Games Design: Websites

Anyone can publish content on the internet, carefully evaluate free information according to the following criteria:

• Accuracy: Can you verify the facts provided on this site? Is a methodology stated?

• Authenticity: Consider the author’s credentials. Is it academic discussion? Who owns the site?

• Objectivity: Are arguments presented fairly? Is the information biased in its presentation?

• Coverage: Is adequate detail provided? Is the information too basic, too complex or irrelevant?

• Currency: Is the information time sensitive? When was this website last updated?

Industry News and Trade Bodies

• Game Developer
• Ukie 
• International Game Developers Association (IGDA)

Academic Conferences and Research Associations

• Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 
• Foundations of Digital Games Conference (2022)
• Foundations of Digital Games Conference (2021)
• Foundations of Digital Games Conference (2020)
• Foundations of Digital Games Conference (Link Page for 2006-2019 Conferences)

Open Access Journals, Directories, and Search Tools

• Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Core (Open Access Research Repository Search Engine)
• OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)

Commercial Gaming News Sites

• Eurogamer
• Gayming
• GameRant
• Games Radar
• Gamespot
• IGN
• Kotaku
• PC Gamer
• The Verge

Google Scholar. Try using this to limit your search to scholarly sources.

Google Advanced Search. You can search within a particular domain eg .gov.uk. This will limit your search to UK government publications.

Or, instead of searching the Internet, go directly to the source. We have selected some websites here that could be useful to your search.

"Double quotation marks". If you're searching for the title of a document or searching for a phrase, enclose your search in "double quotation marks".