Game Collections: Video Games
Video Game Collections
The Video Game Collections are housed at Library West (133/141 West 21st Street). In addition to many books on video game design and video game art (which you can read more about on the "Game Research" tab above), we also lend video games for the following systems:
- PS3
- PS4
- XBOX
- XBOX 360
- XBOX One
- Wii
- Wii U
- Switch
Library West also has a game room with the following consoles:
- PS4
- XBOX
- Steam / PC
- Oculus
There is also a Switch console that you can borrow from SVA Library West, and a Wii on-site which you can use for events (like Wii Party or Wii Golf nights) in the library!
Game Highlights
- Animal Crossing: New HorizonsCall Number: SWI AniC
- Elden RingCall Number: PS4 Eld
- Just Dance 2019Call Number: SWI Jus19
- Luigi's Mansion 3Call Number: SWI Lui3
- HadesCall Number: PS4 Had
- Disco Elysium: The Final CutCall Number: PS4 DisE
Book Highlights
- Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect byISBN: 9781599621104
- The Comic Book Story of Video Games byISBN: 9780399578908
- Supercade byISBN: 0262024926
- The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1 byISBN: 0761536434
- Understanding Video Games byISBN: 9780415896962
- What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy. Second Edition byISBN: 9781403984531
- Arcade Game Typography byPublication Date: 2019
Magazines
- Flipster This link opens in a new windowFlipster is a database filled with digital versions of many popular magazines.
Click the link above and log in with your SVA credentials to access these magazines online:
- 3D World
- Animation
- Computer Arts
- Comics & Gaming Magazine
- GamesMaster
- ImagineFX