Library Guides: Game Design: Welcome

Featured Resource

Understanding Video Games by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen et al.
Publication Date: 2019 Fourth Edition
Extensively illustrated and featuring discussion questions, a glossary of key terms, and a detailed video game history timeline, the new edition of this pioneering text is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and teachers interested in examining the ways video games continue to reshape entertainment and society.
Second edition available in print.

Understanding Video Games by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen et al.
Call Number: Fennell STACKS GV1469.3 .E44 2013
Publication Date: 2013 Second Edition
Fourth edition available as an eBook
Writing for Games by Hannah Nicklin
Call Number: Fennell STACKS GV1469.34 .A97 N53 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Game Balance by Ian Schreiber; Brenda Romero
Call Number: Fennell STACKS QA76.76 .C672 2022
Publication Date: 2021

The Journal of Games Criticism
A non-profit, peer-reviewed game studies journal that strives to connect the conversations between traditional academics and popular game critics.
Coverage 2014-present
Game Studies Journal
A non-profit, open-access, cross-disciplinary journal dedicated to games research with a primary focus on aesthetic, cultural, and communicative aspects of computer games.
Coverage from 2001-present.
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Publishes original research on the research and development aspects of games technology covering the whole range of entertainment computing and interactive digital media.
Coverage 2008-present
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Publishes articles related to theoretical and applied, empirical, critical, rhetorical, creative, economic and professional approaches to the study of electronic games across platforms and genres as well as lucid and serious online environments.
Coverage from 2009-present
The International Journal of Game-Based Learning
This journal is devoted to the theoretical and empirical understanding of game-based learning.
Coverage 2011-present

Computers and Applied Sciences Complete
Technology research database. Content includes full text journals and magazines covering computing, technology, and engineering disciplines as well as business and social implications.
ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is the world’s most comprehensive database of full-text articles and bibliographic literature covering computing and information technology.
Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary research database. Content includes full text journals, magazines and video from the Associated Press.
Business Source Premier
Business research database. Contains company profiles, industry and market research reports, SWOT analyses and full text articles.
Academic OneFile Select
Covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. Includes articles from scholarly journals, vocational/technical titles and other authoritative sources.

The Illuminating Benefits of Video Games
Are video games eroding our minds? These TED Talks suggest the opposite, that video games can improve our brain function, and even help better the world.

LinkedIn Learning
An online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. Includes courses in game design fundamentals and careers.

Game Design Foundations: 1 Ideas, Core Loops, and Goals
Learn strategies for starting a career in game design, drafting game ideas, and fleshing out concepts into designs. Take the whole course or view individual modules.