Computers : Entertainment & Games

The fun and easy way to get started in this popular fantasy role-playing game Market research indicates that 4 million American males, ages 8 to 45, play Dungeons & Dragons, while 7.6 million who haven’t played say they want to learn how. The popularity of recent sci-fi and fantasy movies has also boosted interest. more...

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Yankees vs. Red Sox. Lakers vs. Celtics. And now. . . . Team 3D vs. CompLexity. That would be America’s. next celebrated rivalry if the men in Game Boys had. their way. 3D and CompLexity are two of the top. professional “e-sports” teams in the U.S. Their battle. for dominance, as juicy as any feud in “real” sports,. leads the action in Michael Kane’s engaging and lively. chronicle of the lifestyle and business of gaming. We’ve come a long way since Pac-Man. Today’s. games are more elaborate, popular, and addictive than. ever. For the elite players, gaming is a full-fledged. career that pays big money in prizes and corporate. sponsorships. Gamers win, lose, strategize, fight,. sign with rival teams, get berated by sideline-pacing. coaches. Some use performance-enhancing drugs. And. now they’re going on TV. Are they really the “athletes”. of tomorrow? They act like they are. Game Boys is a pioneering narrative of the rivalries,. quirks, and dramas of a subculture on the cusp of. big things. At its most personal, it’s a classic sports tale. of victory and defeat, punched up for the millennial. generation. It’s also an engrossing business-meets-popculture. narrative that reveals the entrepreneurial ingenuity. involved in bringing gaming onto broadcast TV,. in the vein of the X-Games or televised poker. Game. Boys is an engrossing read for technophiles, gamers,. parents, and anyone interested in the business of sports. and trends in pop culture. more...

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As experienced teachers of novice game designers, the authors have discovered patterns in the way that students grasp game design — the mistakes they make as well as the methods to help them to create better games. Each exercise requires no background in programming or artwork, releasing beginning designers from the intricacies of electronic game production and allowing them to learn what works and what doesn't work in a game system. Additionally, these exercises teach important skills in system design: the processes of prototyping, playtesting, and redesigning. more...

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Learn about the often overlooked element of game programming, 'Game Feel' - the essence of human-computer interaction. more...

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Games on Symbian OS is the only guide to highlight the gaming opportunities presented by the Symbian OS platform, with particular emphasis on the creation of mobile games in C++ using native APIs. Jo Stichbury leads a field of industry experts to provide the reader with detailed information about the key APIs used to create games. The book includes a broad introduction to games on mobile phones and describes the various ways of creating and playing mobile games. It also provides clear code examples and discussion, with information about how to optimise code for best practice. The authors use standard techniques to relay information (tables, diagrams and code samples) as well as cross-referencing between chapters and, where necessary, to other books in the Symbian Press series and beyond (e.g. to SDK documentation). Games on Symbian OS does not focus solely on Symbian C++; readers will also learn how to create mobile games for Symbian OS phones on other platforms such as N-Gage, Flash Lite and J2ME. Highlights include:. * Writing native C++ games on Symbian OS Smartphones. * Java games. * Designing a game for multi-play. * Using phone specific hardware services to make interesting gamesRead Games on Symbian OS and discover your potential to develop mobile games on Symbian OS. more...

Price: $60.00