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  • Minecraft: Redstone For Beginners

    This Minecraft Guide is geared towards intermediate Minecraft players who want to learn the basics of Redstone. It is more complete (16 pages, 5,000 words, 11 screenshots) than the section on Redstone included in our Complete Guide to Minecraft. Please email harborcityapps(at)gmail(dot)com for comments or suggestions on the next guide you would like to see. Enjoy!Contents:IntroductionRedstone ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake: Material Ultimania Plus

    Series series Final Fantasy VII
    An encyclopedic collection of art and information from the global hit game Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, presented in a deluxe, full-color, hardcover volume.The second Material Ultimania volume created for Final Fantasy VII Remake, this lavishly illustrated book offers readers a wealth of insight into the making ofthe award-winning RPG. In addition to production art and CG imagery of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Too Much Fun

    The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer

    by Jesper Juul ...
    Series series Platform Studies
    The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun.The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Intellivision

    How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie®

    Series series Platform Studies
    The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979 ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

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  • Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book

    Craft the galaxy’s finest drinks with the first official cocktail book inspired by the award-winning Mass Effect game series.Toast to the crew of the Normandy and serve up canon-official cocktails from the Afterlife Club, the Dark Star Lounge, Chora’s Den, and beyond -- right at your table. A cosmic compendium of recipes that combine accessible mixology with stunning images, this book will take ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Gaming Democracy

    How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right

    How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the far right and “alt right” movements as they increasingly take up oxygen in American and global society. In this pathbreaking contribution to the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Game That Never Ends

    How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry

    Series series Game Histories
    A guide to the fascinating legal history of the videogame industry, written for nonlawyers.Why did a judge recall FIFA 15, a nonviolent soccer game, from French shelves in 2014? Why was Vodka Drunkenski, a character in Nintendo-Japan’s Punch-Out!, renamed Soda Popenski in the US, and then in Western Europe, where the pun made no sense? Why was a Dutch American company barred by US courts from ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • The Aesthetics of Stealth

    Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception

    by Toni Pape ...
    How performances of tactical imperceptibility—or “stealth”—have become a key political practice in digital culture as a means of escaping surveillance and tracking technologies.In The Aesthetics of Stealth, Toni Pape proposes the first aesthetic and cultural theory of stealth, a mode of political action. The primary goal of stealth is to act efficiently while remaining imperceptible. Pape begins ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Play Nice

    The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

    New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines three decades of ups and downs at Blizzard Entertainment leading up to a hostile corporate takeover and a sexual misconduct scandal that put the legendary developer in a world of (Warcraft) trouble.For video game fans, the name Blizzard Entertainment was once synonymous with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Cocktails and Consoles

    75 Video Game-Inspired Drinks to Level Up Your Game Night

    by Elias Eells ...
    Press start and get ready to craft delicious cocktails. With 75 unique and easy-to-prepare recipes inspired by some of the most popular video games in history, Cocktails and Consoles makes it easy to level up your cocktail and mocktail skills!Whether you are settling in for a solo night of video games or hosting a co-op party, these delightful cocktail and mocktail recipes are simple to make, easy ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The World of Minecraft

    by Mojang AB ...
    Series series Minecraft
    An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Hivemind Swarmed

    Conversations on Gamergate, the Aftermath, and the Quest for a Safer Internet

    An incisive oral history that brings together the voices of major figures in gaming, tech, media, and politics to reflect on the long shadow of GamergateWith Hivemind Swarmed, oral historian and documentary researcher David Wolinsky invites readers to sit in on a series of urgent, intimate conversations between some of the most distinguished voices in media as they reflect on the longstanding ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Pixel Pioneers

    Exploring the World of Emulation Gaming

    "Pixel Pioneers: Exploring the World of Emulation Gaming" takes readers on a captivating journey through the diverse realms of emulation gaming, providing a comprehensive exploration of its various facets. The book begins by immersing readers in the world of retro console emulation gaming, offering insights into the use of emulators and ROMs to recreate the nostalgic experiences of iconic consoles ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • 3D Game Design with Unreal Engine 5 and Blender 3

    Leverage a powerful and unique workflow to build massive 3D game environments, assets and levels

    An illustrated guide to using hand-crafted assets, lighting, scripts, blueprints, and other modern practices utilizing AI to help bring every corner of your Unreal environment to lifeKey FeaturesKnow what it takes to stand out in the gaming and entertainment spaceGain in-depth information on lighting, animation, nodes, material editors, blueprints and Blender’s compositing processLearn the ins and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Enacting Platforms

    Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine

    Series series Platform Studies
    An analysis of the game engine Unreal through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, as well as a critique of the platform studies framework itself.In this first scholarly book on the Unreal game engine, James Malazita explores one of the major contemporary game development platforms through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, revealing how Unreal ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Ability Machines

    What Video Games Mean for Disability

    Series series Digital Game Studies
    Video games are both physically and cognitively demanding—so what does that mean for those with a disability or mental illness? Though they may seem at odds, Ability Machines illuminates just how vital video games are to understanding our bodies and abilities.In Ability Machines, Sky LaRell Anderson shows us how video games can help us imagine what our abilities mean and how they engage us ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • Die große Bucket List des Gaming

    100 Videospiele, die du gespielt haben musst! | Präsentiert von Rocket Beans TV | Geschenk für Gamer und Nerds

    Bestseller-Autor und Gaming-Spezialist Gregor Kartsios legt nach!Bist du leidenschaftlicher Gamer und auf der Suche nach den besten Videospielen aller Zeiten? Dann ist das dritte Buch von Gregor Kartsios nach »Das ABC der Videospiele« und das »ABC der Videospiele Level 2« genau das richtige für dich! Auf 256 Seiten rezensiert der leidenschaftliche Gamer in seinem unverkennbaren Stil und mit vielen ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Official Horizon Cookbook

    Tastes of the Seven Tribes

    Series series Gaming
    Take a break from machine-hunting in the wilds, and make the most delicious food of the 31st century, inspired by the post-apocalyptic world of Horizon!You’ve explored the wicked heat of the Sun Furrows, the icy peaks of the Longroam, and the vast, deadly wilds of the Forbidden West. These locales are filled with danger, but are also rich with enough unique cuisines and flavorful foods to prepare ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Grimdark

    A Very British Hell

    by Tim Linward ...
    On Warhammer 40,000, Britain's most excessive sci-fi franchise, and its vision of a hellish postindustrial future.In the grim darkness of the British imagination, there is only Warhammer 40,000.... Featuring demons, chain swords, and supermen in power armor, Warhammer 40,000 is Britain's most excessive sci-fi franchise. For thirty years this cult war game and its tie-in media have enticed ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Building SimCity

    How to Put the World in a Machine

    by Chaim Gingold ...
    Series series Game Histories
    A deep dive into the trailblazing simulation game SimCity, situating it in the history of games, simulation, and computing.Building SimCity explores the history of computer simulation by chronicling one of the most influential simulation games ever made: SimCity. As author Chaim Gingold explains, Will Wright, the visionary designer behind the urban planning game, created SimCity in part to learn ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Game AI Uncovered

    Volume Two

    Edited by Paul Roberts ...
    Game AI Uncovered: Volume Two continues the series with the collected wisdom, ideas, tricks and cutting‑edge techniques from 22 of the top game AI professionals and researchers from around the world.The techniques discussed in these pages cover the underlying development of a wide array of published titles, including The Survivalists, Wheelman, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, Dead ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • The Most Relaxing Video Games

    by Ryan Janes ...
    Video games are so much more than just full throttle blasts of gunfights, violence and white-knuckle competition. They can also be beautiful, cosy and even emotionally uplifting journeys too. The ideal escapism after a day you’d sooner forget or the perfect sedative following a particularly stress-filled afternoon.The Most Relaxing Video Games will walk you through a selection of gaming ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Essential Programming for the Technical Artist

    by Chris Roda ...
    This book is based on a successful curriculum designed to elevate technical artists with no programming experience up to essential programming competency as quickly as possible. Instead of abstract, theoretical problems, the curriculum employs familiar applications encountered in real production environments to demonstrate each lesson.Written with artists in mind, this book introduces novice ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • Seeing Red

    Nintendo's Virtual Boy

    Series series Platform Studies
    The curious history, technology, and technocultural context of Nintendo’s short-lived stereoscopic gaming console, the Virtual Boy.With glowing red stereoscopic 3D graphics, the Virtual Boy cast a prophetic hue: Shortly after its release in 1995, Nintendo's balance sheet for the product was "in the red" as well. Of all the innovative long shots the game industry has witnessed over the years, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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