Video Electronic category: 1830 books
Gaming
Essays On Algorithmic Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2006
Video games have been a central feature of the cultural landscape for over twenty years and now rival older media like movies, television, and music in popularity and cultural influence. Yet there have been relatively few attempts to understand the video game as an independent medium. Most such efforts...
Music Video Games
Performance, Politics, and Play
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Music Video Games takes a look (and listen) at the popular genre of music games – video games in which music is at the forefront of player interaction and gameplay. With chapters on a wide variety of music games, ranging from well-known console games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band to new, emerging...
Your Video Streaming Guide
This Definitive Handbook Will Teach You How To Use Video Streaming And Will Let You Learn So Many Things Including Getting The Best Software Video Streaming, Streaming Video Recording Ideas, Finding The Excellent Streaming Video Player
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Video is the medium that is used in the transfer of information, and we can all pretty much acknowledge that a video constitutes several different types of images strung together in a clip. Streaming video is a series of images that are constantly being streamed, or played and broadcasted,...
The Ultimate History of Video Games: Volume Two
from Pong to Pokemon and beyond...the story behind the craze that touched our li ves and changed the world
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Inside the Games You Grew Up with but Never Forgot
With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade. The Ultimate History of Video Games reveals everything you ever wanted to know and more about the unforgettable games that changed the world, the visionaries who made them, and the fanatics...
The Comic Book Story of Video Games
The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion-dollar industry/artform--told in a graphic novel format.
Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological...
by World Video Game Hall of Fame
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Inspired by the groundbreaking A History of the World in 100 Objects, this book draws on the unique collections of The Strong museum in Rochester, New York, to chronicle the evolution of video games, from Pong to first-person shooters, told through the stories of dozens of objects essential to the...
Drawing Basics and Video Game Art
Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
"This book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming.”
—...
The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games
Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture—and what can be done about it
Video games have brought entertainment, education, and innovation to millions, but gaming also has its dark sides. From the deep-bred misogyny epitomized...
Video Games Explained
Enhanced with internet access
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Video game genres are used to categorize video games based on their gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences. A video game genre is defined by a set of gameplay challenges. They are classified independent of their setting or game-world content, unlike other works of fiction...
Understanding Video Games
The Essential Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Understanding Video Games is a crucial guide for newcomers to video game studies and experienced game scholars alike. This revised and updated third edition of the pioneering text provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of game studies, and highlights changes in the gaming industry, advances...
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...