15 Best nonfiction books like Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games by Sid Meier

Cover of Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games by Sid Meier

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…

"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

"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

"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

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games by Sid Meier , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner

2. 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

Similar categories in David Kushner's Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • history
  • biography
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven L. Kent

3. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World

By: Steven L. Kent

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inside the Games You Grew Up with but Never Forgot With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a g… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology

4. 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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5. The Making of Prince of Persia

By: Jordan Mechner

3.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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

Similar categories in Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • game design
  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
"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

Cover of Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero

11. 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

Similar categories in John Romero's Doom Guy: Life in First Person book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry by Jason Schreier

12. 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

Similar categories in Jason Schreier's Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • game design
  • audiobook
  • history
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line by Ken    Williams

13. 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

Similar categories in Ken Williams's Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO by Sam Bett

14. 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

Similar categories in Sam Bett's Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • game design
  • biography
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo by Reggie Fils-Aimé

15. 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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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • memoir
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • technology
Cover of Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family by Jordan Mechner

16. Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

By: Jordan Mechner

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces the pa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
Cover of Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games by Cliff Bleszinski

17. 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

Similar categories in Cliff Bleszinski's Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games book and Sid Meier's Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

  • biography
  • memoir
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry by Howard Scott Warshaw

18. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet by Richard    Moss

19. 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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  • audiobook
  • history
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • games
  • technology
Cover of Think Like A Game Designer by Justin Gary

20. Think Like A Game Designer

By: Justin Gary

4.10

Format: 229 pages, ebook

Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for gamesof your own and want to learn how to produce thempro… read more

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  • game design
  • games
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sierra Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line by Shawn Mills

21. 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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  • history
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • technology

8 Best audiobook books like Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games by Sid Meier

Transform Your Habits

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World

Steven L. Kent

4.62

Transform Your Habits

Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games

Sid Meier

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Doom Guy: Life in First Person

John Romero

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

Jason Schreier

4.05

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20 Top nonfiction books like Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry by Howard Scott Warshaw

Transform Your Habits

Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition

David Muñoz , Sam Pettus , Kevin Williams , None , David Chen

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak

4.12

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Steven Levy

4.16

Against the Odds: An Autobiography

James Dyson

3.32

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