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  • Press Reset

    Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

    by Jason Schreier ...
    From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next.Jason Schreier's groundbreaking reporting has earned him a place among the preeminent investigative journalists covering the world of ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • 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

    Was $11.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • 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

  • Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of Final Fantasy XIV~ Volume I

    by Square Enix ...
    Series Book 1 - Final Fantasy XIV: Encyclopaedia Eorzea
    The first volume of the official Final Fantasy XIV lore books, written and compiled by the Final Fantasy XIV development team! This deluxe, full-color, hardcover volume is the definitive guide to the world of the massively popular online game. (NOTE: E-book edition does not include bonus item code.)With hundreds of pages detailing everything from Eorzea’s history and cultures to her geography and ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team

    by Cullen Bunn ...
    **Dive deeper into the world of Cyberpunk 2077!Nadia, an assistant EMT for a privately-owned business known as Trauma Team International, is the sole survivor of a failed rescue mission turned shootout.**After she agrees to continue work for an upcoming extraction mission, Nadia discovers that her new extraction subject is Apex—the man who's responsible for Nadia's former team members' deaths. A ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 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

    Was $13.49 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Pinball

    A Quest for Mastery

    by Tasker Smith ...
    A master class in pinball: Detailed instructions, vivid illustrations, and indispensable resources help players propel their journey toward pinball mastery. Pinball: A Quest for Mastery is the ultimate guide for pinball enthusiasts and newcomers alike. This comprehensive book is packed with detailed instructions, vivid illustrations, maps of must-see locations, and indispensable resources to help ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Zombies Ate My Homework

    Redstone Junior High #1

    by Cara J. Stevens ...
    Illustrated by Fred Borcherdt ...
    Series Book 1 - Redstone Junior High
    This story kicks off a new full-color series of unofficial graphic novels for Minecrafters!When quiet farm girl Pixel receives an acceptance letter from the prestigious academy for gifted students, Redstone Junior High, she is thrilled! And she works up the courage to leave her family and her beloved farm animals to become a Redstone student. The school prides itself on its safety record as much ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • World of Warcraft: Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth

    by Steve Danuser ...
    Monsters, mystery, and magic abound in this stunning, illustrated collection of original fairy tales from the World of Warcraft universe, as told by an all-star cast of bestselling, award-winning storytellers.The power of stories is felt and known in every corner of Azeroth. From the windswept fields of the Eastern Kingdoms to the bustling city of Gadgetzan, differences were bridged by common ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gigantic Book of Graphic Novels for Minecrafters

    Three Unofficial Adventures

    Illustrated by Fred Borcherdt, Walker Melby ...
    by Cara J. Stevens ...
    For boys and girls who love Minecraft, one big book with three graphic novel adventures. Over 2200 full-color images transport young readers into the world of the game they love most.NOT OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG.When quiet farm girl Pixel receives an acceptance letter from the prestigious academy for gifted students, Redstone Junior High, she is ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • 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

  • 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

  • Gaming and the Heroic Life

    A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World

    by Bobby Angel ...
    Video games fuel a fundamental human drive for adventure and greatness—whether it’s an epic quest to slay zombies, a solo voyage to rescue the princess, or teaming up with a clan to defeat the final boss. But what if that same drive could shape more than just your gameplay—what if it could transform your whole life?In Gaming and the Heroic Life, Bobby Angel, a lifelong gamer and Catholic speaker, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD