Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
By: Cliff Bleszinski
3.90
Format: 320 pages, ebook
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1. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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2. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America
By: Marshall Ulrich
4.11
Format: 208 pages, ebook
A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an ultramarathon runner and the inspirational saga of his ru… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
3. Abomination
By: Gary Whitta
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
He is England's greatest knight, the man who saved the life of Alfred the Great and an entire kingd… read more
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4. Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
By: David Kushner
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
Inside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Autois one … read more
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- biography
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
5. Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games
By: Walt Williams
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning videogame writer behind Spec Ops: The Line comes an exclusive behind-the-sce… read more
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- memoir
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
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- technology
6. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
By: Jason Schreier
4.75
Format: None pages,
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7. Stay Awhile and Listen : How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire
By: David L. Craddock , Andrew Magrath , Monica Cesario , None
2.00
Format: 161 pages, ebook
Two companies. Two opposing cultures. One multi-billion-dollar video-game empire. Stay Awhile and L… read more
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8. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: Wil Wheaton , David Kushner
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Masters of Doomis the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack a… read more
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9. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
By: Blake J. Harris
3.84
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
Following the success of The Accidental Billionairesand Moneyballcomes Console Wars--a mesmerizing,… read more
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10. A Few Degrees from Hell: The 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon
By: None
4.06
Format: 255 pages,
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11. Ultimate Invasion
By: Jonathan Hickman
3.68
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Revered writer Jonathan Hickman brings forth the creation of an all-new Marvel Universe! The Illum… read more
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12. Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
By: Sid Meier
4.19
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming,” an… read more
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- biography
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- gaming
- games
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"In the right context, a game is not just a vehicle for fun, but an exercise in self-determination and confidence."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Separately is probably how I work best with everyone, to be honest. I'm an introvert who likes people: I want to collaborate on the whole, but do my part individually."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Whatever it is you want to be good at, you have to make sure you continue to read, and learn, and seek joy elsewhere, because you never know where inspiration will strike."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Games were not just a diversion, I realized. Games could make you feel. If great literature could would its power through nothing but black squiggles on a page, how much more could be done with movem…"-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
13. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
14. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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- nonfiction
- technology
15. Doom Guy: Life in First Person
By: John Romero
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video-game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Jo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- technology
16. Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons
By: Ben Riggs
3.97
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR ― the company that unleashe… read more
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- games
- gaming
- nonfiction
- biography
17. Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
By: Jason Schreier
4.05
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scene… read more
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- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- technology
18. Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
By: Scott J. Shapiro
3.96
Format: 420 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking--and why we all need to underst… read more
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- nonfiction
- technology
"The problem with solutionism... It assumes that rationality has the tools to solve every problem. ... We think problems are decidable because we only see the decidable ones. We don't see the infinite…"-Scott J. Shapiro, Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks
19. The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid
By: Hideo Kojima
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The ferociously talented Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, shares his … read more
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- memoir
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
"At this moment, my fingers are on a computer keboard. I'm going to type "geimu" and try to decide how I want the computer to convert it. Will it be a positive [...] (artful dream), or a negative [...…"-Hideo Kojima, The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid
"Stories allow you to experience places you could never go - the past, the future, or distant worlds. You can become a different ethnicity or gender. Even when you're reading all by yourself, you're s…"-Hideo Kojima, The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid
"We live in the era of the search engine. Gone is the era of finding things on your own. If you want to find something, you can use your computer or phone to easily google it. You can find popular res…"-Hideo Kojima, The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid
20. The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming
By: Steven L. Kent
4.12
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games’ explosion into the twenty-first century an… read more
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- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- technology
21. Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
By: Ken Williams
4.01
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Sierra On-Line was one of the very first computer game companies and at one time dominated the indu… read more
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- memoir
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
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22. Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo
By: Reggie Fils-Aimé
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER LESSONS FROM A BOSS-LEVEL DISRUPTOR AND GAMING LEGEND Reggie Fils-Ai… read more
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- memoir
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- technology
23. A Movie Making Nerd
By: James Rolfe
4.02
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
James Rolfe is an independent filmmaker and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd web series and fea… read more
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- video games
24. Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
By: Cliff Bleszinski
3.90
Format: 320 pages, ebook
The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game in… read more
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- gaming
- games
- technology
25. Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil
By: Alex Aniel
3.76
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Capcom’s horror video game series Resident Evil… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- video games
26. Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry
By: Howard Scott Warshaw
4.20
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
Video games set the world on fire, and Atari lit the match. This is an intimate view into the drama… read more
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- video games
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- gaming
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27. Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet
By: Richard Moss
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Shareware Heroes takes readers on a journey through a critical yet long overlooked chapter in video… read more
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- games
- nonfiction
- video games
28. The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
By: Blake J. Harris
4.04
Format: 528 pages, ebook
The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its quest for virtual r… read more
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- video games
- nonfiction
- games
- technology
29. Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1 - The Fatalities and Fandom of the Arcade Era
By: David L. Craddock
4.10
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
To politicians and parents, Mortal Kombat was a menace to society. To gamers, it was a way of life.… read more
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- games
- nonfiction
- biography
- video games
30. Frank Herbert's Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet
By: Brian Herbert
4.19
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
The highly anticipated finale of the graphic novel adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune co… read more
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31. The Sierra Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line
By: Shawn Mills
4.30
Format: 361 pages, ebook
The Sierra Adventure tells the story of legendary computer game company Sierra On-Line, developer o… read more
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