As video games evolve, only the fittest companies survive. Making a blockbuster once cost millions of dollars; now it can cost hundreds of millions, but with a $160 billion market worldwide, the biggest players are willing to bet the bank. Steven L. Kent has been playing video games since Pong and writing about the industry since the Nintendo Entertainment System. In volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games, he chronicled the industry's first...

The growth in popularity and complexity of video games has spurred new interest in how games are developed and in the research and technology behind them. David Heineman brings together some of the most iconic, influential, and interesting voices from across the gaming industry and asks them to weigh in on the past, present, and future of video games. --Publisher's description.

This official handbook might just save your life. Learn how to find resources; make a shelter; craft tools, armor, and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters. With tips from Minecraft experts, including developer Jeb and creator Notch himself, this is the definitive guide to surviving your first few days in Minecraft.

Did you know that the first arcade video game to achieve widespread success was called Pong? Or that Pong was loosely based on the game of table tennis? The average America spends 13 hours a week playing video games.... that's 676 hours a year! How many hours do you spend playing video games?

A collection of "interactive storybooks"--classic public domain children's stories retold and recreated on WII.

Everyone's a movie star in this action-packed family game. Choose a character and act out scenes in 5 different movie sets.

Describes the challenges and satisfactions of a career in the field of video game design through profiles of animators, designers, music specialists, scriptwriters, and others involved in the behind-the-scenes work of game creation.