Video & Mobile

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451691528Author OdomFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Glly - Gallery BooksPublisher Glly - Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 127mm *...

The last several years have seen mass uprisings and dynamic social movements across the globe, from the onset of the Arab Spring in 2011, to the Black Lives Matter movement following Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. There is no doubt...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425751937Author Quitman GregoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 5mm

The growth in popularity and complexity of video games has spurred new interest in how games are developed and in the research and technology behind them. David Heineman brings together some of the most iconic, influential, and interesting voices from...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630227609Author Joyner JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Mihails KonoplovsPublisher Mihails KonoplovsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476787732Author Mel OdomFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 124mm * 33mm

Featuring interviews with the creators of 43 popular video games-including Spyro the Dragon, Syphon Filter, NFL GameDay 98 and Final Fantasy VII - this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential (and sometimes forgotten) titles...

The modern-day suburb began, and began booming, in 19th-century Britain. As suburbia spread, the New Woman arose and fin-de-siecle concerns grew, suburban men felt more besieged. Anxieties about hygiene, pollution, purity, the home, class, gender roles,...

What is a video game? What makes a video game "good"? If a game is supposed to be fun, can it be fun without a good story? If another is supposed to be an accurate simulation, does it still need to be entertaining? With the ever-expanding explosion of...

Do you make small leaps in your chair while attempting challenging jumps in Tombraider? Do you say ""Ouch!"" when a giant hits you with a club in Skyrim? Have you had dreams of being inside the underwater city of Rapture?Video games cast the player as...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087073170Author J Nelson AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008933286Author Colin GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820497341Author Chris BigumFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncSeries New Literacies and Digital...

Can a video game make you cry? Why do you relate to the characters and how do you engage with the storyworlds they inhabit? How is your body engaged in play? How are your actions guided by sociocultural norms and experiences? Questions like these address...

Since the emergence of digital game studies, a number of debates have engaged scholars. The debate between ludic (play) and narrative (story) paradigms remains the one that famously ""never happened.""This collection of new essays critically frames that...

In recent years, computer technology has permeated all aspects of life. Not only have work and education but leisure time and play have been all but revolutionized. Increasingly, digital games are the way we play. This volume addresses the world of...

In Gaming Utopia: Ludic Worlds in Art, Design, and Media, Claudia Costa Pederson analyzes modernist avant-garde and contemporary video games to challenge the idea that gaming is an exclusively white, heterosexual, male, corporatized leisure activity and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780201489118Author Scott PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Addison WesleyPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 187mm *...

Here is a grand review of the home video games that entertained the nation, and much of the world, during the 1970s and 1980s. In over 1000 color photographs, many of the video games for the extremely popular Atari, Colecovision, and Intellivision...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927537381Author Robert B MarksFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Legacy Books PressPublisher Legacy Books PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The unofficial guide to making millions in the RuneScape MMORPG with this book and ebook Key Features Step by step plan to succeed in the Runescape MMORPG Learn the quickest ways to earn gold n legitimately! Buy the best gear and level up faster ...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775133537Author Blacknes GuyFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Blacknes Guy BooksPublisher Blacknes Guy BooksWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728420189Author Sean TulienFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Graphic UniversePublisher Lerner Publishing GroupSeries Amazing InventionsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647830489Author Amanpreet SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 22Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion PressWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 1mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636765488Author Emma SchaaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

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...

Before the enormously successful NES console changed the video game landscape in the 1980s, Nintendo became famous for producing legendary arcade machines like Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. Drawing on original interviews, news reports and other documents,...

Prior to the arrival of the Sega Genesis, video games were still largely considered "kid stuff," but with a far more mature and eclectic range of titles, and an understanding of what gamers wanted, Sega and its Genesis/Mega Drive console began to shift...

The third in a series about home video games, this detailed reference work features descriptions and reviews of every official U.S.-released game for the Neo Geo, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16, which, in 1989, ushered in the 16-bit era of gaming...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of...

The Video Game Industry provides a platform for the research on the video game industry to draw a coherent and informative picture of this industry. Previously this has been done sparsely through conference papers, research articles, and popular science...

This book examines the complex network of influences that collide in the culture of digital fighting games. Players from all over the world engage in competitive combat with one another, forming communities in both real and virtual spaces, attending...

Digital gaming's cultural significance is often minimized much in the same way that the Middle Ages are discounted as the backward and childish precursor to the modern period. Digital Gaming Reimagines the Middle Ages challenges both perceptions by...

Master game design and digital art principles simultaneously with this all-in-one guide to creating games in the cutting-edge game engine Unity. Reworked for C# and Unity 2018 & 2019, and bursting with images and tutorials, Penny de Byl's Holistic Game...

This book is a theoretical and practical deep dive into the craft of worldbuilding for video games, with an explicit focus on how different job disciplines contribute to worldbuilding. In addition to providing lenses for recognizing the various...

This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection...

This book offers the first close examination of the game Death Stranding's narrativeThe book also incorporates a strong foundation in game studies, most especially related to the concepts of immersion and embodimentThe focus of the book lies in...

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in societyA diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world.Chapters offer...

Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddock as he explores all corners of the video game industry. Collected from the author's archives, Game Dev...

* There are no books dedicated specifically to freelancing in games. * There are more freelancing jobs available than ever before, as permanent jobs in the industry decrease. * More and more developers are looking/willing to work with...