Bit by bit : how video games transformed our world / Andrew Ervin.

Author
Ervin, Andrew [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
Description
viii, 290 pages ; 22 cm

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    Summary note
    "Charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-274) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Epic origins
    • 2. Era of innovation
    • 3. Atari
    • 4. Call to adventure
    • 5. Arcade projects
    • 6. The first auteur
    • 7. The renaissance
    • 8. Dialing up
    • 9. An American master
    • 10. World of warcraft
    • 11. Trigger warnings
    • 12. Exile and the kingdom
    • 13. New auteurs
    • 14. The art question
    • 15. Restart
    • Appendix: My 11 favorite games.
    ISBN
    • 9780465039708 ((hardcover))
    • 0465039707 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017002165
    OCLC
    961003982
    Other standard number
    • 40027280613
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