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Thank you for taking part in this questionnaire on game citation. The results of the questionnaire will be used to form the agenda for a workshop to be held at the DiGRA conference on June 2nd 2020. The purpose of this questionnaire is to get as many perspectives on game citation as possible so that the workshop in June can touch on issues that are relevant to a broad range of game researchers.

The questionnaire should take less than 10 minutes.

In general, how important is it for academics to cite games that they refer to in their scholarship?

Very important

Moderately important

Not at all important

How important is it for journals to have clear guidance on how to cite games?

Very important

Moderately important

Not at all important

In cases where journals have guidance for game citation, how important is it for them to enforce this?

Very important

Moderately important

Not at all important

How important is it that there is a general game citation standard that can be used as a guideline across different publication venues?

Very important

Moderately important

Not at all important

How important is it to include the following items in a game reference?

How important is it to include the following items in a game reference?
	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Author	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Developer	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Publisher	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Date of publication	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Place of publication	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Version	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Platform(s) the game was published on	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Platform the citer used to play the game	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important
Date(s) the citer played the game	Very important	Moderately important	Not at all important

What other information should authors include when citing a game? You can also use this space to elaborate on any of the above points.

Which of the following best captures your opinion about game citations in bibliographies and/or works cited lists?

There is no need to duplicate game citations at the end of the paper; in-text citations are sufficient
Game citations should be incorporated into the bibliography and/or works cited lists at the end of a paper alongside citations of other published materials
Game citations should be listed after the paper in a "ludography" separate from other citation lists
Other (please explain)

How easy or difficult is it to determine whether a game is single authored or multiply authored?

Difficult

Neutral

Easy

Do you think digital games should be cited in a different way than non-digital games?

Yes
Maybe
No