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Knee-Deep in the '90s: The First-Person Shooters That Defined a Decade

by David L. Craddock ...

"[David is] the foremost chronicler of FPS history." –John Romero"The premier FPS historian working today." –Dave OshryBased on over 50 interviews and written by bestselling author David L. Craddock, Knee-Deep in the '90s: The First-Person Shooters That Defined a Decade takes you behind the scenes of one of the most creative periods in gaming history. Discover the origin stories of over 20 genre ... Read more

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"[David is] the foremost chronicler of FPS history." –John Romero"The premier FPS historian working today." –Dave OshryBased on over 50 interviews and written by bestselling author David L. Craddock, Knee-Deep in the '90s: The First-Person Shooters That Defined a Decade takes you behind the scenes of one of the most creative periods in gaming history. Discover the origin stories of over 20 genre
... Read more
Masters of Doom

How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner ...

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more ... Read more

$11.99 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more
... Read more
The Xbox 360 Uncloaked: The Real Story Behind Microsoft's Xbox 360 Video Game Console, 2nd edition

by Dean Takahashi ...

This book is an in-depth journalistic effort to uncover the inside story of the making of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. It chronicles the passion and drive behind the team that made it, and the second edition is updated with new information about the console's defect problem. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is an in-depth journalistic effort to uncover the inside story of the making of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. It chronicles the passion and drive behind the team that made it, and the second edition is updated with new information about the console's defect problem.
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Pokemon Let's Go - Strategy Guide

by GamerGuides.com ...

- A complete walkthrough with strategies to defeat all the Kanto Gym Leaders and conquer the Pokémon League.- Encounter tables for all the wild Pokémon, including the rare Pokémon with undisclosed habitats in the Pokédex.- Explanations of all the gameplay mechanics for both beginner trainers and Pokémon Masters.- Where to find all the Master Trainers and hidden battles after beating the game.- A ... Read more

$17.21 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

- A complete walkthrough with strategies to defeat all the Kanto Gym Leaders and conquer the Pokémon League.- Encounter tables for all the wild Pokémon, including the rare Pokémon with undisclosed habitats in the Pokédex.- Explanations of all the gameplay mechanics for both beginner trainers and Pokémon Masters.- Where to find all the Master Trainers and hidden battles after beating the game.- A
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Hellgate: London: Exodus

Hellgate: London

by Mel Odom ...

LONDON, 2038The once-great city lies in ruins. A massive gash in the fabric of our reality roils against the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The world as we know it has come to an end. Demons, the visions of our nightmares, walk the Earth. Mankind, driven in retreat to the sanctuary of the Underground, struggles to survive the Hellish apocalypse.Among the survivors are those ... Read more

$15.99 USD

LONDON, 2038The once-great city lies in ruins. A massive gash in the fabric of our reality roils against the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The world as we know it has come to an end. Demons, the visions of our nightmares, walk the Earth. Mankind, driven in retreat to the sanctuary of the Underground, struggles to survive the Hellish apocalypse.Among the survivors are those
... Read more
Minecraft: Guide to Farming

by The Official Minecraft Team, Mojang AB ...

Series series Minecraft
The official Minecraft: Guide to Farming will teach you about everything form basic crop farming and animal breeding to hostile mob and block farming.In Survival mode you’re constantly in need of food and other useful items, and true survivors knows the importance of setting up their own farming systems.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to becoming ... Read more

$7.99 USD

The official Minecraft: Guide to Farming will teach you about everything form basic crop farming and animal breeding to hostile mob and block farming.In Survival mode you’re constantly in need of food and other useful items, and true survivors knows the importance of setting up their own farming systems.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to becoming
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Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack

by Mr Andrew Schartmann ...

Series series 33 1/3
Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983,
... Read more
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--Creating a Champion

by Nintendo ...

This ebook is the ultimate companion to the award-winning video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and includes material from its DLC packs. Witness the making of a champion!This book features:• Nearly 50 pages of sketches and official illustrations from Takumi Wada• 296 Pages of design artwork and commentary about the making of the game from creators• 55 Page historical section that ... Read more

$19.99 USD

This ebook is the ultimate companion to the award-winning video game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and includes material from its DLC packs. Witness the making of a champion!This book features:• Nearly 50 pages of sketches and official illustrations from Takumi Wada• 296 Pages of design artwork and commentary about the making of the game from creators• 55 Page historical section that
... Read more
Persona: The Official Cookbook

by Jarrett Melendez ...

It’s time to find your true self—with food! Delve into the heartwarming, memorable culinary moments from Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal, all the way from Fuuka’s cooking club to the familiar booths of Café Leblanc!Do you have the stats to take on the Rainy Day Mega Beef Bowl Challenge? Are you prepared to face the Cosmo Tower Burger? Find out with Persona: The Official ... Read more

$10.99 USD

It’s time to find your true self—with food! Delve into the heartwarming, memorable culinary moments from Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal, all the way from Fuuka’s cooking club to the familiar booths of Café Leblanc!Do you have the stats to take on the Rainy Day Mega Beef Bowl Challenge? Are you prepared to face the Cosmo Tower Burger? Find out with Persona: The Official
... Read more
The Nintendo Paradox

by Niceto Ramos ...

For forty years, Nintendo has sold us magic. They gave us the first jump in Super Mario Bros., the first sword swing in Zelda, and the first capture in Pokémon. They are the architects of our childhoods, the Disney of Video Games. But the magic comes with a price tag. In The Nintendo Paradox, cultural critic and lifelong gamer Niceto Ramos pulls back the curtain on the company we love to hate. ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For forty years, Nintendo has sold us magic. They gave us the first jump in Super Mario Bros., the first sword swing in Zelda, and the first capture in Pokémon. They are the architects of our childhoods, the Disney of Video Games. But the magic comes with a price tag. In The Nintendo Paradox, cultural critic and lifelong gamer Niceto Ramos pulls back the curtain on the company we love to hate.
... Read more
Intellivision

How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie®

by Tom Boellstorff, Braxton Soderman ...

Series series Platform Studies
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979 ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979
... Read more
The Big Book of Graphic Novels for Minecrafters

Three Unofficial Adventures

by Megan Miller, Cara J. Stevens ...

For boys and girls who love Minecraft, three graphic novel adventures in one big book that use over 2200 images to transport young readers into the world of the game they love most.NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Phoenix, a young miner girl, has never known her parents. She has always dreamed of something greater, of seeing the world outside her village ... Read more

$18.99 USD

For boys and girls who love Minecraft, three graphic novel adventures in one big book that use over 2200 images to transport young readers into the world of the game they love most.NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Phoenix, a young miner girl, has never known her parents. She has always dreamed of something greater, of seeing the world outside her village
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Building SimCity

How to Put the World in a Machine

by Chaim Gingold ...

Series series Game Histories
A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing.Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn ... Read more

$34.99 USD

A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing.Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn
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Video Games Have Always Been Queer

by Bo Ruberg ...

Series Book 16 - Postmillennial Pop
Argues for the queer potential of video gamesWhile 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 in games beyond a matter of representation, exploring how video games can be played, interpreted, and designed queerly, whether or not they include ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Argues for the queer potential of video gamesWhile 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 in games beyond a matter of representation, exploring how video games can be played, interpreted, and designed queerly, whether or not they include
... Read more
Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End

by The Official Minecraft Team, Mojang AB ...

Series series Minecraft
Survival is difficult in the perilous Nether and End dimensions, and you’ll need to up your game if you want to make it back to the Overworld.The official Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End will teach you how to navigate the alien terrain, battle the native mobs and find rare blocks and items.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to the Nether ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Survival is difficult in the perilous Nether and End dimensions, and you’ll need to up your game if you want to make it back to the Overworld.The official Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End will teach you how to navigate the alien terrain, battle the native mobs and find rare blocks and items.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to the Nether
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Destruction of the Overworld

Herobrine Reborn Book Two: A Gameknight999 Adventure: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

by Mark Cheverton ...

The Ender Dragon, infected by the Herobrine virus, has escaped into the Overworld!This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.Gameknight999 and his father, Monkeypants271, traveled all the way to The End and banished the evil virus Herobrine ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The Ender Dragon, infected by the Herobrine virus, has escaped into the Overworld!This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.Gameknight999 and his father, Monkeypants271, traveled all the way to The End and banished the evil virus Herobrine
... Read more
Hacks for Minecrafters

The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

by Megan Miller ...

A New York Times bestseller, revised and updated, the ultimate book of secrets for boys and girls who plays Minecraft!NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.With hundreds of millions registered players, Minecraft is one of the world’s most popular games. This updated guide will help them all with new function and crafting systems, illusioners, parrots, and ... Read more

$7.99 USD

A New York Times bestseller, revised and updated, the ultimate book of secrets for boys and girls who plays Minecraft!NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.With hundreds of millions registered players, Minecraft is one of the world’s most popular games. This updated guide will help them all with new function and crafting systems, illusioners, parrots, and
... Read more
Invasion of the Overworld

Book One in the Gameknight999 Series: An Unofficial Minecrafters Adventure

by Mark Cheverton ...

Series Book 1 - Gameknight999 Series
A New York Times Best Seller! The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure for boys and girls!Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to grief—to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users. When one of his father’s inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside a digital world. What will ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A New York Times Best Seller! The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure for boys and girls!Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to grief—to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users. When one of his father’s inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside a digital world. What will
... Read more
A Minecraft Movie: From Block to Big Screen

by Insight Editions ...

Series series Minecraft
Go behind the scenes of A Minecraft Movie and experience the creative journey that transformed the biggest video game of all time into a big-screen block-buster.Break open the filmmaking secrets of Minecraft: The Movie with this deluxe art book. Featuring commentary from the filmmakers, this volume explores how a team of world-class artists brought the iconic, limitless world of Minecraft to the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Go behind the scenes of A Minecraft Movie and experience the creative journey that transformed the biggest video game of all time into a big-screen block-buster.Break open the filmmaking secrets of Minecraft: The Movie with this deluxe art book. Featuring commentary from the filmmakers, this volume explores how a team of world-class artists brought the iconic, limitless world of Minecraft to the
... Read more
The Art of Super Mario Odyssey

by Nintendo ...

Take a globetrotting journey all over the world--and beyond!--with this companion art book to the hit video game for the Nintendo Switch(TM) system!In October of 2017, Super Mario Odyssey(TM) took the gaming world by storm. Now, discover the art and expertise that went into creating one of Nintendo's best-loved games!This full-color volume clocks in at over 350 pages and features concept art, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Take a globetrotting journey all over the world--and beyond!--with this companion art book to the hit video game for the Nintendo Switch(TM) system!In October of 2017, Super Mario Odyssey(TM) took the gaming world by storm. Now, discover the art and expertise that went into creating one of Nintendo's best-loved games!This full-color volume clocks in at over 350 pages and features concept art,
... Read more
Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Strategy Guide

by GamerGuides.com ...

This guide for Pokémon Legends: Arceus currently includes the following:6 Interactive Maps for all the main regions in the game:Obsidian FieldlandsCrimson MirelandCobalt CoastlandsCoronet HighlandsAlabaster IcelandsJubilife VillageA Walkthrough for all 28 Main Story Missions (WIP)A guide for all 94 Requests (WIP)A section dedicated to Space-Time Distortions.How to find all 107 Spirit... ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This guide for Pokémon Legends: Arceus currently includes the following:6 Interactive Maps for all the main regions in the game:Obsidian FieldlandsCrimson MirelandCobalt CoastlandsCoronet HighlandsAlabaster IcelandsJubilife VillageA Walkthrough for all 28 Main Story Missions (WIP)A guide for all 94 Requests (WIP)A section dedicated to Space-Time Distortions.How to find all 107 Spirit...
... Read more
Gaming and the Heroic Life

A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World

by Bobby Angel ...

Video games fuel a fundamental human drive for adventure and greatness—whether it’s an epic quest to slay zombies, a solo voyage to rescue the princess, or teaming up with a clan to defeat the final boss. But what if that same drive could shape more than just your gameplay—what if it could transform your whole life?In Gaming and the Heroic Life, Bobby Angel, a lifelong gamer and Catholic speaker, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Video games fuel a fundamental human drive for adventure and greatness—whether it’s an epic quest to slay zombies, a solo voyage to rescue the princess, or teaming up with a clan to defeat the final boss. But what if that same drive could shape more than just your gameplay—what if it could transform your whole life?In Gaming and the Heroic Life, Bobby Angel, a lifelong gamer and Catholic speaker,
... Read more
Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline ...

Translated by Juan José Estrella González ...

El best seller mundial que Steven Spielberg adaptó al cine.« Un libro impresionante. Me pareció que estaba escrito para mí.»Patrick RothfussEstamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Aseguran que este esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna ... Read more

$9.99 USD

El best seller mundial que Steven Spielberg adaptó al cine.« Un libro impresionante. Me pareció que estaba escrito para mí.»Patrick RothfussEstamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Aseguran que este esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna
... Read more

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