We've Got Game

The Corante web site has been one of the pioneers in trying to carve out a business model for weblogs. They may be getting somewhere, because they're rapidly expanding their lineup of bloggers. The newest, called We've Got Game provides a fascinating inside look at the electronic gaming, as both a business and a social phenomenon.

Having seen the way my kids interact with games, I'm convinced that this topic needs intelligent scrutiny. When I was reporting on computing, I sought out research on how kids interact with games, and whether it might impact the way they interact with the rest of the world. An exhaustive search found that almost no one outside of the gaming industry was really studying this. There were plenty of academics looking at the impact of video game violence on kids, and lots of others examining how to incorporate educational games into the classroom. Blogger Andrew Phelps is filling the gap. "This blog is about tracking the rise of games as a medium of popular culture, and perhaps the medium of the times," Phelps writes. "The Jones’ kids all have game consoles, but more and more it’s not just Saturday morning entertainment - games are impacting peoples lives in a way never seen before." Go take a look.