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The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution
By: Heather Chaplin & Aaron Ruby
SmartBomb is a compilation of profiles and stories of some of the most influential people in the video game industry. From Miyamoto to Cliffy B, Chaplin and Ruby do a great job of giving people an inside look into the bright and dark side of the industry.
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How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: David Kushner Masters of Doom doesn't just tell the career story of John Carmack and John Romero's meteoric rise to the top of the video game industry; it tells their personal stories, how they got to where they are today and how they changed the world.
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Triumph, Heartbreak, and the Quest for Cash in the Battleground of Competitive Videogaming
By: Michael KaneGame Boys blurs the line between professional sports and professional gaming by documenting the journeys and rivalry of two of the greatest Counter-Strike teams.
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An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time
By: Bill Loguidice & Matt Barton
Vintage Games does a wonderful job of segmenting and profiling the most influential video games of all time. This is the easiest book on the list to read because its great organization.
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From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
By: Steven L. Kent
Videogame news, features and reviews. Edited by J.M. Zoss
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- Online Passes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
Whether you see them as an attack on used game sales or as a means for publishers to stay afloat, it looks like online passes are here to stay. ... - Contest: Win The Darkness For Xbox 360...
In anticipation of next week's The Darkness II, we're giving away the original game!... - Wii-U Won't Play DVD or Blu-Ray Discs...
Has Nintendo gone off the deep end? No DVD or Blu Ray for Wii-U.... - What is a Video Game?...
The term "video game" is too broadly applicable to mean anything anymore. And it limits all the possibilities from the possible "video stories" that could be.... - EA Pulls The Brakes On Syndicate Online Pass...
Celebrate! No Syndicate online pass. Now, let's just hope it's good enough to buy!...
- Man died while playing video games at internet cafe, but the blank stare and smell of soiled clothing allowed him to go unnoticed by fellow gamers for nine hours [Sad]
- Future of ACTA, Europe's SOPA cousin, in doubt after someone forgot Poland [Spiffy]
- Researchers in Antarctica discover weird lakes that move, crawling like syrup. Antarctic trifecta complete [Weird]
- I know some of those words in the headline are English, but they can't be rearranged into anything meaningful [Fail]
- Just in time for the Super Bowl, a bunch of those sports streaming websites shut down by the Feds are back online with new domain names [Followup]
