Video & Mobile

Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-particularly Java 3D-is fueling an...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549509Author Tom BoellstorffFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries Platform StudiesWeight(grams) 369g

Game Audio Implementation offers a unique practical approach to learning all about game audio. If you've always wanted to hear your sound or music in a real game then this is the book for you. Each chapter is accompanied by its own game level where you...

From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression. Whether visible in the persistent color line that shapes the production,...

How gaming intersects with systems like history, bodies, and code Why do we so compulsively play video games? Might it have something to do with how gaming affects our emotions? In Playing with Feelings, scholar Aubrey Anable applies affect theory to...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773703732Author Terry WolfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Argues for the queer potential of video games While popular discussions about queerness in video games often focus on big-name, mainstream games that feature LGBTQ characters, like Mass Effect or Dragon Age, Bonnie Ruberg pushes the concept of queerness...

Recent years have seen an increase in public attention to identity and representation in video games, including journalists and bloggers holding the digital game industry accountable for the discrimination routinely endured by female gamers, queer...

The games industry moves fast, with release schedules flying by in a blur and hardware constantly changing and updating. But outside the official world of licences and publishing deals, hundreds of games every year find a new home on consoles which have...

As for film and literature, the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as "survival horror" as well as the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781091875821Author Ray McNultyFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)...

This book explores video games as important cultural artifacts and as sources of powerful, compelling storytelling. It begins by considering the fundamental structures of video games-including immersion and player agency-and deepens the exploration of...

Forty original contributions on games and gaming culture What does Pokemon Go tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate...

A spectacular visual history of video games from 1958 to the present. In the past 65 years, video games have evolved from primitive computer-lab experiments into one of the world's most popular forms of entertainment and - many would say - an important...

The Essential Guide to Game Audio: The Theory and Practice of Sound for Games is a first of its kind textbook and must-have reference guide for everything you ever wanted to know about sound for games. This book provides a basic overview of game audio,...

In Mondo Nano Colin Milburn takes his readers on a playful expedition through the emerging landscape of nanotechnology, offering a light-hearted yet critical account of our high-tech world of fun and games. This expedition ventures into discussions of...

This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. Video games have become one of the most important cultural artifacts of modern society, both as mediators of cultural, social, and religious values and in terms of...

Video games have developed into a rich, growing field at many top universities, but they have rarely been considered from a queer perspective. Immersion in new worlds, video games seem to offer the perfect opportunity to explore the alterity that queer...

Combining theory and practice, this updated new edition provides a complete overview of how to create deep and meaningful quests for games. It uses the Unity game engine in conjunction with Fungus and other free plugins to provide an accessible entry...

Walk through the process of designing and implementing from scratch an isometric real time game such as some of the most succesful Facebook Games. Applying HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, this piece shows how to build games using isometric map making,...

Timely contribution to literature on game development, considering working patterns and collaboration in the industry in light of the pandemic Written in an accessible tone, making it suitable for a wide variety of game development professionals both...

A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video gamesDid you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a world steeped in mathematics? Matthew Lane reveals the hidden mathematics in...

This volume will convince readers that the swift ascent of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons to worldwide popularity in the 1970s and 1980s is "the most exciting event in popular culture since the invention of the motion picture."...

Containing 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 inside look at how some of the most influential,...

What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story?How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place?Do they even know what they want-or are their stated...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781696741378Author Dan WhiteheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Speccy NationWeight(grams)...

This book provides the first in-depth exploration of video games as history. Chapman puts forth five basic categories of analysis for understanding historical video games: simulation and epistemology, time, space, narrative, and affordance. Through these...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044837Author Stefan WerningFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries Playful Thinking

Few video game companies have a history as long and impressive as Sega Enterprises. Long before it took the home video game console market by storm, Sega was already an arcade powerhouse that successfully transferred its experience making coin-operated...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506723280Author DisneyFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 1718gDimensions(mm) 312mm *...

Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time, including Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Doom, The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors' own lifelong experience with videogames, the book discusses...

While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games' Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the...

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 context can be analyzed together to understand videogames...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945294303Author Derek SlatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint VGAPublisher VGASeries The Atari 2600 EncyclopediaWeight(grams) 880gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

This volume focuses on the depiction of women in video games set in historical periods or archaeological contexts, explores the tension between historical and archaeological accuracy and authenticity, examines portrayals of women in historical periods or...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781535446426Author Ryan TranFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Collecting the early years of Capcom artwork produced by publisher and creative studio UDON Entertainment! This epic 320-page hardcover volume gathers more than 60 UDON artists' renditions of the casts of Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, and...

Go for the throne in Status Royale!Choose your teammates carefully and rank up fast because in the world of esports, anyone can snatch the crown!Status Royale is THE game to master if you want to join the rank of elite players in the competitive world of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807017739Author David WolinskyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 567g