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…
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1. Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition
By: David Muñoz , Sam Pettus , Kevin Williams , None , David Chen
3.70
Format: 482 pages, Kindle Edition
New Edition! More content, images, and corrected text and facts. Starting with its humble beginning… read more
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2. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and n… read more
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3. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
By: Steven Levy
4.16
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A mere fifteen years ago, computer nerds were seen as marginal weirdos, outsiders whose world would… read more
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4. Against the Odds: An Autobiography
By: James Dyson
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more
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5. KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money
By: J.M.R. Higgs , John Higgs
3.32
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial succ… read more
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6. 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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7. Propaganda
By: Edward L. Bernays
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Paperback
"Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and infl… read more
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8. 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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9. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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10. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
By: Jon Gertner
4.14
Format: 152 pages,
From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs--officially, the research… read more
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11. The Invincible
By: Stanisław Lem
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
An interstellar 2nd-class cruiser called Invincible, lands on Regis III which seems bleakly uninhab… read more
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12. A Life in Parts
By: Bryan Cranston
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir--both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creat… read more
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13. Cinnamon Skin (Travis McGee #20)
By: John D. MacDonald
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When Travis McGee's friend Meyer lent his boat to his niece Norma, and her new husband Even, the bo… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
By: Katie Hafner , Matthew Lyon
3.60
Format: 224 pages,
Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net.… read more
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17. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
By: Steve Wozniak , Gina Smith
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
"iWoztraces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted... individual whose contributions to the scie… read more
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18. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
19. 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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"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
20. Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
By: Andy Greenberg
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the futu… read more
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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki
By: Martin Cate
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Cast aside your cares and worries. Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the… read more
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25. 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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26. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
27. Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO
By: Sam Bett
4.15
Format: 154 pages, Hardcover
"On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my hear… read more
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28. 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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29. 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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30. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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31. Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming
By: Jamie Lendino
4.22
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
The sprawl of Adventure. The addictiveness of Breakout. The intensity of Space Invaders. Once upon … read more
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