Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a video game designer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.

"Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television because they spurred participation rather than passivity. These "space-age pinball machines" gave coin-operated games a high-tech and more respectable profile. In Atari Age, Michael Newman...

Computerspiele sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der digitalisierten Medienkultur der Gegenwart. Seit der Jahrtausendwende ist auch das wissenschaftliche Interesse an digitalen Spielen und ihrer lebensweltlichen Bedeutung gestiegen. Die Digital Game Studies sind interdisziplinär angelegt, und der vorliegende Sammelband vermittelt einen breiten Einblick in aktuelle Ansätze, Modelle, Methoden und Ergebnisse verschiedener beteiligter Fachdisziplinen....

"This book studies videogame addiction from a cross-disciplinary approach, bridging the divide between liberal arts academics and clinical researchers. The topic of addiction is examined neutrally, using accepted research in neuroscience, media studies, and developmental psychology, among others, to reveal how today's gamers interact with and become consumed by the virtual worlds of their videogames"--Provided by publisher.

Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. The question of what kind of emotional experiences players enact when playing with representations of physical violence in games has been largely ignored however. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices in video games, including participant observation in online games, qualitative interviews, an analysis of YouTube...

Provides an overview of the art and game development of Avalanche Studio's first-person shooter video game "Rage Two," featuring commentary from developers and artists, and full-color graphic images of characters, weapons, vehicles, and geography with captions.

This book offers a practical yet powerful way to understand the psychological appeal and strong motivation to play video games. Video games have come a long way, from Atari's pinging, monochromatic Pong to the garish mayhem of Grand Theft Auto and the stylish sophistication of Beatles Rock Band. And it is no longer just teenagers that are hooked, audiences both young and old can't seem to get enough. But while "video-game addict" has become a common...