In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and climate change-and introduces us to ...

The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia is the third installment in a trilogy of books offering an unparalleled collection of historical information for Zelda fans, new and old.

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero.

The prequel comics story to the beloved game from Naughty Dog, The Last of Us, which inspired the hit HBO series!

Dark Horse Books and SEGA present the Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-Speed-ia--a must-have volume for any fan of Sonic, young or old!

This book offers a detailed account of IBM's Deep Blue chess program, the people who created it, and its historic battles with World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov.

This collection, which gathers together original articles by a global roster of contributors from a variety of disciplines, sets out to contextualize, problematize and scrutinize the current status and future directions of transmediality, ...

In Play Between Worlds, T. L. Taylor examines multiplayer gaming life as it is lived on the borders, in the gaps--as players slip in and out of complex social networks that cross online and offline space.

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How kids play in virtual worlds, how it matters for their offline lives, and what this means for designing educational opportunities.