GAMES RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS

Fun and Games

A website with hundreds of games for children, youth and adults in almost any context.

Ground Zero Productions

P.O. Box 923, Culver City, CA 90232-0923
Tel: (310) 390-5611; Games That Work, for those who like games bizarre, messy, and raunchy.


NavPress Software
1934 Rutland Drive, Suite 500, Austin, TX 78758-5418
Tel: (800) 777-7638 Included with the Youthworker's Encyclopedia (if you have the Youth Leader's Library) is Youth Meeting Index for LessonMaker. This remarkable resource has a selection of hundreds of games and icebreakers to introduce programs on almost any topic.

The Source for Youth Ministry

Lots of game and ice-breaker ideas for youth ministers.

Tribute Publishing
P.O. Box 8476, Northridge, CA 91327
Tel: (888) 873-4152 Ultimate Conquest. A thoughtful and well-written book of extreme, cutting-edge, competitive games. Highly recommended, about $45.

ARTICLES

Alder, J. (1989, March 6). "The nintendo kid." Newsweek.

Bishop, P. (1989, July 23). "Nintendo." The Pittsburgh Press.

Bishop, P. (1989, July 23). "Some warning signs of nintendo obsession." The Pittsburgh Press.

Blanton, K. (1991, December 19). "Sega’s genesis takes on nintendo for yule sales." The Boston Globe.

Carpenter, B. (1990, July 16). "On the trail of nintendo’s magic." U.S. News and World Report.

Golden, D. (1991, September 3). "‘Video kids’: The dangers of nintendo. "The Boston Globe.

Nelson, R. (1990, December). "Video games aim at reality." Popular Science.

Riley, David. (17Jan2006). "Video game industry experiences record breaking year," The NPD Group. Online article.

Shapiro, E. (1991, December 1). "Can a testy maker of video games set a standard?" The New York Times.

Winn, M. (1990, December 22). "Nintendo and the challenges of life." The New York Times Review.

Wood, D.B. (1990, December 3). "Nintendo’s quest: Staying popular." The Christian Science Monitor.

BOOKS

Kinder, M. (1991). Playing with power in movies, television and video games. University of California Press.

Provenzo Jr., E.F. (1991). Video kids. Harvard University Press.

Schultze, Q.J. & Anker, R.M. (1991). Dancing in the dark. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.