The Minds Behind Shooter Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Hickey Patrick)(Paperback)

The Minds Behind Shooter Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Hickey Patrick)(Paperback)

Featuring interviews with the creators of 39 popular video games--including Halo 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor and Metroid Prime--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the origins of some of the most iconic shooter games. Interviewees recount endless hours of painstaking

Game Art: Art from 40 Video Games and Interviews with Their Creators (Sainsbury Matt)(Pevná vazba)

Game Art is a collection of breathtaking concept art and behind-the-scenes interviews from videogame developers, including major players like Square Enix, Bioware, and Ubisoft as well as independent but influential studios like Tale of Tales and Compulsion Games. Immerse yourself in fantastic

The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games (Ruberg Bonnie)(Paperback)

In The Queer Games Avant-Garde, Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video game developers whose radical, experimental, vibrant, and deeply queer work is driving a momentous shift in the medium of video games. Speaking with insight and candor about their creative practices

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made (Schreier Jason)(Paperback)

Developing video games-hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier

Pixel Art for Game Developers (Silber Daniel)(Paperback)

Is the art for your video game taking too long to create? Learning to create Pixel Art may be the answer to your development troubles. Uncover the secrets to creating stunning graphics with Pixel Art for Game Developers. The premier how-to book on Pixel Art and Pixel Art software, it focuses on the

Gaming Sexism: Gender and Identity in the Era of Casual Video Games (Cote Amanda C.)(Paperback)

Interviews with female gamers about structural sexism across the gaming landscape When the Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, it ushered forward a new era of casual gaming in which video games appealed to not just the stereotypical hardcore male gamer, but also to a much broader, more diverse

Half-Real: Video Games Between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds (Juul Jesper)(Paperback)

An in-depth analysis of game development and rules and fiction in video games--with concrete examples, including The Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto, and more A video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world. We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay

Video Games and Storytelling: Reading Games and Playing Books (Mukherjee Souvik)(Paperback)

The potential of video games as storytelling media and the deep involvement that players feel when they are part of the story needs to be analysed vis- -vis other narrative media. This book underscores the importance of video games as narratives and offers a framework for analysing the many-ended

The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming (Kent Steven L.)(Paperback)

The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games' explosion into the twenty-first century and the war for industry power As video games evolve, only the fittest companies survive. Making a blockbuster once cost millions of dollars; now it can cost hundreds of millions, but with a $160

Playing Nature, 58: Ecology in Video Games (Chang Alenda Y.)(Paperback)

A potent new book examines the overlap between our ecological crisis and video games Video games may be fun and immersive diversions from daily life, but can they go beyond the realm of entertainment to do something serious--like help us save the planet? As one of the signature issues of the

Game Changers: The Video Game Revolution - India Block, Simon Parkin

An A to Z of video games – 300 entries showcasing the most influential and celebrated games, consoles, publishers, and more A visual history of all things video games, this book will provide the reader with an overview of the gaming industry, from the very first game created around the

Aesthetic Theory and the Video Game (Kirkpatrick Graeme)(Paperback)

Jacked - The Unauthorized Behind-the-Scenes Story of Grand Theft Auto (Kushner David)(Paperback / softback)

The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar

The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution (Hennessey Jonathan)(Paperback)

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 origin

Making Deep Games: Designing Games with Meaning and Purpose (Rusch Doris C.)(Paperback)

Like movies, television, and other preceding forms of media, video games are undergoing a dynamic shift in its content and perception. While the medium can still be considered in its infancy, the mark of true artistry and conceptual depth is detectable in the evolving styles, various genres and

Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction (Egenfeldt-Nielsen Simon)(Paperback)

From Pong to virtual reality, Understanding Video Games, 4th Edition, takes video game studies into the next decade of the twenty-first century, highlighting changes in the area, including mobile, social, and casual gaming.In this new edition of the pioneering text, students learn to assess the

How to Become a Video Game Artist (Kennedy Sam R.)(Paperback)

Become a Player in the Business of Video Game ArtEvery year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artwork today. It's an ever-growing field that holds great professional opportunity, but you need the right skills and savvy if you want to stake your

The Psychology of Video Games (Hodent Celia)(Paperback)

What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena?The Psychology of Video Games introduces the curious reader to the relationship between psychology and video games from the perspective of both game

Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy: A Clinician's Guide (Bean Anthony M.)(Paperback)

Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry (Schreier Jason)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart--and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next. Jason Schreier's

Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design (Solarski Chris)(Paperback)

'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.' --

Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques (Skolnick Evan)(Paperback)

UNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and

The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design (Dille Flint)(Paperback)

- Authors are top game designers - Aspiring game writers and designers must have this complete bible There are other books about creating video games out there. Sure, they cover the basics. But The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design goes way beyond the basics. The authors, top game

The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design (Hodent Celia)(Paperback)

Making a successful video game is hard. Even games that are well-received at launch may fail to engage players in the long term due to issues with the user experience (UX) that they are delivering. That's why makers of successful video games like Fortnite and Assassin's Creed invest both time and