A Dec. 6, 2012 Guardian article on whether video games qualify as art, a debate that’s begun as a result of independent video games such as thatgamecompany’s Flower (2009, Sony Playstation 3) and Journey (2012, Sony Playstation 3) as well as Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain (2010, Sony Playstation 3). Quantic Dream’s David Cage has always argued […]

A March 5, 2012 Polygon article about theological exploration in games and a look at how that occurs in the controversial, religiously-charged game The Binding of Isaac.

An April 23, 2013 slideshow put together by Complex Gaming which shows the history of the most popular games. This could be useful in identifying trends in popular games.

An April 5, 2010 Kotaku article on the treatment of religion in video games historically.

A March 6, 2013 Kotaku article by a Mormon on the portrayals of his faith in video games, particularly the Fallout series.

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University and a researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. He argues that video games work to enhance learning. He’s the author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2007), The Anti-Education […]

A 2005 article in Phi Kappa Phi by James Paul Gee, a prolific education scholar known for his studies on the value of video games for education.

A Feb. 23, 2012 article on the development of the prolific video game company Nintendo.

A July 16, 2013 article on the utilitarian nature of how gods and miracles are treated in video game narratives.