Getting Started - ANI 190 - History of Game Design - Research Guides at Washtenaw Community College

Databases

Note: Use your WCC Net ID for off-campus access to databases.

OneSearch
Sort of like the library's Google - search multiple databases at one time for articles, books, and more.

Pop Culture Studies This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.

Game Studies
Open access, international journal of computer game research. Focuses on aesthetic, cultural, and communicative aspects of computer games.
Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds
The Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds focuses on theoretical and applied, empirical, critical, rhetorical, creative, economic and professional approaches to the study of electronic games across platforms and genres.
Well Played
A journal on video games, value and meaning.
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
International Journal of Computer Games Technology is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research and review articles on both the research and development aspects of games technology covering the whole range of entertainment computing and interactive digital media.

The following documentaries are available through Kanopy. You will need to login with your WCC net ID if you are accessing from off campus.

GTFO: Get the F**k Out: Women in Gaming
Sparked by a public display of sexual harassment in 2012, GTFO pries open the video game world to explore a 20 billion dollar industry that is riddled with discrimination and misogyny. Although half of all gamers are women, females are disproportionately subject to harassment and abuse from other gamers, and are massively under-represented in the video game design world.
The Lost Arcade: The History of a Pop Culture Phenomenon
A critically acclaimed documentary about the last hold out of old-school arcade culture in New York City. An intimate portrait of the passionate and exceptionally diverse community at the beloved Chinatown Fair, THE LOST ARCADE, chronicles the evolution of arcades, while celebrating the camaraderie and history of a pop culture phenomenon.
8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Computer Wars
From the advent of the groundbreaking Atari and Tetris games to the evolution of contemporary technological design, Growing The 8-Bit Generation dives into the home computer explosion and explores Commodore's key role in shaping the future in which we now live.