Video Games

An Introduction to the Industry

Andy Bossom, Ben Dunning (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2015
Fairchild Books (Verlag)
978-1-4725-6711-6 (ISBN)

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A highly visual, example-led introduction to the video game industry, its context and practitioners. Video Games explores the industry’s diversity and breadth through its online communities and changing demographics, branding and intellectual property, and handheld and mobile culture.

Bossom and Dunning offer insights into the creative processes involved in making games, the global business behind the big budget productions, console and online markets, as well as web and app gaming. With 19 interviews exploring the diversity of roles and different perspectives on the game industry you’ll enjoy learning from a range of international practitioners.

Andy Bossom, Course Leader, BA (Hons) Computer Game Arts, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK Ben Dunning, Lecturer, BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Ravensbourne and BA (Hons) Digital Arts at Kingston College, UK.

Introduction
1. The Origins of Play
2. Who Makes Games
3. Game Tech
4. Lateral Thinking
5. Games and Society
6. The Business of Games

Glossary
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.12.2015
Reihe/Serie	Creative Careers
Zusatzinfo	200 color illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 270 mm
Gewicht	791 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
ISBN-10	1-4725-6711-0 / 1472567110
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-6711-6 / 9781472567116
Zustand	Neuware