How to cite a video game in Bibtex
I am writing an essay on video games and naturally I am referencing a number of them as examples. Since we are in Computer Science, we use the IEEE reference style and there is a section that specifically shows how should a computer game be referenced:
[4] The Hobbit: The prelude to the Lord of the Rings. [CD-ROM]. United Kingdom: Vivendi Universal Games, 2003.
So what type of entity do I use in Bibtex and which fields do I set?
Note: I am using the IEEEtr bibliography style in latex.
Thank you!
Try this
@MISC{hobbit,
author = "Veivendi Universal Games",
title = "The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings",
howpublished = "[CD-ROM]",
year = 2003,
}
For anyone using the IEEEtran.bst
style, the current accepted answer will abbreviate the author's names. Although it still doesn't match the requested style in the Question, I use the following format:
@misc{game:hobbit,
title = "{T}he {H}obbit: {T}he {P}relude to the {L}ord of the {R}ings",
organization = "Vivendi Universal Games",
location = "United Kingdom",
howpublished = "[PC CD-ROM]",
year = "2003",
}
[63] “The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings,” [PC CD-ROM], Vivendi Universal Games, 2003
Note that in order to avoid changes in capitalisations, the necessary characters must be in {}
. An easier solution is to stick the whole title in braces:
"{The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings}",
This solution also leaves author
open for games developed by individuals, e.g.:
@misc{game:redeclipse,
author = "Reeves, Quinton and Salzman, Lee",
title = "{R}ed {E}clipse",
year = "2011",
note = "v1.3.1",
url = "http://www.redeclipse.net",
}
As an aside, if you use the url
field, IEEEtran
automatically inserts an '[Online]':
[62] Q. Reeves and L. Salzman, “Red Eclipse,” 2011, v1.3.1. [Online]. Available: http://www.redeclipse.net