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1) Gaming
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"Do video gaming and STEAM have anything in common? To help answer that, let's define the elements of a video game. In the book The Art of Video Game Design, author Jesse Schell defines a game as a 'problem-solving activity done with a playful attitude.' No matter what video game you play, that game will have four core elements: Aesthetics, Story, Technology, and Mechanics. Aesthetics dictate how a game looks and feels and what you will see and hear...
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Explores the history of video games and the advances in video game technology that have given rise to today's highly-profitable video game industry. Also discusses the bad side-effects video games have potentially had on society, such as in the form of game obsessions.
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With the gang spread across the country (and beyond) at college, Spencer is back to feeling out of place, even when he returns home over winter break. Desperate to escape his grandfather who is sharing his room, and to feel confident again, he attempts to fix the broken Jumanji video game, giving his friends no choice but to level up and return to rescue him.
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Discusses the effects of video games on players and society, including physical and social costs and benefits of gaming, video game addiction, and whether there is a link between video games and violent behavior. Includes source notes, a list of additional resources, and an index.
8) Arena
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"A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She's died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments--the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern...
10) Insignia
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Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagonal Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
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Ralph and Penelope are faced with a new challenge when they begin the search for a spare part to fix a beloved videogame: how to navigate the internet. When trying to fix Sugar Rush the pair become engrossed in the World Wide Web after a router is plugged into the local arcade space, forcing them to find a wheel to replace the router with and get the arcade up and running again. Traversing through this new, technological landscape won't be easy, with...
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"Video games are an extremely popular form of entertaiment. In fact, it's estimated that sixty-seven percent of American adults aged eighteen and over play video games. But amidst fthe fun, there is a dark side to video gaming. Some people play so ferquently that this activity becomes an addiction that causes both mental and physcial health problems, as well as the loss of relationships, jobs, and money. [This book] discusses the negative physical...
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Ninja, the undisputed champion of the world's most popular online battle royale, accepts a mysterious challenge and finds himself, along with dozens of other players, in the battle royale's universe, where they must start from scratch, avoid being ghosted, and maybe save the world.
16) Video games
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Collects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to video games, including what impact they have on children and teens, how they affect society, whether or not they promote violence, and how they should be regulated.
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"The Big Book of Building, Mods & Circuits is packed with the most recent training, tools, and techniques to help readers get more out of their favorite sandbox game. 2015 was a pivotal year for Minecraft, and this book captures all the latest and greatest things that have happened to one of the most brilliant and immersive games in video game history."--provided from Amazon.com.
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"Whoever said no rest for the wicked was onto something. After I fulfilled my villainess role marvelously, Albert and I fled to a resort town in anticipation of an upcoming in-game event. Upon our arrival, we ran into another one of my all-times faves--who has been forced to compete in an underground fighting ring dressed as a playboy bunny! Plus, this is way before she's supposed to show up in the main storyline. The continuous changes to the narrative...
20) Vortex
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"While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"--