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Video Game History by Nubia Shambee
RRP: £27.73SciFier: £25.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798321575109Author Nubia ShambeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher... -
The Most Relaxing Video Games by Ryan Janes
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £25.51Video games are so much more than just full throttle blasts of gunfights, violence and white-knuckle competition. They can also be beautiful, cosy and even emotionally uplifting journeys too. The... -
Fatal Design: Inside the Most Infamous Disasters in Video Game History Rj Respawn 9798287578206
RRP: £15.49SciFier: £14.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798287578206Author Rj RespawnFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher... -
Race, Culture and the Video Game Industry: A Vicious Circuit Sam Srauy (Oakland University, USA) 9781032398068
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £35.06- An important text that examines the longitudinal role of racism in the medium of video games. - Provides a detailed account of how systemic racism in the US shaped culture, market logic, and... -
Jane Austen's Games and Pastimes - Games History, Instructions for Play, and Three Full Game-Day Menus with Recipes Jo Ann Staples 9781608423521
SciFier: £32.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608423521Author Jo Ann StaplesFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Austen at HomePublisher Austen at... -
Debugging Game History: A Critical Lexicon Henry Lowood (Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections, Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Me, Stanford University) 9780262551106
SciFier: £46.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551106Author Henry LowoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
A Selective History of 'Bad' Video Games by Michael Greenhut
SciFier: £31.83Did you grow up playing video games when you had to wait online to get them? Do you remember the bad, weird, or otherwise underrated video games of your youth? Did you like a few of them more than... -
Little Book of Video Games by Melissa Brinks
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.21A source of inspiration and nostalgia, The Little Book of Video Games is a lighthearted collection of 70 of the most iconic and influential classic video games. From arcade favorites like Pong,... -
Secrets of Video Game Consoles by Michael Hart
RRP: £35.00SciFier: £25.74Did you know the Nintendo Wii had a medical condition named after it? Or that the Sega Saturn almost had the Nintendo 64's graphics chip? Did you realise the Atari Jaguar contained five different... -
Dragon's Lair and the Fantasy of Interactivity by MJ Clarke
SciFier: £83.49Perhaps no arcade game is so nostalgically remembered, yet so critically bemoaned, as Dragon's Lair. A bit of a technological neanderthal, the game implemented a unique combination of videogame... -
Fans and Videogames by Melanie Swalwell
SciFier: £41.13This anthology addresses videogames long history of fandom, and fans' important role in game history and preservation. In order to better understand and theorize video games and game playing, it is... -
The SNES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Chris Scullion 9781526737830
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £23.60Following on from the previously released NES Encyclopedia, the SNES Encyclopedia is the ultimate resource for fans of Nintendo's second home video game console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment... -
Fight, Magic, Items by Aidan Moher
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46Take a journey through the history of Japanese role-playing games-from the creators who built it, the games that defined it, and the stories that transformed pop culture and continue to capture the... -
The Making of Tomb Raider by Daryl Baxter
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £20.15Back in 1994 at the game company CORE Design' in Derby, Lara Croft was born. Through eighteen months of pure hard work from the team, Tomb Raider was released in 1996 and became the success that we... -
100 Greatest Video Game Characters by Jaime Banks
SciFier: £47.99Though 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... -
Pinball by Jon Chad
SciFier: £19.53In 1976, champion player Roger Sharpe stepped up to a pinball machine in a Manhattan courtroom. He was there to challenge the citywide ban on pinball by proving this was a game of skill, not chance... -
Nintendo Hard: The Nintendo Entertainment System's Games Ranked by Difficulty Steve Lynn 9780764371264
RRP: £40.99SciFier: £36.89A comprehensive ranked exploration of the entire licensed North American Nintendo Entertainment System library organized by difficulty. Nintendo Hard: The Nintendo Entertainment System's Games... -
Video Game of the Year by Jordan Minor
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.82Breaking down the 40-year history of the world's most popular art form, one video game at a time Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. ... -
100 Greatest Video Game Franchises Robert Mejia 9781442278141
SciFier: £47.99Video games take players on a trip through ancient battlefields, to mythic worlds, and across galaxies. They provide players with a way to try on new identities and acquire vast superpowers. Video... -
The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System Chris Scullion 9781526737793
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.09The NES is one of the most iconic video game systems of all time, and is often credited with saving the American video games industry in the early 80s when it looked likely to collapse. The NES... -
Game Wizards by Jon Peterson
RRP: £23.00SciFier: £16.00Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542951Author Jon PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
Mythopoeic Narrative in The Legend of Zelda Anthony Cirilla 9781032238517
SciFier: £42.00The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most popular and recognizable examples in videogames of what Tolkien referred to as mythopoeia, or myth-making. In his essay On Fairy Stories and a short poem... -
Arcade Britannia by Alan Meades
RRP: £29.00SciFier: £20.69Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544702Author Alan MeadesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
Understanding Game Scoring: The Evolution of Compositional Practice for and through Gaming Mack Enns 9780367492816
SciFier: £46.33Understanding Game Scoring explores the unique collaboration between gameplay and composition that defines musical scoring for video games.Using an array of case studies reaching back into the canon... -
Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1 by Jon Peterson
RRP: £27.00SciFier: £18.51Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548779Author Jon PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
Gaming the Iron Curtain by Jaroslav Svelch
SciFier: £43.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549288Author Jaroslav SvelchFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson
SciFier: £34.54Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544900Author Jon PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press... -
Before the Crash by Mark Wolf
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £26.99Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash that ended the medium's golden age.Book InformationISBN 9780814334508Author Mark WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Star Trek Video Games by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.85Star Trek video games have been around almost as long as Star Trek itself. From humble beginnings as an unofficial text-based game playable on mainframe computers to modern multi-million dollar... -
Videogames, Identity and Digital Subjectivity Rob Gallagher 9780367885359
SciFier: £41.13This book argues that games offer a means of coming to terms with a world that is being transformed by digital technologies. As blends of software and fiction, videogames are uniquely capable of... -
The Age of Video Games by Zeid Jean
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £11.79Press Start on an immersive journey revealing the pixels, polygons, and people that revolutionized entertainment forever. Join journalist Jean Zeid, artist Emilie Rouge, and their console pal Robby... -
Console Wars by Blake J Harris
SciFier: £13.79Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062276704Author Blake J HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Pojo's Unofficial Big Book of Pokemon by Books Triumph
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £17.74Brought to you by the writers and editors that created Pojo's Unofficial Ultimate Pokemon, Pojo's Unofficial Big Book of Pokemon features more of everything- more characters, more tv shows, more... -
(Not) In the Game by Regina Seiwald
RRP: £18.50SciFier: £13.14How do games represent history, and how do we make sense of the history of games? The industry regularly uses history to sell products, while processes of creation and of promotion leave behind... -
The Minds Behind Shooter Games by Patrick Hickey Jr.
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Featuring 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... -
The History of Handheld Game Consoles by Tommy Keough
RRP: £29.99SciFier: £22.29Embark on a fascinating journey with The History of Handheld Game Consoles, a thorough exploration of the history, impact and legacy of handheld gaming. Featuring consoles that revolutionised the way... -
EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game Prof Raiford Guins (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 9781501375347
SciFier: £112.44If there is anything close to a universal game, it is association football, also known as soccer, football, fussball, futbol, fitba, and futebol. The game has now moved from the physical to the... -
EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game Prof Raiford Guins (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 9781501375385
SciFier: £31.99If there is anything close to a universal game, it is association football, also known as soccer, football, fussball, futbol, fitba, and futebol. The game has now moved from the physical to the... -
The Minds Behind the Games by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Containing interviews with the developers of 36 of the coolest games in video game history from Deus Ex and Night Trap to Mortal Kombat, Wasteland and NBA Jam, The Minds Behind the Games gives you an... -
World of Warcraft: How To Draw Heroes & Villains Micky Neilson 9781956916638
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.26Learn how to draw the most iconic heroes and villains from World of Warcraft in this deluxe, official guide, featuring art, insights, and interviews with Blizzard artists! From King Anduin Wrynn to...