Computer Gaming World
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Computer Gaming World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Computer Gaming World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Computer games categories.
Computer Gaming World S Why Won T This Game Work
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Author : Denny Atkin
language : en
Publisher: Bradygames
Release Date : 1997
Computer Gaming World S Why Won T This Game Work written by Denny Atkin and has been published by Bradygames this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Computer games categories.
PC Gaming: Computer Gaming World's Instant Expert Guide covers everything new game players need to know, such as game genres, terminology, ratings, and new technology, as well as hardware needs, accessories, and how to troubleshoot the most common problems. The free CD includes hot game demos, such as Quake, Star Trek Generations and Command & Conquer Red Alert, which are attractive to avid players, but will also serve as a "try-before-you-buy" sampler for new gamers.
Raising The Stakes
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Author : T. L. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2015-01-30
Raising The Stakes written by T. L. Taylor and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-30 with Games & Activities categories.
How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play. Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982–1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and first-person shooter games of the 1990s became multiplayer through network play. A new development in the world of digital gaming, however, is the emergence of professional computer game play, complete with star players, team owners, tournaments, sponsorships, and spectators. In Raising the Stakes, T. L. Taylor explores the emerging scene of professional computer gaming and the accompanying efforts to make a sport out of this form of play. In the course of her explorations, Taylor travels to tournaments, including the World Cyber Games Grand Finals (which considers itself the computer gaming equivalent of the Olympics), and interviews participants from players to broadcasters. She examines pro-gaming, with its highly paid players, play-by-play broadcasts, and mass audience; discusses whether or not e-sports should even be considered sports; traces the player's path from amateur to professional (and how a hobby becomes work); and describes the importance of leagues, teams, owners, organizers, referees, sponsors, and fans in shaping the structure and culture of pro-gaming. Taylor connects professional computer gaming to broader issues: our notions of play, work, and sport; the nature of spectatorship; the influence of money on sports. And she examines the ongoing struggle over the gendered construction of play through the lens of male-dominated pro-gaming. Ultimately, the evolution of professional computer gaming illuminates the contemporary struggle to convert playful passions into serious play.
The Pleasures Of Computer Gaming
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Author : Melanie Swalwell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-05-12
The Pleasures Of Computer Gaming written by Melanie Swalwell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with Games & Activities categories.
This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon alongside broader debates in cultural and media studies. Contributors to this volume maintain that computer games are not simply toys, but rather circulate as commodities, new media technologies, and items of visual culture that are embedded in complex social practices. Apart from placing games within longer arcs of cultural history and broader critical debates, the contributors to this volume all adopt a pedagogical and theoretical approach to studying games and gameplay, drawing on the interdisciplinary resources of the humanities and social sciences, particularly new media studies. In eight essays, the authors develop rich and nuanced understandings of the aesthetic appeals and pleasurable engagements of digital gameplay. Topics include the role of “cheats” and “easter eggs” in influencing cheating as an aesthetic phenomenon of gameplay; the relationship between videogames, gambling, and addiction; players’ aesthetic and kinaesthetic interactions with computing technology; and the epistemology and phenomenology of popular strategy-based wargames and their relationship with real-world military applications. Notes and a bibliography accompany each essay, and the work includes several screenshots, images, and photographs.
Dungeons And Desktops
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Author : Matt Barton
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-04-18
Dungeons And Desktops written by Matt Barton and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Computers categories.
Computer role-playing games (CRPGs) are a special genre of computer games that bring the tabletop role-playing experience of games such as Dungeons & Dragons to the computer screen. Thisnew edition inlcudes two new chapters: The Modern Age, and a chapter on Indies and Mobile CRPGs. The new modern age chapter will cover, among other topics, Kickstarter/FIG crowdfunded projects such as Torment: Tides of Numenera and Pillars of Eternity. It'll also bring the book up to date with major games such as Dragon Age, Witcher, Skyrim. Expanded info in first chapter about educational potential of CRPGs. Color figures will be introduced for the first time. Key Features gives reviews of hundreds of games across many platforms. comprehensive book covering the history of computer RPGs. comprehensive index at the back, letting you quickly look up your favourite titles
Starflight How The Pc And Dos Exploded Computer Gaming
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Author : Jamie Lendino
language : en
Publisher: Steel Gear Press
Release Date : 2022-03-14
Starflight How The Pc And Dos Exploded Computer Gaming written by Jamie Lendino and has been published by Steel Gear Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-14 with Computers categories.
No one saw it coming. At its launch in 1981, IBM’s original Personal Computer was an expensive business machine—not a gaming behemoth of the kind you saw from Apple, Atari, Commodore, and Tandy. But by 1990, the PC had trampled all its competitors and become the gaming juggernaut it remains to this day. How did this happen? What did the PC do that the ostensibly superior Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and Apple IIGS, couldn’t? In Starflight: How the PC and DOS Exploded Computer Gaming 1987–1994, author Jamie Lendino tells the full story, starting with the PC’s humble CGA and monochrome origins, moving through early ill-fated (if influential) failures such as the PCjr and Tandy 1000, and diving deep into the industry-shattering innovations in processing, graphics, sound, software, and distribution that gave the PC (and the gamers who loved it) unprecedented power and reach. Along the way, Lendino explores more than 110 of the PC’s most entertaining and important games, revealing how they paved the way for PC supremacy while also offering players new levels of challenge and fun. From groundbreaking graphic adventures (King’s Quest, The Secret of Monkey Island), innovative role-playing games (Ultima, Might and Magic), and sprawling space combat epics (Wing Commander, X-Wing) to titanic strategy titles (Civilization, X-Com), first-person shooters (Stellar 7, Doom), wide-ranging simulations (Stunts, Falcon 3.0), and hard-driving arcade action games (Arkanoid, Raptor), you’ll discover every detail of how the PC’s games catapulted it into the computer gaming stratosphere. Whether you were there at the time—experiencing first-hand the transition of EGA to VGA and single-voice beeps and boops to sweepingly symphonic Roland MT-32 sound, and discovering historic titles upon their release—or you’re only now discovering the wonders of the era, Starflight: How the PC and DOS Exploded Computer Gaming 1987–1994 is a fresh, dynamic, and impossible-to-put-it-down look at the years when PC gaming—and computer gaming itself—changed forever.
Gaming Matters
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Author : Judd Ethan Ruggill
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2011-05-11
Gaming Matters written by Judd Ethan Ruggill and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-11 with Games & Activities categories.
In Gaming Matters, McAllister and Ruggill turn from the broader discussion of video game rhetoric to study the video game itself as a medium and the specific features that give rise to games as similar and yet diverse as Pong, Tomb Raider, and Halo.
Graphic Adventure Companion
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Author : Ronald Wartow
language : en
Publisher: Brady
Release Date : 1996
Graphic Adventure Companion written by Ronald Wartow and has been published by Brady this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Games categories.
The games covered in this guide will include many of the top titles in the genre from the recent past, plus some current releases expected to be hits. Some older titles covered are Myst, Full Throttle, The Dig, Bioforge, Kings Quest VII, Day of the Tenacle. Current titles include Toonstruck, City of the Lost Children, and the new Gabriel Knight.
Powering Up
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Author : Rebecca Mileham
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-05-27
Powering Up written by Rebecca Mileham and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-27 with Computers categories.
When it comes to computer games, the numbers are astounding: the world's top professional gamer has won over half a million dollars shooting virtual monsters on-screen; online games claim literally millions of subscribers; while worldwide spending on computer gaming will top £24 billion by 2011. From techno-toddlers to silver surfers, everyone's playing games on their PCs, Wiis, Xboxes and phones. How are we responding to this onslaught of brain-training, entertaining, potentially addicting, time-consuming, myth-spawning games? In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham looks at the facts behind the headlines to see what effect this epidemic of game-playing is really having on us and the society we live in. Is it making us obese, anti-social, violent and addicted... or just giving us different ways of getting cleverer, fitter and more skilled? She examines the evidence, from experts and gamers alike, and asks some controversial and thought-provoking questions: Are car-driving games turning us into boy racers? Could becoming a virtual bully help children solve classroom disputes? Should you feel remorse for killing pixel people? Does it matter if you cheat in a single-player game? Can games get ex-prisoners back to work? If you're part of the gaming revolution yourself, or are just curious to know what's fact and what's fiction in the media coverage of this topic, then this is the book for you. About the author Rebecca Mileham has written for the Sunday Times, She magazine, and for museums all over the UK. In ten years at the Science Museum, London, she developed exhibitions on topics as diverse as Charles Babbage's Difference Engines, robotic submarines, face transplants and the male pill. http://www.rebecca.mileham.net/
The Art Of Game Worlds
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Author : Dave Morris
language : en
Publisher: The Ilex Press Ltd
Release Date : 2004
The Art Of Game Worlds written by Dave Morris and has been published by The Ilex Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Computers categories.
This book includes a complete illustrated guide to the modern computer game world with in depth examples of the most popular games across all formats.