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Almost exactly 5 years earlier, on 15th May 2012, Dr. Tony Maude, Dr. John Sutherland and I published online the first edition of what was then an independent academic journal for computer games students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners. Some of our editorial board members might remember this exciting event, not least those whose papers were published in that first edition of The Computer Games Journal (tCGJ). Back then, tCGJ was but one of many TuDocs Ltd projects, and was envisioned as being a special asset of the company’s main scheme, a digital technologies academy. Less than a month later, TuDocs Ltd—originally my own brainchild which began as a careers and e-portfolios website for computing students and prospective employers, but which had to be altered substantially as project after project died owing to lack of funding—was mothballed after our application for a major European business grant was rejected (an experience to which many games developers can relate). In the midst of this final defeat and the setbacks leading up to it, we harboured grave concerns that this journal too would fail. Today, five and a half years later, the jury is still out. Every year, every edition has felt like the conquest of a game level: ‘‘What? I did it! I’ve reached the next level—how did that happen?’’ Every new

Time to Rethink: A Reflection on the First Five Years of The Computer Games Journal and the Challenges Facing It