Video & Electronic Games 42

The definitive story of a game so great, even the Cold War couldn't stop it Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But how did an obscure Soviet programmer,……続きを見る

Dedicated mainly to those who already have a minimal experience with a PC Flight Simulator, this book aims to guide the reader into the world of flights instrumentally controlled both by the autopil……続きを見る

Super Mario Bros. Doom. Minecraft. It’s hard to imagine what life would be like today without video games, a creative industry that now towers over Hollywood in terms of both financial and cultural ……続きを見る

'Like an episode of Black Mirror written by Stephen King' John Marrs, bestselling author of The One 'Immersive, claustrophobic . . . addictive' Guardian Win and All Your Dreams Come True™! ;) Charli……続きを見る

Explores how games actively influence the ways people interpret and relate to American life. In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version of Taito's Wester……続きを見る

Go behind the scenes of the creation of the Fumito Ueda trilogy ! Fumito Ueda has worked on 3 games: ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian. Each of them was able to express the depth of ……続きを見る

Avec des millions de joueurs et le culte inépuisable qui lui est voué, le jeu vidéo Half-Life, sorti en 1998, n'a pas fini de faire parler de lui ! Half-Life. Un nom d’origine scientifique connu de ……続きを見る

Découvrez les coulisses de la création de chaque épisode de la saga ! Cet ouvrage revient sur les coulisses de création des différents épisodes, l’histoire complète de tous les jeux ainsi que les gr……続きを見る

Dernier de son genre en 2D et sur console Nintendo, le sixième épisode de la fameuse saga Final Fantasy fait désormais partie intégrante de l'histoire du jeu vidéo, grâce à l'ambition de ses créateu……続きを見る

Discover all the secrets and mechanics of the famous Japanese video game Dragon Quest ! This book looks back at the entire Dragon Quest saga, tells the story of the series' birth, retraces its histo……続きを見る

Redécouvrez l'histoire de l'univers mythologique Ivalice, à l'origine d'une collection de jeux vidéos à succès : Final Fantasy Tactics, FF Tactics Advance, FF Tactics A2, Final Fantasy XII : Revenan……続きを見る

Throughout his career, Taro Yoko was despaired by the image of humanity returned by most big budget video games. Taro Yoko's strange work reviews the entire career of this extraordinary creator, his……続きを見る

Examining a wide range of Japanese videogames, including arcade fighting games, PC-based strategy games and console JRPGs, this book assesses their cultural significance and shows how gameplay and c……続きを見る

Pokemon Go is not just play--the game has had an impact on public spaces, social circles and technology, suggesting new ways of experiencing our world. This collection of new essays explores what Po……続きを見る

We Deserve Better Villains is a highly accessible how-to guide for video game designers no matter what level of experience to understand what is needed to be successful in the development cycle of a……続きを見る

More people are playing video games than ever before, and yet much of the work of their production remains obscured to us. Deploying a Marxist approach, Jamie Woodcock delves into the hidden abode o……続きを見る

The year was 1997 and Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game had just been released by Interplay. This book looks back at the entire Fallout saga, tells the story of the series' birth, retraces i……続きを見る

Want to get better at Smash Bros? From Elite Smasher and former Tournament Organizer Jonathan 'Qualk' Martin comes Smash Bros Ultimate: A Competitive Guide to Help you Improve and Win. This book is ……続きを見る

“Power Without the Price.” Every Atari fan remembers that slogan from the 1980s as the rallying cry for 16-bit computing in the form of the Atari ST. This groundbreaking computer brought previously ……続きを見る

Follow the exploits of Squall, a resident of Balamb Garden and SeeD aspirant whose first contract as a professional mercenary expands into a fight to save the world from an evil sorceress. This guid……続きを見る

Take revenge, restore your honor, kill ingeniously. From Software return with another epic, take control of a Shinobi in a world teeming with larger than life foes utilizing an arsenal of deadly pro……続きを見る

Devil May Cry has finally returned! The over-the-top action series from Capcom comes back with a brand new entry, where you will be able to control one of three characters, one entirely new to the f……続きを見る

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games. This is the sixth installment in the Reverse Design series, looking at Diablo II. Written in a read……続きを見る

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games. This is the fifth installment in the Reverse Design series, looking at Final Fantasy VII. Written i……続きを見る

This book explores the central role of the zombie in contemporary popular culture as they appear in video games. Moving beyond traditional explanations of their enduring appeal – that they embody an……続きを見る

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 past……続きを見る

Microsoft's Mixer, formerly called Beam, is a relatively new and better way to do live broadcast streaming. With a few clicks, you can go live and broadcast your gameplay or other content using your……続きを見る

How do we reconcile a videogame industry's insistence that games positively affect human beliefs and behaviors with the equally prevalent assumption that games are “just games”? How do we reconcile ……続きを見る

In many respects, New York City is an unnatural wonder, quite unlike any other American city and also unlike megacities in other industrial countries. Its government and politics, its physical attri……続きを見る

In Playing at Narratology Daniel Punday bridges the worlds of digital media studies and narrative studies by arguing that digital media allows us to see unresolved tensions, ambiguities, and gaps in……続きを見る