What is the proper convention for mentioning the title of a video game in a formal research paper? Would I place the title in quotations, like the name of a short story ("Myst"), underline it, like the title of a book, or italicize it (Myst)? I would prefer an answer backed up by a formal standard such as MLA, APA, Chicago, or AP, if they cover this.
asked Dec 29, 2014 at 19:40 260 2 2 gold badges 3 3 silver badges 8 8 bronze badgesAccording to Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation (Bedford-St. Martin's), the MLA citation for a video game should follow this format:
From the same source, the APA citation for a video game should follow this format:
(You can't tell from the example of Sims 2, but in an APA citation, only the first word of a title is capitalized. Therefore, Call of Duty would be listed as Call of duty.
These are the formats for a Works Cited/References entry. In the text itself, the title of the video game should be capitalized and italicized, just as the title of a book would be.
