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Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution Paperback - 2006

by Heather Chaplin; Aaron Ruby

The authors go into the epicenter of the videogame explosion, where computer technology is fused with artistic creativity. Startling and revelatory, this is an up-close and personal look at the egos, the battles, the one-upmanship, and the love of the chase fueling these gaming innovators.


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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.

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Smartbomb takes you into the epicenter of the gaming explosion, where bleeding-edge computer sciene and wild creativity have fused to produce a new medium that is changing not only how we play but also how we communicate and learn, all of it propelled by a mega-billion-dollar industry that is revolutionizing the way we live.

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  • Title Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution
  • Author Heather Chaplin; Aaron Ruby
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 287
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Algonquin Books
  • Date 2006-11-10
  • ISBN 9781565125452 / 1565125452
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.26 x 0.73 in (20.17 x 13.36 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Video games, Electronic games industry
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.477
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