"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...

"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...

When three game designers have to dispose of a body, they turn to their game for help. The premise? How to murder someone, and get rid of the body.

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.

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!

Have fun while getting fit! Here's how to get the most from your Wii Fitness system. Find out how to create your own individualized workout and watch yourself improve!

Offers information and statistics about all of the hottest games, tips and tricks for gamers, and interviews from gaming's biggest personalities, including game developers and pro gamers.

"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...

In the year 2022, a next-generation game known as Nervegear has been developed, making full dives into a virtual dimension possible. Nervegear the world's first true VRMMORPG . Sword Art Online has generated worldwide buzz and on its official launch day one player, Kirito, immerses himself in its virtual world. But Akihiko Kayaba, the developer of SAO, proclaims the following to all players. This game is inescapable unless all levels are cleared....