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  • Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

    How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives,and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form

    by Anna Anthropy ...
    "Anna Anthropy is a key personality in the ongoing paradigm shift that is slowly changing the way videogames are understood, by creators and players, and by the wider culture."—Patrick Alexander, Eegra.com"Equal parts autobiography, ethnography, and how-to manual, this book concisely makes the case for the unique power of 'zinester' games."—Adam Parrish, NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Game Design Vocabulary, A

    Exploring the Foundational Principles Behind Good Game Design

    by Anna Anthropy, Naomi Clark ...
    Series series Game Design
    Master the Principles and Vocabulary of Game DesignWhy aren’t videogames getting better? Why does it feel like we’re playing the same games, over and over again? Why aren’t games helping us transform our lives, like great music, books, and movies do?The problem is language. We still don’t know how to talk about game design. We can’t share our visions. We forget what works (and doesn’t). We don’t ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • WORLDBUILDING

    Gaming and Art in the Digital Age

    by Office Ben Ganz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Anna Anthropy, Kat Benedict, Kathrin Beßen, Giampaolo Bianconi, Dr. Daniel Birnbaum, Irene Bretscher, micha cardenas, troizel carr, Tamar Clarke-Brown, Raphaëlle Cormier, Barbara Cueto, Mehdi Derfoufi, Travis Diehl, Rebecca Edwards, Marion Eisele, Jacob Fabricius, Mary Flanagan, Richard Grayson, Tamara Hart, Kathrin Jentjens, Katarina Klang, Katarina Kloppe, Jasmin Klumpp, Adèle Koechlin, Nóra Kovács, Aude Launay, Malte Lin-Kröger, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Toke Lykkeberg, Aodhan Madden, Boris Magrini, Maitreyi Maheshwari, Tabea Marschall, Llaura McGee, Aïcha Mehrez, Anika Meier, Darla Migan, Michelle Nicol, Christiane Paul, Anna-Alexandra Pfau, Ada Rook, Tina Rivers Ryan, Elisa Schaar, Stephan Schwingeler, Agnieszka Skolimowska, Zoé Stillpass, Ben Vickers, Elena Vogman, Iaroslav Volovod, Kay Watson, Peter Watts, Dr. Joni Zhu ...
    WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art. It is the first transgenerational show of this scope to survey how contemporary artists world-wide are appropriating the aesthetics and technology of gaming as their form of expression. Commissioned by the Julia Stoschek Foundation and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Make Your Own Twine Games!

    by Anna Anthropy ...
    Bring your game ideas to life with Twine!Twine is a free online tool that lets anyone new to programming create their own interactive, story-based adventure games in a web page.In Make Your Own Twine Games!, game designer Anna Anthropy takes you step-by-step through the game development process, from coming up with a basic idea to structuring your game. You’ll learn the basics of Twine like how to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Make Your Own Scratch Games!

    by Anna Anthropy ...
    Learn to make interactive games with Scratch—the beginner-friendly, block-based programming language from the MIT Media Lab! Anna Anthropy, game designer extraordinaire, will show you how to do everything from building a game map to creating animations and debugging the end product. Take a peek inside the history of video game design, learn programming basics, and turn your ideas into creative ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games!

    by Anna Anthropy ...
    Fun introduction to game development by well-known game designer using PuzzleScript, a free online tool for creating puzzles/platform games.PuzzleScript is a free, web-based tool you can use to create puzzle games. In a PuzzleScript game, you move objects around to solve problems and play through the levels.In Make Your Own PuzzleScript Games! you'll learn how to use PuzzleScript to create ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • ZZT

    by Anna Anthropy ...
    Series series Boss Fight Books
    In 1991, long before Epic Games was putting out blockbusters like Unreal, Infinity Blade, and Gears of War, Tim Sweeney released a strange little MS-DOS shareware game called ZZT. The simplicity of its text graphics masked the complexity of its World Editor: players could use ZZT to design their own games. This feature was a revelation to thousands of gamers, including Anna Anthropy, author of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1

    From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond . . . the Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World

    by Steven L. Kent ...
    Series Book 1 - Ultimate History of Video Games
    The definitive behind-the-scenes history of the dawn of video games and their rise into a multibillion-dollar business“For industry insiders and game players alike, this book is a must-have.”—Mark Turmell, designer for Midway Games and creator of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, and WrestleManiaWith all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade, volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Puzzler

    One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

    by A.J. Jacobs, Greg Pliska ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world.**“Even though I’ve never attempted the New York Times crossword puzzle or solved the Rubik’s Cube, I couldn’t put down The Puzzler.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Kick-Ass Writer

    1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience

    by Chuck Wendig ...
    The journey to become a successful writer is long, fraught with peril, and filled with difficult questions: How do I write dialogue? How do I build suspense? What should I know about query letters? How do I start?The best way to answer these questions is to ditch your uncertainty and transform yourself into a KICK-ASS writer. This new book from award-winning author Chuck Wendig combines the best ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Dawn of the New Everything

    Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality

    by Jaron Lanier ...
    The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology.Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox"A deeply human, highly personal, and beautifully told story." —Dave EggersBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body , Dawn of the Ne... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book

    40 Fast, Easy, and Fun Tabletop Games

    by James D’Amato ...
    Series series Ultimate Role Playing Game Series
    Enjoy these 40 expertly crafted micro-RPGs that are fast, fun, easy to learn, and come in a variety of genres—from space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers—everything you need to pick up and play today.Get gaming fast with The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book including brand-new micro-RPGs created by experts across the gaming world. From space exploration to jungle dungeon crawlers this book has ... Read more

    $12.99 USD