Video Electronic Games category: 1829 books
Frictionless
Build Better Video Games, Attract and Retain Players, Grow Revenue
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
For over 30 years, the video game industry has always changed. From arcades to home consoles to online digital distribution to VR immersion, technological innovations have been many and drastic. The sudden appearance and popularity of new and social media — to say nothing of the game-changer that 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 Brent Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Practical advice on starting a career in the video game industry and improving your design skills. This is your opportunity to learn from the lead designer of such commercial and critically successful video games as Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins. Discover how the author started his career,...
Rise of the Videogame Zinesters
How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
"Anna Anthropy is a key personality in the ongoing paradigm shift that is slowly changing the way videogames are understood, by creators and players, and by the wider culture."
—Patrick Alexander, Eegra.com
"Equal parts autobiography, ethnography, and how-to manual, this...
by Jason W. Bay
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Learn how to land a job as a video game tester from game industry expert Jason W. Bay! Anyone can get a job as a video game tester, but even after you learn the basics, there’s major competition for each and every testing job in your city - your application could be just one in a stack of hundreds....
by Josh Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
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The Dark Side of Game Play
Controversial Issues in Playful Environments
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Games allow players to experiment and play with subject positions, values and moral choice. In game worlds players can take on the role of antagonists; they allow us to play with behaviour that would be offensive, illegal or immoral if it happened outside of the game sphere. While contemporary games...
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...
by Marcus Lindley
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This book describes in detail the Wii hardware, technical problems, most popular Wii games and how people play their Wii and Gamecube ROMs/games on a standard PC. A useful section is the list of GameCube games that work on the Wii. Many GC games have better graphics than the PS1 and Xbox, with some...
Digital Video Hacks
Tips & Tools for Shooting, Editing, and Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2005
Since the dawn of film, novices and experts have used quick-and-dirty workarounds and audiovisual tricks to improve their motion pictures, from home movies to feature films. Today, the tools have certainly changed, as have the quality and scope of the results. With digital video, the hacking possibilities...
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...
by Anna Anthropy
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2020
Fun introduction to game development by well-known game designer using PuzzleScript, a free online tool for creating puzzles/platform games.
Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games! shows you how to use PuzzleScript, an open source tool for making puzzle games using HTML-like scripting language. Anthropy...
The Sci Fi and fantasy Edition
Avatar halo 3 batman arkham asylum killzone 2
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Cheats Unlimited are the specialists when it comes to video game cheats, tips and walkthrough guides. Fronted by the glamorous and gorgeous Cheatmistress, Cheats Unlimited has helped over five million gamers worldwide over the last 12 years. Through phone lines, fax machines, the Web and WAP sites...
What Is Your Quest?
From Adventure Games to Interactive Books
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
What Is Your Quest? examines the future of electronic literature in a world where tablets and e-readers are becoming as common as printed books and where fans are blurring the distinction between reader and author. The construction of new ways of storytelling is already underway: it is happening on...