(Hardback)
By: James Batchelor
ISBN: 9781399084925
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Get a taste of the full breadth of video games with 325 no-violent titles profiled.
(Hardback)
By: Chris Scullion
ISBN: 9781526772237
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Complete coverage of every game ever released for the Sega Dreamcast, a cult favourite among video game fans. Written in a light-hearted and entertaining manner by a retro expert with 17 years' experience as a professional video game journalist.
(Hardback)
By: Christopher Carton
ISBN: 9781399088473
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Discover the origins of adventure gaming, dating back to the '70s.
(Paperback)
By: Chris Scullion
ISBN: 9781526760173
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Complete summaries of every game released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in the North American, European, South American and Australian regions.
(Paperback)
By: . Naughty Dog
ISBN: 9781608874002
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 27th January 2016
Publisher: Insight Editions
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(Paperback)
By: Jordan Minor
ISBN: 9781419762055
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 20th July 2023
Publisher: Abrams
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(Paperback)
By: Winifred Phillips
ISBN: 9780262534499
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
UK Publication Date: 11th August 2017
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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A comprehensive, practical guide to composing video game music, from acquiring the necessary skills to finding work in the field.
(Hardback)
By: Geoffrey Engelstein
ISBN: 9780262043533
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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How game designers can use the psychological phenomenon of loss aversion to shape player experience.
(Hardback)
By: Braxton Soderman
ISBN: 9780262045506
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"Against Flow critically examines the idea of flow in order to temper a growing number of voices that focus on play's positive potentials"--
(Paperback)
By: Alan Meades
ISBN: 9780262544702
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A history of the arcade in British culture"--
(Paperback)
By: Chaim Gingold
ISBN: 9780262547482
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A deep dive into a masterwork, Building SimCity analyzes the history, reception, and design of Will Wright's seminal simulation game, and locates SimCity-alongside Maxis, its developer/publisher-within the larger history of simulation, computing, and games"--
(Paperback)
By: George Skaff Elias
ISBN: 9780262542692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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Understanding games--whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports--by analyzing certain common traits.
(Paperback)
By: James Malazita
ISBN: 9780262548243
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A new Platform Studies book developing "critical platform studies" to analyze the Unreal Engine"--
(, 2nd edition)
By: Mark J. P. Wolf
ISBN: 9781440870194
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Aidan Moher
ISBN: 9780762479634
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
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Of Dice and Men meets Blood, Sweat & Pixels in this celebratory look at the history and impact of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) from the early NES classics Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest to massive contemporary hits like Final Fantasy VII.
(Hardback)
By: Epic Games
ISBN: 9781472265302
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2019
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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The OFFICIAL Supple Drop handbook collectors' edition from Epic Games, creators of FORTNITE, the biggest gaming brand in the world. Featuring the best weapons and items from Battle Royale.
(Paperback)
By: Jeff Yoshimi
ISBN: 9780262550727
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"An argument for how an army of citizen scientists engaged in serious gaming could help solve the riddle of cancer"--
(Hardback)
By: Jesper Juul
ISBN: 9780262042796
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An investigation of independent video gamescreative, personal, strange, and experimentaland their claims to handcrafted authenticity in a purely digital medium.
(Hardback)
By: Noah Wardrip-Fruin
ISBN: 9780262044653
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"This book explains that the tools and concepts we use for making games are intimately connected to what games can and do mean"--
(Paperback)
By: Tom Boellstorff
ISBN: 9780262549509
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A platform studies approach to the Intellivision computer system"--
(Paperback)
By: Martin Amis
ISBN: 9781787331198
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 8th November 2018
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Back in a facsimile edition is Martin Amiss closet passion project, first published in 1982: a compulsive gamers guide to arcades and beating your younger selfs high score
In this offbeat book, introduced by Stephen Spielberg, acclaimed author Martin Amis explores how 1980s video games took a generation by storm.
(Hardback)
By: Stefan Werning
ISBN: 9780262044837
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"Making Games conceptualizes the role of tools in game-making and to demonstrate their influence on both the politics and aesthetics of games"--
(Paperback)
By: Daniel Dockery
ISBN: 9780762479504
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
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The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at why Pokmon's evolution from a single Japanese video game to global powerhouse captured the world's attention, and how the "gotta catch 'em all" mentality of its fanbase shaped pop culture-and continues to do so today.
(Hardback)
By: Tyler Ninja Blevins
ISBN: 9781529104790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 20th August 2019
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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