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Smartbomb

by Heather Chaplin
Aaron Ruby
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"A history of video games, presented through sharp profiles of their creators." —The New York Times Book Review
What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?
In Smartbomb, journalists Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby take the reader behind the scenes at gaming conventions, into powerhouse think tanks where new games are created, into the thick of the competition at cyberathlete tournaments, and into the homes of gamers for whom playing a role in a virtual world has assumed more relevance and reality than life in the real world.
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Publisher: Algonquin Books

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9781565128354
  • Release date: November 10, 2006

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  • ISBN: 9781565128354
  • Release date: November 10, 2006

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  • ISBN: 9781565128354
  • File size: 2596 KB
  • Release date: November 10, 2006
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subjects

Business Sociology Nonfiction

Languages

English

"A history of video games, presented through sharp profiles of their creators." —The New York Times Book Review
What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?
In Smartbomb, journalists Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby take the reader behind the scenes at gaming conventions, into powerhouse think tanks where new games are created, into the thick of the competition at cyberathlete tournaments, and into the homes of gamers for whom playing a role in a virtual world has assumed more relevance and reality than life in the real world.
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Business Sociology Nonfiction