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Author:

Ervin, Andrew, author.

Title:

Bit by bit : how video games transformed our world / Andrew Ervin.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 290 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Video games--History.
Video games--Technological innovations.
Video games--History.
Video games--Technological innovations.
GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Electronic.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.
GAMES / Video & Electronic.
ART / Popular Culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"Charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0465039707
9780465039708

LCCN:

2017002165

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)