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Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Highlighting important milestones in video game history, this informational text examines the history of video games, from the very first computer game created in 1940, to modern-day games created for mobile platforms. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The detailed sidebars, fascinating images, and Dig Deeper section prompt students to...
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (327 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of "The Legend of Zelda" video game franchise and the in-game world, including its history, characters, people groups, lands, realms, important items and relics, and divergent timelines.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 145 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
StarCraft (Blizzard Entertainment, 1998) is a real-time strategy video game, placing the player in command of three extraterrestrial races fighting against each other for strategic control of resources, terrain, and power. Simon Dor examines the game's unanticipated effect by delving into the history of the game and the two core competencies it encouraged: decoding and foreseeing. Although StarCraft was not designed as an e-sport, its role in developing...
Author
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Exploring how sports have shaped perceptions of and approaches to disability in postwar Japan, this book examines five international sporting events held in Japan for athletes with disabilities: the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the 1998 Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics"--
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this romp through the changing landscape of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American toys, games, hobbies, and amusements, senior historian of technology Carroll Pursell poses a simple but interesting question: What can we learn by studying the relationship between technology and play? From Playgrounds to PlayStation explores how play reflects and drives the evolution of American culture. Pursell engagingly examines the ways in which technology...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 264 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. Sales of authorized copies total near $1 billion to date, and that is just a fraction of the money made from knockoffs and pirated versions. Based on an obscure board game, it was designed for early computers, became a hit on TV consoles, and soared in popularity with handheld devices like the Game Boy. Today it lives on in smartphones, tablets, and laptops. All this...
Author
Publisher
Amherst College Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 184 pages : color illustrations)
Language
English
Description
Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on the long-running Ultima series of computer role-playing games (RPG) and to assess its lasting impact on the RPG genre and video game industry. Through archival and popular media sources, examinations of fan communities, and the game itself, this book historicizes the games and their authors. By attending to the salient moments and sites...
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Readers will learn about some of the most meaningful and fun debates in the world of E-Sports. This title explores if E-sports competitors are real athletes, and scholarships for E-sports and much more.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1220L
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from...
Author
Publisher
It Books, An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 558 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball, a behind-the-scenes business thriller about how the small, scrappy Sega, led by one unlikely visionary, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and changed the face of entertainment"--
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