Video category: 1908 books
The Art of Failure
An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them.
We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Learn All About Building Your Own Games!
Video gaming can be a very entertaining experience for many people. Sometimes you will notice that hours have gone by while you are playing. If you are a person who enjoys playing video games you may want to consider creating your own video game.
The market...
Death by Video Game
Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
"The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers—which, in fact, he is." —Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
On January 31, 2012, a twenty-three-year-old...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge. But certain characters have become so iconic that they withstand both time and the shifting interests...
How to create your own game
Build your own game
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Video gaming can be a very entertaining experience for many people. Sometimes you will notice that hours have gone by while you are playing. If you are a person who enjoys playing video games you may want to consider creating your own video game. The market for video games continuously expands. There...
Atari Age
The Emergence of Video Games in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
The cultural contradictions of early video games: a medium for family fun (but mainly for middle-class boys), an improvement over pinball and television (but possibly harmful)
Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns...
Joystick Soldiers
The Politics of Play in Military Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
What You Need To Know To Build Your Own Games! Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Creating Games! Video gaming can be a very entertaining experience for many people. Sometimes you will notice that hours have gone by while you are playing. If you are a person who enjoys...
The Video Game Industry
Formation, Present State, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The Video Game Industry provides a platform for the research on the video game industry to draw a coherent and informative picture of this industry. Previously this has been done sparsely through conference papers, research articles, and popular science books. Although the study of this industry is...
Extra Lives
Why Video Games Matter
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for, literally,...
by Sarah James
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
People love video games, and that's not always a foul thing. Whether played on a hand-held device, a computer, or a TV, the games may provide hours of quiet fun. The games may boost PC skills and better eye-hand coordination. One field of study demonstrated that surgeons who play video games perpetrate...
by Jason W. Bay
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Working in the video game industry is an incredibly rewarding career, but it’s hard to break in unless you have insider knowledge. This book levels the playing field.
Learn how to start your career making video games, directly from game industry expert Jason W. Bay. Topics range from choosing...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Over a mere three decades, the video game has become the entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games or game-playing equipment, such as the PlayStation...
Video Games Ideas Handbook
This Magnificent Handbook Will Let You Discover The Online Virtual World And Its Information On Buying Video Games, Xbox 360 System Ideas, Video Game Programming, Jobs In Video Game Industry And A Whole Lot More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Have you ever fantasized about building a video game environment of your own? A place where you and your friends could spend hours and hours playing your favorite games without interruption? Or how about a place that really shows off your game fetish? It's really pretty simple to create such a place...