Video Game Studies
Selected resources designed to assist in researching the interdisciplinary field of computer and video game studies, as well as the study of other types of games.
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General Search Terms
Video games
Videogames (one word)
Electronic games
Computer games
Gaming
Internet games
Online games
Game Studies Specific Terms
Video games AND History
Video games AND psychology
computer games AND psychology
Computer games AND History
Computer games AND psychological aspects
Video games AND social aspects
Computer games AND social aspects
Video games and children
Computer and Video Game Studies Journals
These are just a few academic journals and other sources that publish articles and reports in the field of computer and video game studies. Articles may also appear in general databases, such as the databases listed on our guide.
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EAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious GamesEAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious Games is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on serious games applications, serious games technology, serious games analytics, user experience design and more.
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Entertainment ComputingEntertainment Computing publishes original, peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of digital entertainment, new media, entertainment computing, gaming, robotics, toys and applications among researchers, engineers, social scientists, artists and practitioners.
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European Conference on Games Based LearningReports from the annual ECGBL conference. Papers cover various issues and aspects of game-based learning in education and training.
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Games and CultureGames and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media is a quarterly international journal that publishes...innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking work in the field of game studies.
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Game StudiesGame Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to games research, web-published several times a year...Its primary focus is aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games.
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JMIR Serious GamesA multidisciplinary journal on gaming and gamification including simulation and immersive virtual reality for health education/promotion, teaching, and social change.
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Loading...Loading... attempts to provide a mixed-methods approach to the study of digital games. It covers both...traditional academic papers and other non-traditional articles within the field of Canadian Games Studies.
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Simulation and GamingSimulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Practice and Research appraises academic...and applied issues in the expanding fields of simulation, computer- and internet-mediated simulation, virtual reality, educational games, video games, industrial simulators, active and experiential learning, case studies, and related methodologies.
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2025 3:12 PM
Subjects: Humanities, Social Sciences
Tags: computer games, video games