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Bit by bit : how video games transformed our world

Ervin, Andrew. (Author).

Summary: "Charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present"--

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  • ISBN: 9780465039708
  • ISBN: 0465039707
  • ISBN: 9780465096589
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    viii, 290 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 1. Epic origins -- 2. Era of innovation -- 3. Atari -- 4. Call to adventure -- 5. Arcade projects -- 6. The first auteur -- 7. The renaissance -- 8. Dialing up -- 9. An American master -- 10. World of warcraft -- 11. Trigger warnings -- 12. Exile and the kingdom -- 13. New auteurs -- 14. The art question -- 15. Restart -- Appendix: My 11 favorite games.
Subject: Video games History
Video games Technological innovations

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Bit by Bit : How Video Games Transformed Our World
Bit by Bit : How Video Games Transformed Our World
by Ervin, Andrew
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Bit by Bit : How Video Games Transformed Our World

Andrew Ervin is the author of Extraordinary Renditions and Burning Down George Orwell's House . He has written essays and reviews for the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and others. He teaches part time at Temple University and lives with his wife in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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