Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution | Ruby & Rails Bookstore

Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution
	by Heather Chaplin List Price: ~~$13.95~~ Your Price: $11.86 You Save: $2.09 (15% off) Add To Cart Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Book Description What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed? In Smartbomb, journalists Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby take the reader behind the scenes at gaming conventions, into powerhouse think tanks where new games are created, into the thick of the competition at cyberathlete tournaments, and into the homes of gamers for whom playing a role in a virtual world has assumed more relevance and reality than life in the real world.
More Details Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Publisher: Algonquin Books Release Date: October 12, 2006 Keywords: ruby-on-rails
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