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Avant Gaming Weblog and a directory of "avant games". Seeks to identify and catalog games, and related resources, that challenge and subvert mainstream gaming conventions. http://www.avantgaming.com/

Blobs in Games Chronicle of game developer Amit Patel. http://simblob.blogspot.com/

Buzzcut A collaborative weblog on the theory and criticism of electronic entertainment and video games, led by David Thomas. http://www.buzzcut.com

Clickable Culture Blog from Tony Walsh covering the culture and study of games. http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickableculture

Coin Operated Weblog focusing on the theme of "Deconstructing Networks", video game studies, and network culture in general. Authored by Jonah Brucker-Cohen. http://www.coin-operated.com/

Collision Detection A weblog about politics, technology, and culture. By Clive Thompson. http://www.collisiondetection.net/

Curmudgeon Gamer Curmudgeoning all games equally. Collaborative weblog authored by Michael Vance, Bob Wieman, Ruffin Bailey, Matt Matthews, and John Harris. http://curmudgeongamer.com/

Ding! Gratz! News, links, and commentary on the game industry. From an informed perspective. http://dinggratz.blogspot.com/

Game Blogs Catch-all aggregator site for dozens of game-related blogs. http://www.gameblogs.org/

Game Eaters Collaborative weblog covering video games from an academic angle. http://game-eaters.blogspot.com/

Game Girl Advance Ezine/ weblog about the politics and culture of gaming. http://www.gamegirladvance.com

Game/Ai Collaborative weblog focusing on artificial intelligence in game technology. http://www.ai-blog.net/

Grand Text Auto Collaborative weblog featuring several leading scholars in Game Studies and New Media. http://www.grandtextauto.org

intelligent artifice A weblog on interactive entertainment: design, production, industry and related topics, authored by Jurie Horneman. http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/

Ludology.org - Videogame Theory Weblog and resource for academic videogame research. Includes articles, links, conferences, news http://www.ludology.org

The Ludonauts Collaborative weblog focusing on games from an academic perspective. Authored by Christian McCrea, William Huber, Walter Kim, and Thom Moyles. http://www.ludonauts.com/

Popular Culture Gaming Weblog centering on an ethnographic approach to studying videogames and videogame players. Authored by Bryan-Mitchell Young. http://popularculturegaming.com/

Terra Nova Collobarative weblog featuring several important scholars in the field. General focus is MMORPGs and social aspects of online gaming communities. http://terranova.blogs.com/

Water Cooler Games Weblog site authored by Ian Bogost and Gonzalo Frasca. Covers persuasive games, newsgaming, advergaming, and related rhetorical forms. http://www.watercoolergames.org

Writer Response Theory A blogging collective dedicated to the discussion and exploration of digital character art, authored by Jeremy Douglass, Mark Marino, and Christy Dena. http://wrt.ucr.edu/wordpress/