Software Architecture

• A FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR COMPUTER GAMES Jeff Plummer's Masters Thesis
• Jeff Plummer's Writings on Games and Architecture Other Jeff Plummer articles related to software architecture and games (Offline as of 2012-05-10)
• GameArchitect.net Articles related to game engine architecture and design.

Example Game Architectures

• OGE engine overview by the oge team

Game Object System And Data-Driven Design

• Object Systems by Doug Church
• A Data-Driven Game Object System by Scott Bilas
• Building Object Systems by Alex Duran
• GDC Game Object Structure Summary by Kyle Wilson
• OGE Component/Object system by the oge team