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"A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles 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 videogame industry--in development as a feature film from Sony PicturesIn 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the videogame industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know...
7) GTFO
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Sparked by a public display of sexual harassment in 2012, GTFO pries open the video game world to explore a 20 billion dollar industry that is riddled with discrimination and misogyny. Although half of all gamers are women, females are disproportionately subject to harassment and abuse from other gamers, and are massively under-represented in the video game design world. Through interviews with video game developers, journalists, and academics, GTFO...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 3
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1070L
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English
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This book describes the lives and careers of Fusajiro Yamauchi, who created "hanafuda" playing cards, and Hiroshi Yamauchi, who helped Nintendo make a neat transition from card maker to video game system.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The gaming industry has exploded in the past decade. However, online gaming is positioned to take this industry to the next level. Readers are introduced to what online gaming actually is and how it is significantly different from traditional gaming. Further, this title offers young people an invaluable resource into the burgeoning fields in online gaming, such as social gaming, which involves social networking in gameplay; designing games, which...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play is a celebration of women's accomplishments in the video game industry, ranging from high-level executives to programmers to pro-gamers. This insightful and celebratory book highlights women who helped establish the industry, women who disrupt it, women who fight to diversify it, and young women who will someday lead it. Featuring household names and unsung heroes, each individual profiled plays an important...
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