The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual

by David Thomas, Kyle Orland, Scott Steinberg

Journalists, stop playing guessing games! Inside the answers to your most pressing questions await: Videogame, one word or two? Xbox, XBox or X-box? What defines a good game review? Fitting neatly between The AP Stylebook and Wired Style, The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual is the ultimate resource for game journalists and the first volume to definitively catalogue the breathtaking multibillion-dollar game industry from A to Z. Includes official International Game Journalists Association rules for grammar, spelling, usage, capitalization and abbreviations, plus proven tips and guidelines for producing polished, professional prose about the world's most exciting entertainment biz. Exploring the field from yesterday's humble origins to tomorrow's hottest trends, The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual contains all the tools you need to realize a distinguished career in game journalism.

Genres: Games

105 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 2007

About the author

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David Thomas is a retired videogame critic, part-time professor and full-time university administrator.

His game writing appeared over the years in outlets such as Wired, The Denver Post, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Next Gen.

As a scholar he studies the aesthetics of fun. His current work looks at fun as applied to the emerging creative practices of immersive art and entertainment and as well as the concept of ludic form in architecture. He has a PhD in planning and design from the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver.