03 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time (Paperback)

Review “They say you can’t go back again, but reading Vintage Games comes close. Open the book, and I’m back in the video arcades of my youth. Turn the page, and I’m in college again, discovering the secret joys of the early PC games. Turn the page again, and I’m [...]

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27 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences (Lea’s Communication Series) (Paperback)

Review …highly informative 400 page read….each chapter is packed full of juicy information thatll improve your debates concerning the virtues and pitfalls of gaming and beyond…—CiN WeeklyThe collection is a veritable candy store for students of human behavior at all levels. Because it covers so many different facets of gaming, it will be appealing to [...]

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15 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction (Paperback)

Review “A book like this needs to get written and will undoubtedly some day become a standard .” — Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison; co-director, The Education Arcade; co-founder, joystick101.org – 09/28/05Understanding Video Games is required reading for all students of game studies and game design. The text engagingly and comprehensively tackles the exploding field [...]

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