DiGRA

DiGRA, or the "Digital Games Research Association", is a nonprofit organization registered in Finland which "[researches] digital games and associated phenomena". DiGRA was founded in 2003 by professor and first President Frans Mäyrä. Mäyrä was succeeded by fellow professor Tanya Krzywinska, who was in turn succeeded by current president Mia Consalvo.They are known to use SiGs, or "Special Interest Groups", to focus their research on certain themes or topics.

Executive Board
2013–present
 * President: Mia Consalvo (Canada)
 * Vice-President: José P. Zagal (Chile)
 * Secretary: Thomas Rousse (Denmark)
 * Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
 * Media Liaison: Annika Waern (Sweden)
 * International Chapter Officer: Astrid Ensslin (UK)
 * Open Seat: Gerald Voorhees (US)
 * Open Seat: Hanna Wirman (Hong Kong, China)
 * Open Seat: Lindsay Grace (US)
 * Student Officer: Ashley Brown (UK)
 * Student Officer: Rachel Kowert (UK)

2012-2013
 * President: Mia Consalvo (Canada)
 * Vice-President: Esther MacCallum-Stewart (UK)
 * Secretary: Thomas Rousse (Denmark)
 * Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
 * Open Seat: Annika Waern (Sweden)
 * Open Seat: Gerald Voorhees (US)
 * Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
 * International Chapter Officer: Astrid Ensslin (UK)
 * Student Officer: Ashley Brown (UK)
 * Student Officer: Rachel Kowert (UK)
 * Board-appointed officers:
 * Webmaster: Petri Lankoski (Finland)

2010-2012
 * President: Helen Kennedy (UK)
 * Vice-President: Esther MacCallum-Stewart (US)
 * Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
 * Board Secretary: Bob Appelman (US – Indiana)
 * Gordon Calleja (Denmark)
 * Annika Waern (Sweden)
 * Open Seat: Patrick Crogan (Australia)
 * Open Seat: Marinka Copier (Netherlands)
 * Open Seat: Dan Pinchbeck (UK)
 * Open Seat: Torill Mortensen (Norway)
 * Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
 * Open Seat: Jesper Juul (Denmark)
 * Open Seat: Bart Simon (Canada)

2007-2009
 * President: Tanya Krzywinska (UK)
 * Vice-President: Douglas Thomas (US)
 * Treasurer: Jussi Holopainen (Finland)
 * Board Secretary: Bob Appelman (US – Indiana)
 * Liaison Officer: Helen Kennedy (UK)
 * Dissemination Officer: Tony Manninen (Finland)
 * Open Seat: Patrick Crogan (Australia)
 * Open Seat: Marinka Copier (Netherlands)
 * Open Seat: Esther Macallum-Stewart (UK)
 * Open Seat: Torill Mortensen (Norway)
 * Open Seat: José P. Zagal (Chile)
 * Open Seat: Veronica Zammitto (Argentina)
 * Open Seat: Akira Baba (Japan)

Three Musketeers
According to an anonymous report on 8chan's /gg/ board, "'Most articles are clean. They may seem artsy, but that is because they cover ludological topics which seem vague due to their philosophical nature. Anyway; I have found 'only' 28 articles that are suspicious (by looking at the title, introduction and names involved, and if they seem to be pushing an agenda.) ...'"

According to this report, there are 3 people of interest:


 * "The Three Musketeers" Suzanne de Castell (Simon Fraser University),Jennifer Jenson(York University) and Nicholas Taylor(York University)

"These three have written an awful lot of articles together. Now that isn't peculiar, except that all but two of those articles seem to be agenda based."

They have written:
 * 06278.27455.pdf Her own Boss: Gender and the Pursuit of Incompetent Play.
 * 07311.36536.pdf Girls and Gaming: Gender Research, “Progress” and the Death of Interpretation
 * 07312.27373.pdf Gender in Play: Mapping a Girls’ Gaming Club
 * 07312.45210.pdf Digital Games for Education: When Meanings Play

Nicholas Taylor wrote the following alone:
 * 09291.07278.pdf Where the Women Are(n’t): Gender and a North American ‘Pro-gaming’ Name

"I have [yet] to read all five of these in detail, but it is safe to assume that there is something up with the[se] three, that I've named The Three Musketeers for the occasion."