Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution - Hardcover

Chaplin, Heather; Ruby, Aaron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565123468 ISBN 13: 9781565123465

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2005

Synopsis

What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture.Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?

In Smartbomb, journalists Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby take the reader behind the scenes at gaming conventions, into powerhouse think tanks where new games are created, into the thick of the competition at cyberathlete tournaments, and into the homes of gamers for whom playing a role in a virtual world has assumed more relevance and reality than life in the real world.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Smartbomb takes you into the epicenter of the gaming explosion, where bleeding-edge computer sciene and wild creativity have fused to produce a new medium that is changing not only how we play but also how we communicate and learn, all of it propelled by a mega-billion-dollar industry that is revolutionizing the way we live.

About the Author:

Heather Chaplin is a journalist who has written for many major publications, including the New York Times, Fortune, and Salon. She lives in New York City. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1565123468
• ISBN 13: 9781565123465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288