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Myst and Riven by Mark J. P. Wolf
RRP: $39.81SciFier: $37.94Video games have become a major cultural force, and within their history, Myst and its sequel Riven stand out as influential examples. Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni is a close analysis of two... -
Play Redux: The Form of Computer Games 9780472050925
RRP: $43.61SciFier: $41.29This title presents a new look at digital gaming and the aesthetics of play. ""Play Redux"" is an ambitious description and critical analysis of the aesthetic pleasures of video game play, drawing on... -
Video Games and Learning by Kurt Squire
RRP: $51.28SciFier: $44.80Can we learn socially and academically valuable concepts and skills from video games? How can we best teach the ''gamer generation?'' This accessible book describes how educators and curriculum... -
Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984 by Brett Weiss
RRP: $34.18SciFier: $32.17This thoroughly researched reference work provides a comprehensive guide to popular and obscure video games of the 1970s and early 1980s, covering virtually every official United States release for... -
Diablo - Legends of the Necromancer - Rathma Fred Kennedy 9781956916270
RRP: $34.18SciFier: $24.43Don't miss this exclusive, original Diablo (R) graphic novel chronicling the origins of Rathma, founder of the necromancer class, protector of the balance between life and death. Centuries after... -
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games by R.V. Kelly
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07This book is about the fastest growing form of electronic game in the world - the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). It introduces these self-contained three-dimensional virtual... -
The History of the Gothic Video Game by Christopher Carton
RRP: $47.50SciFier: $35.82Step into a world of darkness! Towering castles...magical spells...demonic creatures...certain DEATH. The gothic video game has crossed generations, from 8-bit computers to the most powerful 4K... -
Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics Josh A. Lerner 9780262551144
SciFier: $62.68Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551144Author Josh A. LernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint < -
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: $88.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551106Author Henry LowoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint -
Third Person by Pat Harrigan (freelance writer and editor)
SciFier: $76.93Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533799Author Pat HarriganFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint -
The Pleasures of Computer Gaming by Melanie Swalwell
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon alongside broader debates in cultural and media studies. Contributors to this volume maintain that computer games are not simply toys,... -
Story Mode: The Creative Writer's Guide to Narrative Video Game Design Professor Julialicia Case (Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA) 9781350301368
SciFier: $128.23Against the backdrop of a hyper-competitive AAA industry and the perception that it is a world reserved for top programmers and hard-core 'gamers', Story Mode offers an accessible entry-point for all... -
Women and Second Life by Dianna Baldwin
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07This collection of new essays explores issues of identity, work and play in the virtual world of Second Life (SL). Fourteen women explore their experiences in this virtual environment. Topics include... -
Ctrl-Alt-Play by Matthew Wysocki
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07[The word ""control"" has many implications for video games. On a basic level, without player control, there is no experience. Much of the video game industry focuses on questions of control and ways... -
Terms of Play by Zach Waggoner
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07This edited collection of essays is devoted to the terminology used in the fields of videogame theory and videogame studies. Videogame scholars provide theoretical critiques of existing terminology,... -
Coding in Video Games Elizabeth Noll 9781626178366
RRP: $24.68SciFier: $20.31Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626178366Author Elizabeth NollFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint -
Invisible Digital: What Animation and Games Tell Us about Software and Digital Culture Aylish Wood 9781501390906
SciFier: $186.18Invisible Digital helps us makes sense of something we cannot see by presenting an innovative approach to digital images and digital culture. At its heart is a novel method for exploring software... -
EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game Prof Raiford Guins (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 9781501375385
SciFier: $60.78If 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... -
Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games Jane Draycott 9783111356624
RRP: $52.25SciFier: $37.11This 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... -
Finnish Video Games by Juho Kuorikoski
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $38.40In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic... -
Master Builder Junior Triumph Books 9781629372310
RRP: $30.38SciFier: $28.04Master Builder Junior is the perfect starting strategy guide for kids beginning to explore and create in the world of Minecraft. This title contains everything players need to know to begin their... -
Game Love by Jessica Enevold
RRP: $41.78SciFier: $37.07What does love have to do with games? As games have developed in complexity, they have increasingly started to include narratives that seek to engage with love in a variety of ways. Whilst media... -
Minecraft: The Official Pop-Up Matthew Reinhart 9798886630978
RRP: $75.98SciFier: $58.50Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886630978Author Matthew ReinhartFormat HardbackPage Count 5Imprint -
Assassin's Creed in the Classroom by Erik Champion
RRP: $167.20SciFier: $161.48The 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,... -
Eso No Estaba En Mi Libro de Historia de Los Videojuegos by Daniel Garcia Raso
SciFier: $36.58Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417558093Author Daniel Garcia RasoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint
Hey! Listen! by Andrew S. Latham
RRP: $75.98SciFier: $66.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrew S. Latham is an associate professor of English at Midland College in Midland, Texas. He has presented at...
Ready Player Juan by Carlos Gabriel Kelly Gonzalez
RRP: $55.01SciFier: $32.53Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816552290Author Carlos Gabriel Kelly GonzalezFormat PaperbackPage Count 190
Literary Gaming by Astrid Ensslin
SciFier: $62.68Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548830Author Astrid EnsslinFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint <
Mainstreaming and Game Journalism by David B. Nieborg
SciFier: $60.31Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546287Author David B. NieborgFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint
The Best Non-Violent Video Games by James Batchelor
SciFier: $64.33What if there were video games that weren't about killing things? The world's biggest entertainment medium has come under decades of scrutiny because of its violent content. But here's a little...
Simulating Good and Evil: The Morality and Politics of Videogames Marcus Schulzke 9781978818576
RRP: $235.60SciFier: $191.79Simulating Good and Evil shows that the moral panic surrounding violent videogames is deeply misguided, and often politically motivated, but that games are nevertheless morally important. Simulated...
Simulating Good and Evil: The Morality and Politics of Videogames Marcus Schulzke 9781978818569
RRP: $55.08SciFier: $44.35Simulating Good and Evil shows that the moral panic surrounding violent videogames is deeply misguided, and often politically motivated, but that games are nevertheless morally important. Simulated...
Pojo's Unofficial Big Book of Pokemon by Books Triumph
RRP: $34.11SciFier: $34.05Brought 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...
Blood Plagues and Endless Raids by Palumbi Anthony R
RRP: $26.51SciFier: $23.83In 2005, the video game World of Warcraft struck the cultural landscape with tidal force. One hundred million people have played WoW in the twelve years since.But those people did more than play...
Orbit by Kyle Fite
RRP: $37.91SciFier: $29.45This book serves as an introduction to the world of Bardo-Gaming, a means to employ the technology of video games in the pursuit of personal growth and service to others. Beginning with the "Orbs," a...
8-Bit Apocalypse by Alex Rubens
RRP: $51.21SciFier: $32.95Before Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari...
Game Work by Ken S. McAllister
SciFier: $54.82Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorKen S. McAllister is Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English at the...
Bar Games by Lauren Shilling
RRP: $17.01SciFier: $14.46A lively and humorous guide to playing Megatouch and NTN games found in thousands of bars and restaurants, this book includes amusing facts from history, geography, and science for help in playing...
Players and Their Pets by Mia Consalvo
SciFier: $46.25In the world of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), Faunasphere was but a blip on the screen in its short public life from 2009 to 2011. Its devoted players, many of them middle-aged women,...
This Gaming Life by Jim Rossignol
SciFier: $46.57This book offers an insider's view of online games and how they change us. 'In May 2000 I was fired from my job as a reporter on a finance newsletter because of an obsession with a videogame. It was...