These resources from outside USC are meant to give patrons access to research that is more quickly and consistently updated. These resources include archives, conference proceedings, and online journals.
An online journal that hosts articles by and for people interested in game analysis. The website includes articles and podcasts by site contributors and highlights works by writers outside the website.
A international open access journal focused on the analysis of computer games.
A community of indigenous game developers/scholars. This site includes articles, a directory of developers, and a research database.
International Journal of Computer Games Technology
An international open access journal about games technology.
A website dedicated to analyzing the portrayal of history, culture, and the act of preservation in games.
An open access journal that publishes scholarly articles by undergraduate and graduate students.
Game Development Conference(GDC)
The GDC presents a wide range of talks on the development of modern games ranging from Indie to AAA. These discussions cover art design, player interaction, marketing, programming, and more.
DiGRA- Digital Games Research Association
The DiGRA supports international video game conferences. The website linked above includes the conference proceedings and the open access journal "Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association".
Foundations of Digital Games(FDG)
The FDG focuses on the development and study of digital games. The proceedings are archived in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library,
Black Games Archive (Link disconnected until site returns)
An database of games, creators, and scholarship about black people and culture in video games.
The Flashpoint Archive is one of the largest archives for games and animations created using Adobe Flash software. Flash widely used to create online games and animations until Adobe stopped supporting it in 2017.
A database of queer content in games starting from the 1980s to the present.