All Your Base Are Belong to Us by Harold Goldberg

All Your Base Are Belong to Us by Harold Goldberg

Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon.

Over the last fifty years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth?

Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong To Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories--and passion--behind the twenty-first century's fastest-growing medium.

Go inside the creation of:
Grand Theft Auto * World of Warcraft * Bioshock * Kings Quest * Bejeweled * Madden Football * Super Mario Brothers * Myst * Pong * Donkey Kong * Crash Bandicoot * The 7th Guest * Tetris * Shadow Complex * Everquest * The Sims * And many more

Harold Goldberg has contributed articles to the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. He currently resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780307463555
ISBN 10	0307463559
Title	All Your Base Are Belong to Us
Author	Harold Goldberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-04-05
Number of pages	352
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