Games category: 11191 books
Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em
strategies to consistently beat small stakes poker tournaments and cash games
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
There is a lot of money to be made at small stakes no-limit hold'em because...surprise, surprise...most of the players aren't very good. ----- However, few players understand exactly how to exploit these games. Competent players who generally play larger stakes will, of course, beat them. But they won't...
by Zachary Knight
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Random Battles details many issues in the games industry that effect both gamers and the games industry. A number of these gamers have the ability to directly effect what direction the games industry moves. Gamers have that power and they can wield it wisely.
Within this book, you will find...
Video Games
An Introduction to the Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
A highly visual, example-led introduction to the video game industry, its context and practitioners. Video Games explores the industry's diversity and breadth through its online communities and changing demographics, branding and intellectual property, and handheld and mobile culture.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Game design has shifted from the development of games for entertainment to the creation of games with a more meaningful purpose. Game principles and theories can be applied to interactive programs in a variety of fields and professions. Researchers continue to examine the many ways games can be applied...
Video Game Policy
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
This book analyzes the effect of policy on the digital game complex: government, industry, corporations, distributors, players, and the like. Contributors argue that digital games are not created nor consumed outside of the complex power relationships that dictate the full production and distribution...
Online Gaming in Context
The social and cultural significance of online games
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our everyday lives has certainly been increased and shaped...
Communities of Play
Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The odyssey of a group of “refugees” from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.
Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games...
by Kyle W. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Game Freaks 365 was founded to help consumers choose games that are worth their hard-earned dollars and avoid duds that are an expensive waste of time. Writing about video games is our passion. This guide aims to help consumers pick the best games that the PlayStation Vita has to offer.
Over...
Crafty Girl: Fun and Games
Things to Make and Do
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Bored in the backyard? Restless in your room? What's a crafty girl to do? Plenty, that's what. With a copy of Crafty Girl: Fun and Games at her side, a crafty girl will quit the bored game and start playing her very own crafty board game. With more than forty fantastic ideas for activities that will...
by Hse Games
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
*UNOFFICIAL GUIDE*Are you looking to download and install the game?Do you often find it difficult to beat certain parts?Would you like to play like a PRO?Would you like to get tons of resources?With our unofficial game guide we can teach you how to master the game! Do you want to install and play...
by Melissa Russell, Linda Alchin
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
A great selection of over seventy traditional party games; suitable for all age groups. You will find some old favourites and lots of new games to ensure your party is a complete success.You don’t need to spend lots of money to have a great party, simply look through the games we have included;...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
A fascinating work containing detailed playing instructions and explanations of 34 vintage card games dating from Victorian times and before. A treasure trove of card games many of which have been long forgotten. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are...
Parables of the Posthuman
Digital Realities, Gaming, and the Player Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
In its intimate joining of self and machine, video gaming works to extend the body into a fluid, dynamic, unstable, and discontinuous entity. While digital gaming and culture has become a popular field of academic study, there has been a lack of sustained philosophical analysis of this direct gaming...
by HSE Games
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
*UNOFFICIAL GUIDE* Are you looking to download and install the game? Do you often find it difficult to beat certain parts? Would you like to play like a PRO? Would you like to get tons of resources? With our unofficial game guide we can teach you how to master the game! Do you want to install and...