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  • Day of the Tentacle

    by Bob Mackey, Tim Schafer ...
    Series series Boss Fight Books
    Six years after helping the Edison family defeat the designs of a malevolent meteor in Maniac Mansion, college student and classic nerd Bernard Bernoulli once again finds himself at the front door of the infamous mansion. With two weird friends, Hoagie and Laverne, Bernard must stop the evil Purple Tentacle from conquering the world—by freezing hamsters, pushing old ladies down the stairs, abusing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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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

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  • Wetware

    On the Digital Frontier with Stephen King

    by Kevin Quigley ...
    Stephen King has long been at the forefront of experimental publishing. As the world grows more digital each day, King has consistently remained on the edge of breakthrough trends and technology, finding new ways to publish and interpret his stories. King's digital journey has been strange and fascinating. Wetware is your guide.From the prehistory of King’s involvement with digital media such as ... Read more

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  • All Your Base Are Belong to Us

    How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture

    by Harold Goldberg ...
    Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon.Over the last fifty years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the ... Read more

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  • Funny on Purpose

    The Definitive Guide to an Unpredictable Career in Comedy

    by Joe Randazzo ...
    "A guidebook to the world of professional humoring . . . Randazzo pulls off the rare trick of being funny while discussing comedy." —Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book ReviewIt takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider's guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Perfect Thing

    How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness

    by Steven Levy ...
    On October 23, 2001, Apple Computer, a company known for its chic, cutting-edge technology -- if not necessarily for its dominant market share -- launched a product with an enticing promise: You can carry an entire music collection in your pocket. It was called the iPod. What happened next exceeded the company's wildest dreams. Over 50 million people have inserted the device's distinctive white ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Spelunky

    by Derek Yu ...
    Series series Boss Fight Books
    When Derek Yu released Spelunky for free in 2008, his roguelike-inspired platformer took the indie game community by storm with its combination of classic platform mechanics, extreme difficulty, and random level generation. Four years later, Spelunky's HD remake went on to become PC Gamer's Game of the Year and earn perfect scores from Polygon and Eurogamer. But how is a perfect game made? ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Gamer's Bucket List

    The 50 Video Games to Play Before You Die

    by Chris Watters ...
    Discover what video games are worth playing and why in this comprehensive guide by a video game expert.From pixelated pioneer adventures to stunning space odysseys, the boundaries of the video game world are expanding every day. Grand epics and gritty mysteries. Fierce competition and friendly cooperation. Powerful emotions and uproarious laughter. Video games are fantastically diverse and ... Read more

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  • From Beggars to Choosers: The WomenGamers.Com Experience

    by Ismini Boinodiris Roby ...
    In the past decade, the videogaming industry has grown immensely. The atmosphere for the next generation is notably very different today than it was back then. No longer do people question whether women play, but what they are playing. Gamer shame is dwindling, and the world is changing. This book,a compilation of articles from the WomenGamers.Com site, revels in the evolution of an industry. ... Read more

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  • Animated Storytelling

    by Liz Blazer ...
    Animation is a limitless medium for telling stories. Artists can create worlds, defy gravity, flip from factual to fantasy, and transport audiences to places they never imagined. The challenge is having the discipline to reel it in and be intentional about your storytelling choices. This book shows you how.In Animated Storytelling, learn how to create memorable stories using animation and motion ... Read more

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  • The Mysteries of Monkey Island

    All about to take on the pirates!

    by Nicolas Deneschau ...
    That was the only target set for those 20 or so young, ambitious, hilarious and unkempt creators.Lucasfilm Games™, soon to be LucasArts™, would become a legendary developer, not least because it was within its walls that The Secret of Monkey Island™ was created in 1990. The best-known of the Point & Click adventure games, Monkey Island earned its reputation from its world of colorful, delightfully ... Read more

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  • The History of the Adventure Video Game

    by Christopher Carton ...
    Discover the origins of adventure gaming, from their origins in the 70s to modern day. Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime! Adventure video games have provided players with epic and hilarious storytelling for over fifty years. What started from the humble beginnings of text adventures led to a blast of point-and-click and graphic adventure games throughout the '80s and '90s. Trailblazers ... Read more

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