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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
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crunchyroll
Pub. Date
[2019]
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日本語
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Stuck in a fantasy RPG, 29-year-old programmer Suzuki Ichirou isn't too concerned about his predicament. When he takes out an entire army using a rare ability, he immediately achieves a high-level rank. Despite his power, he prefers to spend his time with the many beautiful girls in the game. But the peaceful days are cut short when a demon king arrives to stir trouble.
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The business of videogames is both a prestige industry and a very opaque one. Based on dozens of firsthand interviews and covering the development of landmark games including Bioshock: Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more, and through the studios' shocking closures, this book will tell the stories of how real people are affected by game studio shutdowns -- and how and if they recover. Jason Schreier has made a name for himself as gaming's...
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"An exciting new insider's guide to all the biggest and best competitive games and esports teams and players. An in-depth, insider's guide to the fastest-growing sport on the face of the planet: esports! From ESPN to the biggest sporting arenas in the world, esports has officially arrived as the hottest new form of athletic competition. This ultimate insider's guide will introduce gamers to the world of esports from little league to stadium-filling...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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1010L
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English
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In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
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Running Press
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2020.
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English
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Revisit your favorites, find something new, or play your way through and learn about the history and inspiration of some of the most iconic video games in history including: Pong, Adventure, Pac-Man, Rogue, Donkey Kong, Dragon's Lair, Super Mario Bros., The Oregon Trail, Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda, SimCity, Mother, Mortal Kombat, Myst, Warcraft, Diablo, Tomb Raider, Pokemon, GoldenEye 007, Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life, The Sims, and more!
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Before any new video game can be played, it must be conceived and created by a designer. Video game designers may work alone or in teams of more than 1,000 people. Find out more in Video Game Designers, one of the titles in the Thrilling Science and Technology Jobs series. This series shows readers the different tools, skills, and responsibilities relating to some of the most exciting jobs around. --Back cover.
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
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IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Learn about the history of video games in this non-fiction level three reader. In this book readers will learn all about how video games came to be, from Pong to Pac-Man and everything in between!
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Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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A wide-ranging anthology of essays exploring one of the most vital art forms on the planet today. From the earliest computers to the smartphones in our pockets, video games have been on our screens and part of our lives for over fifty years. Critical Hits celebrates this sophisticated medium and considers its lasting impact on our culture and ourselves. This collection of stylish, passionate, and searching essays opens with an introduction by Carmen...
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Ruby Tuesday Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Every one of the games we love to play started out as an idea in the head of a video game designer. Working with a team of coders, artists, sound engineers, and other game experts, video game designers create new worlds, terrifying enemies, tough challenges, and hours of fun. So where do video game designers get their ideas? How is coding used to create games? How do artists develop and animate a game's characters? And how does a video game development...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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For years, there has been widespread speculation, but very little consensus, about the relationship between violent video games and violence in the real world. Joystick Warriors provides the clearest account yet of the latest research on this issue. Drawing on the insights of media scholars, military analysts, combat veterans, and gamers themselves, the film trains its sights on the wildly popular genre of first-person shooter games, exploring how...
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A complete, illustrated history of video games—highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion-dollar industry/artform—told in a graphic novel format.
Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful, omnipresent artform and business. Hennessey provides readers with everything they need to know about...
Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful, omnipresent artform and business. Hennessey provides readers with everything they need to know about...
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