List of ludologists

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This is a list of notable people in the field of game studies to help avert confusion from the list of game theorists.

• Roger Caillois - sociologist who focused on things such as games and playing.
• Tracy Fullerton - Writer on game design.
• and Jane McGonigal - Game designers who support the gamification of learning.
• Sherry Turkle - sociologist and psychologist who explored the concept of identity in relation to massively multiplayer online roleplaying in games such as MUDs.
• T. L. Taylor - sociologist who researches online gaming cultures.
• Brenda Laurel - advocate for video game development and co-founder of Purple Moon. She is a theorist who specializes in studying the development of games for girls.
• Henry Jenkins - media scholar.
• Janet Murray - researcher who connects the subject of artificial intelligence with various forms of media.
• Espen Aarseth
• Jesper Juul
• Ian Bogost
• Oliver Grau
• Yanis Varoufakis - Valve's in-house economist.
• Gonzalo Frasca- Uruguayan game designer and researcher.

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