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Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames Stephanie Boluk 9780816687152
$111.65The greatest trick the videogame industry ever pulled was convincing the world that videogames were games rather than a medium for making metagames. Elegantly defined as "games about games," metagames implicate a diverse range of practices that stray... -
Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice Kishonna L. Gray 9780295744186
RRP: $117.39$103.34From #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,... -
WWE 13: Prima's Official Game Guide Matt Sumpter 9780307896681 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$6.85Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,... -
The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning Katie Salen Tekinbas (Professor) 9780262693646
$41.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262693646Author Katie Salen TekinbasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur... -
The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft Stephen O'Brien 9780789753571 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$11.67&>The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft Second Edition Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS! Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it's an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don't enter that universe alone. Take an... -
Prince of Persia: Prima's Official Game Guide Catherine Browne 9780761560425 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$10.67Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761560425Author Catherine BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Prima GamesPublisher DKDimensions(mm) 275mm * 203mm * 10mm -
Minecraft: Creeper Hardcover Journal Insights 9781647228408
RRP: $25.79$16.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647228408Author InsightsFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint InsightsPublisher InsightsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 148mm * 20mm -
Material Game Studies: A Philosophy of Analogue Play Dr Chloe Germaine (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 9781350202726
$38.69This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the digital and virtual for the first time since the... -
The N64 Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo 64 Chris Scullion 9781526772220
RRP: $25.79$19.05The fourth book in Chris Scullion's critically acclaimed series of video game encyclopedias, _The N64 Encyclopedia_ is dedicated to the Nintendo 64, one of the most well-loved games consoles ever released. Although the Nintendo 64 didn't sell as well as... -
The Game Boy Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color Chris Scullion 9781399096775
RRP: $45.15$32.19_The Game Boy Encyclopedia_ is the sixth book in Scottish author and journalist Chris Scullion's critically-acclaimed series of video game encyclopedias. There are few video game systems as iconic and important as the Nintendo Game Boy. Released in 1989,... -
Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games Yowei Kang 9781032609669
RRP: $174.15$152.41This book explores the representations of national Asian histories in digital games. Situated at the intersection of regional game studies and historical game studies, this book offers chapters on histories and heritages of Japan, China, Iran, Iraq,... -
Great Games Need Great Leaders: Multiclassing to Lead Game Development Teams Matthew John Dyet 9781032556642
RRP: $154.80$133.18This book brings together the knowledge and perspectives of numerous past and present games industry leaders and practitioners to form a clear picture of how leadership operates in a game development studio. It identifies the ways in which things are... -
Connected Gaming: What Making Video Games Can Teach Us about Learning and Literacy Yasmin B. Kafai (Professor of Learning Sciences, University of Pennsylvania) 9780262551557
$41.27Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551557Author Yasmin B. KafaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation... -
Video Games, Crime, and Control: Getting Played Jonathan A. Grubb (Professor at Georgis Souther University, USA.) 9781032388090
RRP: $174.15$152.41Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.Pulling together an international group of scholars... -
The 21st Century in 100 Games Aditya Deshbandhu (University of Exeter, UK) 9781032070797
RRP: $174.15$150.72The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st century through 100 games that were announced, launched and played from the turn of the century. The book analyses... -
The History of the Gothic Video Game Christopher Carton 9781399069687
RRP: $32.25$23.44Step 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 PCs and consoles, to deliver dark thrills filled with... -
Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics Josh A. Lerner 9780262551144
$41.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551144Author Josh A. LernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g -
Debugging Game History: A Critical Lexicon Henry Lowood (Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections, Curator for Germanic Collections; Film & Me, Stanford University) 9780262551106
$58.04Apologies 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 LtdSeries Game HistoriesWeight(grams) 369g -
Space and Play in Japanese Videogame Arcades Jeremie Pelletier-Gagnon 9781032226859
RRP: $174.15$152.41This book presents a scholarly investigation of the development and culture of Japanese videogame arcades, both from a historical and contemporary point of view.Providing an overview of the historical evolution of public amusement spaces from the early... -
Metagames: Games about Games Agata Waszkiewicz 9781032615561
RRP: $174.15$152.41Metagames: Games About Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games.Through its theoretical analyses and case... -
Race, Culture and the Video Game Industry: A Vicious Circuit Sam Srauy (Oakland University, USA) 9781032407159
RRP: $174.15$152.41- 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 production practices of video game developers from the 1970s... -
Marvel's Spider-man: Miles Morales - The Poster Collection Insomniac Games 9781506742656
Dark HorseRRP: $34.82$25.79Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506742656Author Insomniac GamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S. -
Introduction to Game Programming using Processing: For Designers, Artists, Players, Non-Tech People and Everybody Else Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath 9781032386225
RRP: $154.80$133.18* The text is accessible with plenty of examples to engage the reader, and illustrations to show the expected outcome* A popular, widely-used language similar to C-based languages facilitates a quick transition to real-world applications* Additional... -
Critical Perspectives on Esports Annette R. Hofmann (Ludwigsburg University, Germany) 9781032467665
RRP: $174.15$152.41Important new perspective on one of the most rapidly growing areas of the sport and leisure industriesIncludes multi-disciplinary approaches, from philosophy, sociology, education, business, economics and scienceIncludes contributions from all over the... -
Story Mode: The Creative Writer's Guide to Narrative Video Game Design Professor Julialicia Case (Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA) 9781350301368
$78.03Against 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 into writing and designing complex and emotionally... -
Invisible Digital: What Animation and Games Tell Us about Software and Digital Culture Aylish Wood 9781501390906
$116.73Invisible 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 used in the creation of moving images as markers of... -
The Semiotics of Architecture in Video Games Dr Gabriele Aroni (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 9781350341722
$38.69Video games are among the most popular media on the planet, and billions of people inhabit these virtual worlds on a daily basis. This book investigates the architecture of video games, the buildings, roads and cities in which gamers play out their roles... -
EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game Prof Raiford Guins (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 9781501375385
$39.33If 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 digital - EA's football simulation series FIFA - with... -
The Official Horizon Cookbook: Tastes of the Seven Tribes Victoria Rosenthal 9781803369907
Titan BooksRRP: $38.69$26.43Take a break from machine-hunting in the wilds, and make the most delicious food of the 31st century, inspired by the post-apocalyptic world of Horizon! You've explored the wicked heat of the Sun Furrows, the peaks of the Longroam, and the vast,... -
The Science of Esports Craig McNulty 9781032345710
RRP: $174.15$152.41This book is the first scientific resource designed to provide students, athletes, coaches and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance. Is an all-encompassing overview of practitioner standards, and sports... -
Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities Poppy Wilde (Birmingham City University, UK) 9781032055039
RRP: $174.15$152.41Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities explores the relationship between avatar and gamer in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game World of Warcraft, to examine notions of entangled subjectivity, affects, and... -
Embedding Culture into Video Games and Game Design: The Palm, the Dogai and the Tombstone Rhett Loban 9781032232164
RRP: $167.70$144.07This book will help game designers and those interested in games thoughtfully embed culture into video games and the game design process.This book raises the issue of how some cultures and communities are misrepresented in various video games. In... -
Simulating Good and Evil: The Morality and Politics of Videogames Marcus Schulzke 9781978818576
RRP: $159.96$139.23Simulating 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 actions are morally defensible because they take place... -
Combat Strategies for Apex Legends Players: An Unofficial Guide to Victory Jason R. Rich 9781631585463
RRP: $23.21$17.32The Tell-All, Essential Guide for the Hottest Game of 2019!Combat Strategies for Apex Legends Players is a full-color, information-packed strategy guide designed to quickly get newbs (beginners) acquainted with the many intricacies of the game, while... -
The Mammoth Book of Graphic Novels for Minecrafters: Three Unofficial Adventures for Minecrafters Cara J. Stevens 9781510747340
RRP: $32.24$28.06Packaged Together for the First Time, the Second Three Installments of Sky Pony's Redstone Junior High Series! When quiet farm girl Pixel receives an acceptance letter from the prestigious academy for gifted students, Redstone Junior High, she is... -
Record of Agarest War: Heroines Visual Book Compile Heart 9781927925379
Udon EntertainmentRRP: $46.43$42.54Record of Agarest War is an epic, multi-generational RPG where your decisions affect the power of future generations of heroes. The Record of Agarest War: Heroines Visual Book collects the gorgeous artwork behind both the original game and the... -
Hacks for Minecrafters: Mods: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You Megan Miller 9781510741089
RRP: $7.73$7.59From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the updated guide to the latest mods released for 1.12! If you want to be the best at Minecraft, you've got to read up on the latest tricks. This book is packed with full-color screenshots showing the... -
The Art of Hearthstone: Year of the Kraken: Year of the Kraken Robert Brooks 9781945683633
Blizzard$30.83Something stirs in the dark . . . The second volume of The Art of Hearthstonedives deep into the depths of the Year of the Kraken, the first year of Hearthstone's standard format. Consisting of hundreds of illustrations from the corruptive cults of... -
XCOM 2: Resurrection Greg Keyes 9781608877126
RRP: $16.76$14.63In the world of XCOM, the governments of Earth unite under threat of an alien invasion and form XCOM, an elite paramilitary organization tasked with repelling the extraterrestrial offensive and defending humanity. Woefully outgunned, XCOM's only hope is... -
Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment: Employee Handbook Christie Golden 9781608874033
RRP: $49.02$41.40A thrilling, in-world overview of Abstergo Industries, the mysterious organization at the center of the Assassin's Creed (R) franchise.Agent: At Abstergo Entertainment, history is an experience. Our work not only enriches lives, it brings out truths that...