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The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond

Greenwood Press, 2007

In the United States alone, the video game industry raked in an astonishing $12.5 billion last year, and shows no signs of slowing. Once dismissed as a fleeting fad of the young and frivolous, this booming industry has not only proven its staying power, but promises to continue driving the future of new media and emerging technologies. Today video...

The Video Game Theory Reader 2

Routledge, 2008

"The Video Game Theory Reader 2" picks up where the first "Video Game Theory Reader" (Routledge, 2003) left off, with a group of leading scholars turning their attention to next-generation platforms - the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 - and to new issues in the rapidly expanding field of video games studies. The...

2D Artwork and 3D Modeling for Game Artists (Premier Press Game Development)

Course Technology PTR, 2002

Take your games to the next level! 2D Artwork and 3D Modeling for Game Artists is the perfect stepping stone for beginning or intermediate game artists entering the gaming industry. This book will show you how to create models, arrange U-Vs, generate textures, then finalize your models for use with a video game engine. By the time you?re finished,...

Home Theater For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2008

Overwhelmed with big screen TV and home theater audio options? What do you need to build the perfect home theater experience? Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to plan a home theater system and choose components that fit your budget and your room.

Beginning with the most basic information, this guide...

$Physics for Game Developers: Science, math, and code for realistic effects$

Physics for Game Developers: Science, math, and code for realistic effects

O'Reilly, 2013

If you want to enrich your game’s experience with physics-based realism, the expanded edition of this classic book details physics principles applicable to game development. You’ll learn about collisions, explosions, sound, projectiles, and other effects used in games on Wii, PlayStation, Xbox, smartphones, and tablets....

Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony Playstation Portable

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

You hold in your hand the Holy Grail for PSP aficionados—300 pages of ways to have even more fun with that little handheld powerhouse than the manufacturer intended. Use it as a hard drive. Surf the Web wirelessly. Play your own movies in the palm of your hand. Build your own battery pack. Run homebrew apps. And we're just getting started....

Real-time 3D Character Animation with Visual C++ (Book & CD-ROM)

Focal Press, 2002

Do you have some experience and a reasonable knowledge of C++ and want to write your own computer games? Have you ever looked at a PC or Playstation (R) game with characters running and leaping through an exciting landscape and wondered how it was done? If so then this book will give you all the information you need to achieve this goal, whether...

Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

This book is a culmination of five years of research into the subject of interfacing genuine arcade controls to computers. It is a polished and portable companion to the author’s Web site, the Build Your Own Arcade Controls FAQ (BYOAC), located at www.arcadecontrols.com/. Most of the research and information for this book came from the Web,...

How Cool Brands Stay Hot: Branding to Generation Y

Kogan Page, 2011

Generation Y are the most marketing-savvy and advertising-critical generation ever. Three times the size of Generation X, they have a much bigger impact on society and business. In How Cool Brands Stay Hot, Joeri Van den Bergh and Mattias Behrer address what drives Generation Y as consumers and how marketers can develop the right brand...

PSP Hacks : Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Gaming and Entertainment Handheld

O'Reilly, 2006

Sure, it's just what you've been clamoring for: an ultra slick, portable version of the most popular console gaming system in the world. But Sony's new PlayStation Portable (PSP) isn't just a handheld gaming device. Beyond its killer graphics and spectacular widescreen LCD for unparalleled game play, it also sports wireless...

PSP Game Creation for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2010

Games have come a long way since their inception far in our past. The tools we have used in our game play have changed, as well, from knuckle bones to cards to board games to early arcade games to today’s spiffy video game consoles. The progression has been a lengthy one. Now hardware advances are even changing the way we...

iPhone Games Projects

Apress, 2009

One look at the App Store will show you just how hot iPhone games have become. Games make up over 25 percent of all apps, and over 70 percent of the apps in the App Store's Most Popular category. Surprised? Of course not! We've all filled our iPhones with games, and many of us hope to develop the next best seller.

This book is a...

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