The academic study of video games has grown substantially since 2001, the year Game Studies published its first articles. Yet ludology remains a young field, and many of its journals have yet to attain widespread recognition. Moreover, these journals are unevenly indexed and therefore invisible to searchers accustomed to web-scale discovery and library databases. Here, then, is an annotated bibliography of the major journals publishing video game scholarship. The list is not comprehensive; doubtless there are startups and quasi-journals I have overlooked. But these are the leading venues in which game scholarship is published. Each entry includes the following categories: International Standard Serial Number; publisher; website; principal contact; publication frequency; date of first issue; subscription cost; peer review; indexing services; a journal-supplied abstract; intended audience; and notes, in which I describe anything else that might interest readers.
Article
Fetch Quest: A Select Bibliography of Game Studies Journals
The Serials Librarian
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Disciplines
Abstract
DOI
10.1080/0361526X.2017.1365041
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation Information
Hughes, M. J. (2017). Fetch quest: A select bibliography of game studies journals. The Serials Librarian, 73(3-4), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2017.1365041