Video Games
eBook - ePub

Video Games

An Introduction to the Industry

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Video Games

An Introduction to the Industry

About this book

A highly visual, example-led introduction to the video game industry, its context and practitioners. Video Games explores the industry's diversity and breadth through its online communities and changing demographics, branding and intellectual property, and handheld and mobile culture. Bossom and Dunning offer insights into the creative processes involved in making games, the global business behind the big budget productions, console and online markets, as well as web and app gaming. With 19 interviews exploring the diversity of roles and different perspectives on the game industry you'll enjoy learning from a range of international practitioners.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 VIDEO GAMES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
  7. 2 WHO MAKES GAMES?
  8. 3 GAME TECH
  9. 4 LATERAL THINKING
  10. 5 GAMES AND SOCIETY
  11. 6 THE BUSINESS OF GAMES
  12. Conclusion
  13. Useful links and Further Reading
  14. Glossary
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. eCopyright