Video & Mobile

The newest addition to our Influential Video Game Designers series explores the work of Todd Howard, executive producer at Bethesda Studios, known for how he consistently pushes the boundaries of open-world gaming and player agency. Howard's games...

There have been many top 100 books before, but rarely one like this. Here are the best of the early video games, shown in over 400 color photos and described in incredible detail in the entertaining and informative text. Each game's entry features...

The Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV games rejuvenated the fighting game genre, and solidified Street Fighter once again as the king of all fighting games. Collected in this volume is all the spectacular artwork behind the ultimate...

All the topics that a professional AI programmer needs are covered withinEach topic is accompanied by an example game, where the reader simply adds their own code and see the effects their changes haveCovers complex topics but in an easy to read manner...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985383777Author Coloring CrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887500829Author Songyee YoonFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint ForbesbooksPublisher Forbesbooks

The open world role-playing Assassin's Creed video game series is one of the most successful series of all time, praised for its in-depth use of historical characters and events, compelling graphics, and addictive gameplay. Assassin's Creed games offer...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798851935985Author Craig JoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Focuses on teaching the reader how to create their own rigs that fit the specific needs of their own animators, game and animation. Includes access to a high-quality character model that the reader can use to follow along with the book.There is no other...

Videogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an action-based understanding of both videogames and culture, this book delineates how aspects of American...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940535258Author Phlip J ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Boss Fight BooksPublisher Boss Fight BooksDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634632171Author Lucas MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 113Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990386544Author Chris HaskellFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Baxajaunak TechnologyPublisher Baxajaunak TechnologyWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Your island, your games, your rules! With over 125 million users and counting, Fortnite continues to expand and keep players on their toes! Master Builder Fortnite: Creative Mode is your ultimate guide to the game's newest dimension. Packed with hints...

Millions of users have taken up residence in virtual worlds, and in those worlds they find opportunities to revisit and rewrite their religious lives. Robert Geraci argues that virtual worlds and video games have become a locus for the satisfaction of...

Taking as its point of departure the fundamental observation that games are both technical and symbolic, this collection investigates the multiple intersections between the study of computer games and the discipline of technical and professional writing...

Role-playing games offer a chance to pretend, make believe, and share fantasy. They often invoke heavy themes into their game play: morality, violence, politics, spirituality, or sexuality. Although interesting moral debates perennially appear in the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996126427Author Jay RecherFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Jr Elite EnterprisesPublisher Jr Elite EnterprisesWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Playing the Past brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games (e.g., Ms. Pac-Man and JFK:...

What knowledge and skills do designers of learning technologies need? What is the best way to train them to create high-quality educational technologies? Distilling the wisdom of expert instructors and designers, this cutting-edge guide offers a clear,...

In its intimate joining of self and machine, video gaming works to extend the body into a fluid, dynamic, unstable, and discontinuous entity. While digital gaming and culture has become a popular field of academic study, there has been a lack of...

America's Digital Army is an ethnographic study of the link between interactive entertainment and military power, drawing on Robertson Allen's fieldwork observing video game developers, military strategists, U.S. Army marketing agencies, and an array of...

This book analyzes the effect of policy on the digital game complex: government, industry, corporations, distributors, players, and the like. Contributors argue that digital games are not created nor consumed outside of the complex power relationships...

This book describes the thematic and structural traits of a recent and popular development within the realm of anime: series adapted from visual novels. Visual novels are interactive fiction games in which players creatively control decisions and plot...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692557365Author Glen ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Manawaker StudioPublisher Manawaker StudioWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557277919Author Jose P. ZagalFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 247gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and...

Designing Gamified Systems is a fundamental guide for building essential skills in game and interaction design to revitalize and reimagine real world systems - from cities and corporations to schools and the military. Author Sari Gilbert develops a set...

Inside the Video Game Industry offers a provocative look into one of today's most dynamic and creative businesses. Through in-depth structured interviews, industry professionals discuss their roles, providing invaluable insight into game programming,...

V-Ray My Way: A Practical Designers Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max is a practical, hands-on guide to creating some of the most stunning computer-generated images possible. It caters to the design masses; architects, engineers,...

This volume builds on previous notions of transmedia practices to develop the concept of transtexts, in order to account for both the industrial and user-generated contributions to the cross-media expansion of a story universe. On the one hand exists...

Recent shifts in new literacy studies have expanded definitions of text, reading/viewing, and literacy itself. The inclusion of non-traditional media forms is essential, as texts beyond written words, images, or movement across a screen are becoming ever...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359114108Author Maggie StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Abbott PropertiesPublisher Abbott PropertiesWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359114153Author Stephen BerkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Abbott PropertiesPublisher Abbott PropertiesWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 297mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316360074Author J C HerzFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Contributes to the understanding of how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment. It describes academic work in the field of Knowledge Management, with a specific focus on the management of knowledge which...

Reviews several strands of modern artificial intelligence - using case studies for each to display how they may be applied to computer games.Book InformationISBN 9781591406464Author Darryl CharlesFormat HardbackPage Count 301Imprint Medical Information...

This work describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. It takes an in-depth look at the scope of global technological change and BI.Book InformationISBN...

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...

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...