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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more
... Read more
Good Game, No Rematch

A Life Made of Video Games

by Mike Drucker ...

*An Inside Hook Book You Should Be Reading This April*A "funny, genuine and knowledgeable" (Ben Schwartz) memoir about the video games that entertain and inspire us, and even hold the power to transform our lives, from an Emmy®-nominated television writer, stand-up comedian and former writer for Nintendo.At the ripe age of three, Mike Drucker got his very first Nintendo console—the Nintendo ... Read more

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*An Inside Hook Book You Should Be Reading This April*A "funny, genuine and knowledgeable" (Ben Schwartz) memoir about the video games that entertain and inspire us, and even hold the power to transform our lives, from an Emmy®-nominated television writer, stand-up comedian and former writer for Nintendo.At the ripe age of three, Mike Drucker got his very first Nintendo console—the Nintendo
... Read more
Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies

The Art of Treyarch

by James Asmus ...

Delve behind the scenes to explore the comprehensive history of Call of Duty’s beloved Zombies mode!Explore the creation of Call of Duty’s iconic Zombies mode! Call of Duty Zombies: The Art of Treyarch opens the Mystery Box to take readers through the storied history of Treyarch’s undead survival experience that began as an Easter egg in 2008. Dive deep into exclusive, behind-the-scenes interviews ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Delve behind the scenes to explore the comprehensive history of Call of Duty’s beloved Zombies mode!Explore the creation of Call of Duty’s iconic Zombies mode! Call of Duty Zombies: The Art of Treyarch opens the Mystery Box to take readers through the storied history of Treyarch’s undead survival experience that began as an Easter egg in 2008. Dive deep into exclusive, behind-the-scenes interviews
... Read more
Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown

by Varric Tethras, Mary Kirby ...

Prolific dwarven author and heroic companion of the Dragon Age games, Varric Tethras brings us the collected edition of his breakthrough crime-noir drama, Hard in Hightown (with help from his trusted human confidante, Mary Kirby)! This volume is beautifully illustrated by Stefano Martino, Álvaro Sarraseca, Andres Ponce, and Ricardo German Ponce Torres, with a painted cover by E.M. Gist!Twenty ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Prolific dwarven author and heroic companion of the Dragon Age games, Varric Tethras brings us the collected edition of his breakthrough crime-noir drama, Hard in Hightown (with help from his trusted human confidante, Mary Kirby)! This volume is beautifully illustrated by Stefano Martino, Álvaro Sarraseca, Andres Ponce, and Ricardo German Ponce Torres, with a painted cover by E.M. Gist!Twenty
... Read more
Play Nice

The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

by Jason Schreier ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $3.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard
... Read more
Ask Iwata

by Hobonichi ...

Series series Ask Iwata
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER"A welcome salve and a book that anyone who cares about gaming should own and read." - ForbesSatoru Iwata was the global president and CEO of Nintendo and a gifted programmer who played a key role in the creation of many of the world’s best-known games. He led the production of innovative platforms such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii, and laid the groundwork for the ... Read more

$9.59 USD

THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER"A welcome salve and a book that anyone who cares about gaming should own and read." - ForbesSatoru Iwata was the global president and CEO of Nintendo and a gifted programmer who played a key role in the creation of many of the world’s best-known games. He led the production of innovative platforms such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii, and laid the groundwork for the
... Read more
Hellgate: London: Exodus

Hellgate: London

by Mel Odom ...

LONDON, 2038The once-great city lies in ruins. A massive gash in the fabric of our reality roils against the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The world as we know it has come to an end. Demons, the visions of our nightmares, walk the Earth. Mankind, driven in retreat to the sanctuary of the Underground, struggles to survive the Hellish apocalypse.Among the survivors are those ... Read more

$15.99 USD

LONDON, 2038The once-great city lies in ruins. A massive gash in the fabric of our reality roils against the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The world as we know it has come to an end. Demons, the visions of our nightmares, walk the Earth. Mankind, driven in retreat to the sanctuary of the Underground, struggles to survive the Hellish apocalypse.Among the survivors are those
... Read more
Resident Evil: Extinction

by Keith R. A. DeCandido ...

Series series Resident Evil
Following the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the beautiful, dangerous, enigmatic Alice returns, and this time she and her fellow survivor Carlos Olivera are running with a pack of humans led by a new ally, Claire Redfield. Together they are cutting through the wastelands of the United States on a long trek to Alaska. Hunted by the minions of the scheming Dr. Isaacs, Alice has zombies hungry ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Following the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse, the beautiful, dangerous, enigmatic Alice returns, and this time she and her fellow survivor Carlos Olivera are running with a pack of humans led by a new ally, Claire Redfield. Together they are cutting through the wastelands of the United States on a long trek to Alaska. Hunted by the minions of the scheming Dr. Isaacs, Alice has zombies hungry
... Read more
Minecraft: Maps

An Explorer's Guide to Minecraft

by The Official Minecraft Team, Mojang AB ...

Series series Minecraft
Discover the hidden corners of the many weird and wonderful locations in Minecraft with this beautifully illustrated, full-color guide--written in official partnership with the experts at game-creator Mojang.Are you ready for an adventure? Minecraft: Maps is a visual guide to the Minecraft landscape, created by an explorer on a quest to find the most valuable loot while avoiding danger. Explore ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Discover the hidden corners of the many weird and wonderful locations in Minecraft with this beautifully illustrated, full-color guide--written in official partnership with the experts at game-creator Mojang.Are you ready for an adventure? Minecraft: Maps is a visual guide to the Minecraft landscape, created by an explorer on a quest to find the most valuable loot while avoiding danger. Explore
... Read more
World of Warcraft

by Daniel Lisi ...

Series series Boss Fight Books
At more than 100 million user accounts created and over $10 billion made, it is not only the most-subscribed MMORPG in the world, but the highest-grossing video game of all time. Ten years after its launch, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft is less a game and more a world unto itself, and it's a world Daniel Lisi knows well. More time in his high school years was spent in Azeroth than in ... Read more

$7.99 USD

At more than 100 million user accounts created and over $10 billion made, it is not only the most-subscribed MMORPG in the world, but the highest-grossing video game of all time. Ten years after its launch, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft is less a game and more a world unto itself, and it's a world Daniel Lisi knows well. More time in his high school years was spent in Azeroth than in
... Read more
Make Games for Playdate with Lua

by Brett Chalupa ...

Have fun learning how to program games from scratch for Playdate!Whether you've never coded a game before or have years of experience under your belt, you'll learn the fundamentals of how to make games for Playdate using the Lua programming language. Make Games for Playdate with Lua covers how to program with Lua and the essential Playdate APIs. You'll make a handful of games to get you ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have fun learning how to program games from scratch for Playdate!Whether you've never coded a game before or have years of experience under your belt, you'll learn the fundamentals of how to make games for Playdate using the Lua programming language. Make Games for Playdate with Lua covers how to program with Lua and the essential Playdate APIs. You'll make a handful of games to get you
... Read more
Console Wars

Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

by Blake J. Harris ...

Now a documentary on CBS All Access.Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles the history of video games and how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, ... Read more

$13.49 USD

Now a documentary on CBS All Access.Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles the history of video games and how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990,
... Read more
Pokemon Let's Go - Strategy Guide

by GamerGuides.com ...

- A complete walkthrough with strategies to defeat all the Kanto Gym Leaders and conquer the Pokémon League.- Encounter tables for all the wild Pokémon, including the rare Pokémon with undisclosed habitats in the Pokédex.- Explanations of all the gameplay mechanics for both beginner trainers and Pokémon Masters.- Where to find all the Master Trainers and hidden battles after beating the game.- A ... Read more

$17.44 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

- A complete walkthrough with strategies to defeat all the Kanto Gym Leaders and conquer the Pokémon League.- Encounter tables for all the wild Pokémon, including the rare Pokémon with undisclosed habitats in the Pokédex.- Explanations of all the gameplay mechanics for both beginner trainers and Pokémon Masters.- Where to find all the Master Trainers and hidden battles after beating the game.- A
... Read more
Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack

by Mr Andrew Schartmann ...

Series series 33 1/3
Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. (1985) score redefined video game music. With under three minutes of music, Kondo put to rest an era of bleeps and bloops-the sterile products of a lab environment-replacing it with one in which game sounds constituted a legitimate form of artistic expression. Andrew Schartmann takes us through the various external factors (e.g., the video game crash of 1983,
... Read more
Persona 5 - Strategy Guide

by GamerGuides.com ...

What if you thought you lived in a world that felt like a prison, full of slavery and oppression? That is the premise behind Persona 5, where the teenagers feel just that, with them being ruled by corrupted and twisted adults. In order to seek freedom, they live dual lives, being students during the day and Phantom Thieves at night. With the help of a mysterious smartphone app, they enter another ... Read more

$10.70 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What if you thought you lived in a world that felt like a prison, full of slavery and oppression? That is the premise behind Persona 5, where the teenagers feel just that, with them being ruled by corrupted and twisted adults. In order to seek freedom, they live dual lives, being students during the day and Phantom Thieves at night. With the help of a mysterious smartphone app, they enter another
... Read more
Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master

Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game

by David Kushner, Koren Shadmi ...

The gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, and the digital icons who defined the world of video games.A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

The gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, and the digital icons who defined the world of video games.A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan
... Read more
Intellivision

How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie®

by Tom Boellstorff, Braxton Soderman ...

Series series Platform Studies
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979 ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979
... Read more
The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters

An A - Z Book of Tips and Tricks the Official Guides Don't Teach You

by Megan Miller ...

By New York Times bestselling author and Minecraft expert, Megan Miller, a full-color book full of practical advice that boys and girls will refer to again and again!Revised and Updated 2023 to include Update 1.18!NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Minecraft is the one game that children, parents, and teaches all agree on. It’... ... Read more

$11.99 USD

By New York Times bestselling author and Minecraft expert, Megan Miller, a full-color book full of practical advice that boys and girls will refer to again and again!Revised and Updated 2023 to include Update 1.18!NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.Minecraft is the one game that children, parents, and teaches all agree on. It’...
... Read more
Masters of Doom

How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner ...

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises
... Read more
Secrets of Video Game Consoles

by Michael Hart ...

Did you know the Nintendo Wii had a medical condition named after it? Or that the Sega Saturn almost had the Nintendo 64's graphics chip? Did you realize the Atari Jaguar contained five different processors? Are you aware that a fake website about beekeeping was used to promote an Xbox game? Learn about all of this and more in this unique trivia book about the history of video game consoles that ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Did you know the Nintendo Wii had a medical condition named after it? Or that the Sega Saturn almost had the Nintendo 64's graphics chip? Did you realize the Atari Jaguar contained five different processors? Are you aware that a fake website about beekeeping was used to promote an Xbox game? Learn about all of this and more in this unique trivia book about the history of video game consoles that
... Read more
The Ultimate Guide to The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past

by BlackNES Guy, TBD ...

Think you have mastered The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past??? Think again!Its Time To Save Hyrule from The Dark WorldThis unofficial guide as over 200 pages of everything you need to know to become the hero that saves Hyrule.Find every heart piece, secret caves and detailed strategies on how to beat each boss in every dungeon.Take a look at this guide and you will be getting a brief history on ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Think you have mastered The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past??? Think again!Its Time To Save Hyrule from The Dark WorldThis unofficial guide as over 200 pages of everything you need to know to become the hero that saves Hyrule.Find every heart piece, secret caves and detailed strategies on how to beat each boss in every dungeon.Take a look at this guide and you will be getting a brief history on
... Read more
Let's Go

This is benjyfishy's Fortnite Journey

by Anne Fish ...

MY NAME IS ANNE FISH AND I AM THE MUM OF BENJYFISHY, A FORTNITE PLAYER WITH NRG ESPORTS.Benjy was thirteen when Fortnite Season 1 was released in 2017. Within only a few months of playing the game, Benjy had achieved his goal of surpassing his school friends. He took to playing Fortnite like a fish to water. He was a natural. He had found a game he was committed to and realised he had a chance of ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

MY NAME IS ANNE FISH AND I AM THE MUM OF BENJYFISHY, A FORTNITE PLAYER WITH NRG ESPORTS.Benjy was thirteen when Fortnite Season 1 was released in 2017. Within only a few months of playing the game, Benjy had achieved his goal of surpassing his school friends. He took to playing Fortnite like a fish to water. He was a natural. He had found a game he was committed to and realised he had a chance of
... Read more
Minecraft: Guide to Farming

by The Official Minecraft Team, Mojang AB ...

Series series Minecraft
The official Minecraft: Guide to Farming will teach you about everything form basic crop farming and animal breeding to hostile mob and block farming.In Survival mode you’re constantly in need of food and other useful items, and true survivors knows the importance of setting up their own farming systems.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to becoming ... Read more

$7.99 USD

The official Minecraft: Guide to Farming will teach you about everything form basic crop farming and animal breeding to hostile mob and block farming.In Survival mode you’re constantly in need of food and other useful items, and true survivors knows the importance of setting up their own farming systems.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to becoming
... Read more
The Legend of Zelda A Link Between Worlds - Strategy Guide

by GamerGuides.com ...

- The secrets to beating every dungeon (and boss) with incredible ease.- Locate all of the hidden items (such as the Pegasus Boots).- Find all 24 Heart Pieces (including that annoying Octoball one).- Rescue all 100 MaiMai's and your rewards for doing so.- Fully upgrade your sword with all four hidden Master Ore pieces.- Topple the Treacherous Tower with ease and earn those secret weapons!- How to ... Read more

$11.07 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

- The secrets to beating every dungeon (and boss) with incredible ease.- Locate all of the hidden items (such as the Pegasus Boots).- Find all 24 Heart Pieces (including that annoying Octoball one).- Rescue all 100 MaiMai's and your rewards for doing so.- Fully upgrade your sword with all four hidden Master Ore pieces.- Topple the Treacherous Tower with ease and earn those secret weapons!- How to
... Read more

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