by David Michael and Sande Chen

Trade Shows and Conferences

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE

http://www.gdconf.com

GAME WRITERS CONFERENCE

http://www.gamewritersconference.com

E³ (ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO)

http://www.e3expo.com

HOLLYWOOD AND GAMES SUMMIT

http://www.hollywoodandgames.com/

MOBILE GAME CONFERENCE

http://www.MobileGameConference.com

SERIOUS GAMES SUMMIT

http://www.seriousgamessummit.com

Magazines

GAME DEVELOPER

http://www.gdmag.com

EDGE

http://www.edge-online.co.uk

COMPUTER GAMING WORLD

http://cgw.1up.com

Links

GAMASUTRA

http://www.gamasutra.com

INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (IMDB)

http://www.imdb.com

MOBYGAMES

http://www.mobygames.com

PC VS. CONSOLE

http://www.pcvsconsole.com

ADRENALINE VAULT

http://www.adrenalinevault.com

GAMESPOT

http://www.gamespot.com

PC GAMER

http://www.pcgamer.com

GAMEPRO

http://www.gamepro.com

GAME INDUSTRY NEWS

http://www.gameindustry.com

GAMEDAILY

http://www.gamedaily.com

1UP

http://www.1up.com/

Unions and Organizations

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA)

http://www.wga.org

NEW MEDIA CAUCUS

http://www.wganewmedia.org

IGDA (INTERNATIONAL GAME DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION)

http://www.igda.org/writing

Looking for Jobs

PEER (PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT RECRUITERS)

http://www.peer-org.com/members.htm

GAMASUTRA

http://www.gamasutra.com

CREATIVEHEADS

http://www.creativeheads.net

DATASCOPE RECRUITMENT

http://www.datascope.co.uk/jobs_by_email.html

GAMESJOBNEWS

http://www.gamesjobnews.com

GAMES-MATCH.COM

http://www.games-match.com

GIGNEWS

http://www.gignews.com/jobs/index.htm

EDGE ON-LINE

http://www.edge-online.co.uk

ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK (AWN)

http://jobs.awn.com

Schools: United States

ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA—ORANGE COUNTY

Santa Ana, CA

Conceptual Storytelling course.

http://www.education.org/artinstitutes/california_orange.php

AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Austin, TX

http://www.austincc.edu/techcert/Video_Games.html

BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE

Bloomfield, NJ

http://www.bloomfield.edu/academic/majorsandconc.asp

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Pittsburgh, PA

http://www.cmu.edu

CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE

Burlington, VT

http://www.champlain.edu/majors/egame

FULL SAIL

Orlando, FL

http://www.fullsail.com

THE GUILDHALL AT SMU

Dallas, TX

http://guildhall.smu.edu

MIT (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

Cambridge, MA

http://www.comparativemediastudies.org

USC (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)

http://www.usc.edu

Schools: United Kingdom

SURREY INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Farnham, Surrey

http://www.dgdu.org

http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid 5638

Tech-oriented Temp Agencies

SAKSON & TAYLOR

http://www.sakson.com

FILTER/TALENT

http://www.filtertalent.com

EXCELL DATA

http://www.excell.com

VOLT SERVICES GROUP

http://www.volt.com