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Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution
by Poole, Steven
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1559705981
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705981
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Pub, 2004. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First U. S. Edition (Paperback) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Black Pictorial Wraps With Orange And Gray Lettering On The Spine. An Over Due Look At The Past, Present, And Future Of Videogaming - Back Panel.
Synopsis
For many, videogames are still viewed as a minor form of entertainment, shallow at best, harmful at worst. In this groundbreaking book, Steven Poole draws on movies, painting, history, and literature to analyze what he calls the "inner life" of videogames. Traveling to Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Cannes, he interviews leading figures in the industry, including Jeremy Smith, head of Core Design (home of Lara Croft) and Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari. Tracing their history in order to predict where they are headed, he argues that videogames are a revolutionary force in popular culture. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, videogames are where movies were at the dawn of the twentieth. With increasing investments of talent, capital, and technological creativity, they will become an art form in their own right.Hailed as "eloquent," "essential reading," and "a seminal work" Trigger Happy provides every reader with a thoughtful, witty, and insightful analysis of what makes videogames work. For the uninitiated, it offers an eye-opening and highly instructive look at an entertainment phenomenon that will become more and more a part of our everyday world.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044559
- Title
- Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution
- Author
- Poole, Steven
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1559705981
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705981
- Publisher
- Arcade Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 248
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Video Games; Video Games - History; Video Games - Social Aspects. Entertainment & Games
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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