The Video Games Textbook takes the history of video games to another level, with visually-stimulating, comprehensive, and chronological chapters that are relevant and easy to read for a variety of students. Every chapter is a journey into a different era or area of gaming, where readers emerge with a strong sense of how video games evolved, why they succeeded or failed, and the impact they had on the industry and human culture. Written to capture the attention and interest of both domestic and international college students ...
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The Video Games Textbook takes the history of video games to another level, with visually-stimulating, comprehensive, and chronological chapters that are relevant and easy to read for a variety of students. Every chapter is a journey into a different era or area of gaming, where readers emerge with a strong sense of how video games evolved, why they succeeded or failed, and the impact they had on the industry and human culture. Written to capture the attention and interest of both domestic and international college students, each chapter contains a list of objectives and key terms, illustrative timelines, arcade summaries, images and technical specifications of all major consoles. Key Features Explores the history of video games, including the social, political, and economic motivations Facilitates learning of material with illustrative timelines, arcade summaries and images Highlights the technical specifications of all major consoles Illustrates the breakthroughs and trends of the gaming market
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From Tennis for Two for the Oscilloscope all the way up to modern day consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One Dr. Wardyga does an excellent job of sharing the history of gaming in an exciting and informative way. In an age where so much emphasis is on modern day gaming its refreshing to see such extensive research on the origin and survival of video games in the 20th century. As someone who loves gaming but was never particularly into technical specs of older consoles it blew my mind just how important some of this information was to each era of videogames. Dr. Wardyga paints a picture of just how successful these consoles were when they came out and also the technical specifications for them in an informative way that makes me want to go play these systems. If you love classic video games and want to learn a lot more about how we got here with new consoles than I definitely would recommend this textbook.
Samantha
Sep 17, 2020
Would recommend this to anyone in a heartbeat
Dr Wardyga's thorough research and comprehensive attention to detail make his work on "The Video Games Textbook" a triumph. In the introduction, he says his goal for the textbook was "to facilitate learning the history, business, and technology of video games with visually stimulating, comprehensive, and chronological chapters that are relevant and easy to understand for a variety of readers", and without a shadow of a doubt, he has followed through. Every chapter holds a tremendous amount of information without leaving the reader feeling overwhelmed, accompanied by relevant trivia and quizzes to enhance their understanding even further.
The text covers every base for anyone who holds any interest in video gaming, whether it be the technology behind video games, details on consoles, or its effect on society. And while the book's contents have obvious educational benefits, it can be read and enjoyed by those outside an academic environment. Dr. Wardyga's knowledge of the gaming universe is vast, and his book makes that abundantly clear. I have and will continue to recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic!
