Entertainment Games category: 10318 books
Gaming Representation
Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Recent years have seen an increase in public attention to identity and representation in video games, including journalists and bloggers holding the digital game industry accountable for the discrimination routinely endured by female gamers, queer gamers, and gamers of color. Video game developers...
Video Game Design
Principles and Practices from the Ground Up
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Video Game Design is a visual introduction to integrating core design essentials, such as critical analysis, mechanics and aesthetics, prototyping, level design, into game design.
Using a raft of examples from a diverse range of leading international creatives and award-winning studios, this...
by Greg Costikyan
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
How uncertainty in games—from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors—engages players and shapes play experiences.
In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious...
by Kyle W. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Picking good games can be hard. Avoiding duds can be even more difficult. That's why smart consumers turn to experts on the subject. Game Freaks 365 was founded to help people choose games that are worth their hard-earned dollar and bypass games that are better suited for the trash can. Writing about...
Playing with Sound
A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
An examination of the player's experience of sound in video games and the many ways that players interact with the sonic elements in games.
In Playing with Sound, Karen Collins examines video game sound from the player's perspective. She explores the many ways that players interact with a game's...
by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python will teach you how to make computer games using the popular Python programming language—even if you’ve never programmed before!
Begin by building classic games like Hangman, Guess the Number, and Tic-Tac-Toe, and then work your way up to more advanced...
by Kyle W. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
You earn a check that only gets you by enough to pay your bills. Maybe you struggle to make a car payment. You really want to play the latest video game, perhaps Just Dance 4 or Super Mario Galaxy 2, but your budget does not allow you to buy both. What should you get?
Picking good games can...
by Marcus Lindley
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
A Cheat Guide for GameCube games that play on the Wii console. All these GameCube games play on the Wii games console, as long as they are the same region (1, 2 or 3), (PAL, NTSC etc).
Note: You need an original GameCube controller to play these games on a Wii.
Disclaimer: This book...
Rated M for Mature
Sex and Sexuality in Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
The word sex has many implications when it is used in connection with video games. As game studies scholars have argued, games are player-driven experiences. Players must participate in processes of play to move the game forward. The addition of content that incorporates sex and/or sexuality adds...
Practice Your Hunting Skills With Hunting Video Games
Play With Games For Hunting And Practice Moose Hunting, Bear Hunting, Deer Hunting Or Rabbit Hunting Right On Your PC Or TV So You Can Acquire Real Hunting Strategies To Become A Better Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Hunting is a sport of pursuing living animals. Now, that may sound a bit cruel to those who are fond of wildlife but it’s a perfectly legal activity. The law allows for the killing of certain game but only during certain seasons. So, when you get that somewhat unnatural instinct to stalk and chase...
Digital Games as History
How Videogames Represent the Past and Offer Access to Historical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
This book provides the first in-depth exploration of video games as history. Chapman puts forth five basic categories of analysis for understanding historical video games: simulation and epistemology, time, space, narrative, and affordance. Through these methods of analysis he explores what these...
by Kieren Hawken
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
The A-Z of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: Volume 1 features reviews of three different games for each letter of the alphabet. The games range from the very earliest releases at the start of the eighties to the modern homebrew games of today. This book shows you just how diverse the library of titles is for the ZX Spectrum and how it became one of the popular computers of all time.
by Kieren Hawken
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
The A-Z of ColecoVision Games features reviews of three different games for each letter of the alphabet. The games range from the very earliest releases in the mid-eighties to the modern homebrew games of today. This book shows you just how diverse the library of titles is for the ColecoVision and how it’s become one of the most collectable consoles out there.
Indie Games
The Complete Introduction to Indie Gaming
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Everything you need to know about the exciting new trend of indie gaming… Independently made video games have become some of the most original, ingenious and successful games available on the market today. Matched against giant tech companies and their mammoth-budget franchises, indies, have demonstrated...