The Center for Computer Games Research is located at the

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, Denmark and was one of the first academic departments entirely dedicated to the scholarly study of digital gaming. Originally a part of the Department of Digital Aesthetics and Communication and spun off into its own independent unit in 2003, the Center was notable at the time for its sole specialization in gaming. It has historically been a multidisciplinary unit with faculty from fields ranging from literature to sociology to computer science. It has hosted a number of key conferences over the years including Other Players (2004), the 2005 iteration of the

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conference, and the

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in 2010. It continues to provide institutional support to the peer-reviewed journal ''Game Studies'', which launched in 2001 (the editor-in-chief,

Espen Aarseth Espen J. Aarseth (born 1965) is a Norwegian academic specializing in the fields of video game studies and electronic literature. Aarseth completed his doctorate at the University of Bergen. He co-founded the Department of Humanistic Informatics ...

, is former head of the Center and current Professor at the ITU). The Center played a significant role for a number of important game studies scholars and designers. In addition to being the intellectual home for the university's Masters Program in Gaming, the Center has produced a number of PhD's over the years including scholars who have gone on to do major work in the field (see below). Researchers affiliated with the Center include (current and former): *

* T. L. Taylor * Miguel Sicart *

Lisbeth Klastrup Lisbeth Klastrup (born in 1970) is a Danish scholar of new media. Although her early research was on hypertext fiction, she is now best known for her research on virtual worlds, particularly MMOGs such as EverQuest and World of Warcraft. Klastru ...

* Susanna Tosca * Jesper Juul *

Gonzalo Frasca Gonzalo Frasca (born 1972) is a game designer and academic researcher focusing on serious and political videogames. His blog, Ludology.org, was cited by NBC News as a popular designation for academic researchers studying video games (see ludology fo ...

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Georgios N. Yannakakis Georgios N. Yannakakis is Director and Professor at the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Games. He is one of the leading researchers within player affective modelling and adaptive content ...

Julian Togelius Julian Togelius is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Career Togelius holds a BA from Lund University, an MSc from the University of Sussex, and ...

* Mark Nelson * Katherine Isbister * Emma Witkowski * Douglas Wilson *

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References

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* ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3727932.stm BBC: Academics take on video games
Miami Herald: Higher education is child's play in video game degree program

External links

Center for Computer Games Research website
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