Events, conferences, and trade shows

"Great playtesters push designers to make great games. How do you find them, use them, and keep them happy? What can they do for you? What makes a good test plan? Is there any such thing as bug-free code? What are the best methods for finding and isolating bugs? —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

"Great playtesters push designers to make great games. How do you find them, use them, and keep them happy? What can they do for you? What makes a good test plan? Is there any such thing as bug-free code? What are the best methods for finding and isolating bugs? —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

"Great playtesters push designers to make great games. How do you find them, use them, and keep them happy? What can they do for you? What makes a good test plan? Is there any such thing as bug-free code? What are the best methods for finding and isolating bugs? —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

This is a collection of various event guides from various gaming events, including the Consumer Electronics Show, the Game Developers Conference, and the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Various one-off promotional magazines and newspapers were distributed at video game industry trade shows. Although these items are simliar in function to press kits, they have been cataloged separately.

This is a complete collection of all 130 issues of PSM prior to its relaunch as PlayStation: The Official Magazine. The library's physical collection of PSM also has all known special issues, as well as the preview issue given out at E3 1997.

Starting with a redesign for Issue 111, PSM discontinued volume-and-issue numbering, using only sequential issue numbering.

"Markets change, publishers come and go, getting published successfully becomes ever more difficult. Stephen, a seasoned software schmoozer, will reveal valuable information gained in negotiating more than fifty contracts with both good and bad software publishers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

"Markets change, publishers come and go, getting published successfully becomes ever more difficult. Stephen, a seasoned software schmoozer, will reveal valuable information gained in negotiating more than fifty contracts with both good and bad software publishers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

"Markets change, publishers come and go, getting published successfully becomes ever more difficult. Stephen, a seasoned software schmoozer, will reveal valuable information gained in negotiating more than fifty contracts with both good and bad software publishers." —Description from Computer Game Developers' Conference 1989 program

This subcollection includes ephemera from E3 1996–2012. This mainly encompasses press kits, brochures, photographs, and promotional CDs.