Video Games:
Turning a Pastime into a Job
Learn about careers in the video game industry.
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Game Plan : The Insider's Guide to Breaking In and Succeeding in the Computer and Video Game Business by Gershenfeld, Alan
Notes: An insider's guide to the video game business that reveals how to break in, survive, and create video games for game companies.
ISBN: 0312275048
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2003
Pages: 284
Callnumber: 794.8 G323G
Get in the Game : Careers in the Game Industry by Mencher, Marc
Notes: This guide shows you step-by-step how to prepare yourself for a career in the game industry. It covers careers as a game designer, game programmer, game artist, and in game production.
ISBN: 0735713073
Publisher: New Riders
Published: 2003
Pages: 264
Callnumber: 794.8023 M521G
Break Into the Game Industry by Adams, Ernest
Notes: An industry veteran shares what you need to know to become a game designer, tester, artist, producer, and more.
ISBN: 0072252669
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne
Published: 2003
Pages: 330
Opening the Xbox : Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution by Takahashi, Dean
Notes: A gaming-industry expert takes you through the history of Microsoft's launch of the X-box gaming console.
ISBN: 0761537082
Publisher: Prima
Published: 2002
Pages: 370
Callnumber: 794.8 T139O
Game Development and Production by Bethke, Erik
Notes: A guidebook created by a game company executive that discusses many under-planned aspects of the game development process.
ISBN: 0585448337
Publisher: Wordware
Published: 2002
Pages: 412
Game Design : The Art and Business of Creating Games by Bates, Bob
Notes: A guide that offers advice and insight on how to get started with a career in the game industry.
ISBN: 0761531653
Publisher: Prima Tech
Published: 2001
Pages: 300
Callnumber: 005.8152 B318A
Revolutionaries at Sony : The Making of the Sony PlayStation and the Visionaries Who Conquered the World of Video Games by Asakura, Reiji
Notes: The authorized story of Ken Kutaragi, the vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment. His successful launch of the Sony PlayStation in 1994 made a mark on the technological industry.
ISBN: 0071355871
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2000
Pages: 241
Callnumber: 338.7688 SO59A
Playing for Profit : How Digital Entertainment Is Making Big Business Out of Child's Play by LaPlante, Alice
Notes: Examines the future of the technology and entertainment business.
ISBN: 0471296147
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1999
Pages: 287
Callnumber: 338.4779 L316P
Smartbomb : The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution by Chaplin, Heather
Notes: A wide-ranging look at the video game industry from Nintendo's humble beginnings to today's most popular game designers.
ISBN: 1565123468
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Pages: 287
Callnumber: 338.4779 C365S