The video games textbook. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian J. Wardyga.
• Authors: Wardyga, Brian J
• Contents: CHAPTER 1 ◾ The First Video Games CHAPTER 2 ◾ Behind the Technology CHAPTER 3 ◾ The Second Generation CHAPTER 4 ◾ Early PC Gaming CHAPTER 5 ◾ The 8-bit Era CHAPTER 6 ◾ The 16-bit Era CHAPTER 7 ◾ Sex and Violence Take Center Stage CHAPTER 8 ◾ The 3D Era CHAPTER 9 ◾ Video Games Become Big Business CHAPTER 10 ◾ The Sixth Generation CHAPTER 11 ◾ The Rise of PC Gaming CHAPTER 12 ◾ The Seventh Generation CHAPTER 13 ◾ Military, Science, and Education Climb Aboard CHAPTER 14 ◾ Mobile and Casual Change the Game CHAPTER 15 ◾ Modern Console Gaming 377
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 794.809; Video games -- History; Video games industry -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351172349; 9781351172356; 9781351172332; 9781351172363
• Related ISBNs: 9780815390916; 9780815390893
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