Видеоигры

Видеоигры прошли путь от простых пикселей до сложных миров, которые формируют культуру, вдохновляют инновации и объединяют миллионы игроков по всему миру. Наша тщательно подобранная коллекция исследует принципы геймдизайна, истории индустрии, психологию игроков и преобразующую силу интерактивных развлечений глазами разработчиков, дизайнеров и лидеров мнений игровой индустрии.

Видеоигры Саммари книг

Cyberpunk 2077

— Rafał Kosik

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

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🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

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Cyberpunk 2077

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

— Rafał Kosik 2023 416 стр.

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🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

Level Up!

— Scott Rogers • 2010

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

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🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Иммерсивные

Level Up!

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

— Scott Rogers 2010 514 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Повелители DOOM

— Дэвид Кушнер • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

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🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Повелители DOOM

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

— Дэвид Кушнер 2003 368 стр.

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🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups 🤝 Creative Partnerships 💻 Hacker Ethos

Геймдизайн. Как создать игру, в которую будут играть все

— Трейси Фуллертон • 2008

The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.

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🎮 Game Design 📐 Rapid Prototyping 🔄 Iterative Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🌱 Emergent Gameplay

Геймдизайн. Как создать игру, в которую будут играть все

The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.

— Трейси Фуллертон 2008 496 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 📐 Rapid Prototyping 🔄 Iterative Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🌱 Emergent Gameplay

Теория развлечений для геймдизайна

— Ральф Костер • 2004

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

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🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Player Psychology

Теория развлечений для геймдизайна

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

— Ральф Костер 2004 279 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Player Psychology

Чему видеоигры могут научить нас о грамотности и обучении

— Джеймс Пол Джи • 2003

Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 📍 Situated Cognition 👁️ Multimodal Learning 🔄 Learning Through Failure

Чему видеоигры могут научить нас о грамотности и обучении

Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.

— Джеймс Пол Джи 2003 240 стр.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 📍 Situated Cognition 👁️ Multimodal Learning 🔄 Learning Through Failure

Реальность под вопросом

— Джейн Макгонигал • 2010

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

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🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌊 Flow Psychology

Реальность под вопросом

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

— Джейн Макгонигал 2010 400 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🌊 Flow Psychology

Getting Gamers

— Джейми Мэдиган • 2015

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

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🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🌐 Online Communities 🪪 Social Identity

Getting Gamers

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

— Джейми Мэдиган 2015 299 стр.

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🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🌐 Online Communities 🪪 Social Identity

Консольные войны

— Блейк Дж. Харрис • 2014

A toy exec and a blue hedgehog briefly unseated Nintendo. The real fight was inside the company.

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🎮 Video Game Industry ⚔️ Business Rivalries 🥊 Corporate Infighting 📢 Disruptive Marketing 🐱 Brand Mascots

Консольные войны

A toy exec and a blue hedgehog briefly unseated Nintendo. The real fight was inside the company.

— Блейк Дж. Харрис 2014 576 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Industry ⚔️ Business Rivalries 🥊 Corporate Infighting 📢 Disruptive Marketing 🐱 Brand Mascots

Designing Games

— Tynan Sylvester • 2013

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🔗 Systems Thinking 📖 Narrative Design

Designing Games

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

— Tynan Sylvester 2013 413 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🔗 Systems Thinking 📖 Narrative Design

Сторителлинг в видеоиграх

— Эван Сколник • 2014

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

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🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

Сторителлинг в видеоиграх

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

— Эван Сколник 2014 208 стр.

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🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

Кровь, пот и пиксели. Обратная сторона индустрии видеоигр

— Джейсон Шрейер • 2017

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

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🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism 🎨 Creative Process 🛠️ Labor Practices

Кровь, пот и пиксели. Обратная сторона индустрии видеоигр

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

— Джейсон Шрейер 2017 278 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism 🎨 Creative Process 🛠️ Labor Practices

Persuasive Games

— Ian Bogost • 2007

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

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360

🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

Persuasive Games

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

— Ian Bogost 2007 450 стр.

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360 оценок

🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory 🎲 Game Design Theory 📱 Digital Media Criticism

The Silver Eyes

— Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

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🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

— Scott Cawthon 2016 192 стр.

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7 000+ оценок

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

Приклеены к играм

— Скотт Ригби • 2011

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

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111

🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation 📚 Self-Determination Theory ⚠️ Game Addiction

Приклеены к играм

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

— Скотт Ригби 2011 200 стр.

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111 оценок

🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation 📚 Self-Determination Theory ⚠️ Game Addiction

Forsaken

— Oliver Bowden • 2012

His family massacred, a boy is raised by the secret order that ordered the killings.

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🕯️ Secret Societies ⚔️ Father-Son Conflict 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Mentor's Betrayal 🖤 Tragic Antihero

Forsaken

His family massacred, a boy is raised by the secret order that ordered the killings.

— Oliver Bowden 2012 464 стр.

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🕯️ Secret Societies ⚔️ Father-Son Conflict 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Mentor's Betrayal 🖤 Tragic Antihero

Silent Hill

— Bernard Perron • 2006

Fog, radio static, broken controls: Silent Hill made your own mind the real horror.

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🎮 Survival Horror Games 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Psychological Horror 👹 Monster Symbolism 🔊 Game Sound Design

Silent Hill

Fog, radio static, broken controls: Silent Hill made your own mind the real horror.

— Bernard Perron 2006 172 стр.

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253 оценок

🎮 Survival Horror Games 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Psychological Horror 👹 Monster Symbolism 🔊 Game Sound Design

Геймеры за работой

— Морган Рамзи • 2012

Atari, EA, Blizzard, Valve: the founders reveal the near-death moments behind gaming's biggest hits.

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🎮 Game Industry 🚀 Tech Startups 🎙️ Founder Interviews 🏢 Company Culture 🎨 Creative Business

Геймеры за работой

Atari, EA, Blizzard, Valve: the founders reveal the near-death moments behind gaming's biggest hits.

— Морган Рамзи 2012 356 стр.

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🎮 Game Industry 🚀 Tech Startups 🎙️ Founder Interviews 🏢 Company Culture 🎨 Creative Business

A Composer's Guide to Game Music

— Winifred Phillips • 2014

Game music bends to the player. The craft, technology, and business behind interactive scores.

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🎮 Game Music Composition 🎧 Interactive Audio 🔄 Adaptive Music 💻 Music Technology 💼 Music Business

A Composer's Guide to Game Music

Game music bends to the player. The craft, technology, and business behind interactive scores.

— Winifred Phillips 2014 275 стр.

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175 оценок

🎮 Game Music Composition 🎧 Interactive Audio 🔄 Adaptive Music 💻 Music Technology 💼 Music Business

Геймдизайн

— Джесси Шелл • 2008

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🌊 Flow Theory 🌍 World-Building

Геймдизайн

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

— Джесси Шелл 2008 520 стр.

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🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design 🌊 Flow Theory 🌍 World-Building

Словарь геймдизайна

— Анна Антропи • 2013

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

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📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

Словарь геймдизайна

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

— Анна Антропи 2013 211 стр.

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📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

Arthas

— Christie Golden

To protect his people from undeath, a prince becomes the very monster he swore to destroy.

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🖤 Corruption Arc 💀 Tragic Villain Origin 🗡️ Cursed Blade 🧟 Undead Plague 💔 Doomed Romance

Иммерсивные

Arthas

To protect his people from undeath, a prince becomes the very monster he swore to destroy.

— Christie Golden 2009 320 стр.

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12 000+ оценок

🖤 Corruption Arc 💀 Tragic Villain Origin 🗡️ Cursed Blade 🧟 Undead Plague 💔 Doomed Romance

Halo

— Eric S. Nylund • 2003

Master Chief leads a suicide mission inside a Covenant station to stop an armada bound for Earth.

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🚀 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Supersoldier Program 🤖 AI Companion 🎯 Infiltration Mission 👥 Ragtag Crew

Halo

Master Chief leads a suicide mission inside a Covenant station to stop an armada bound for Earth.

— Eric S. Nylund 2003 352 стр.

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18 000+ оценок

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Supersoldier Program 🤖 AI Companion 🎯 Infiltration Mission 👥 Ragtag Crew

Moral Combat

— Patrick M. Markey • 2017

Crime fell as gaming rose. The evidence never held, and the outrage is a recycled panic.

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😱 Media Moral Panics 🎮 Video Game Studies 🔫 Violence And Media 🧠 Gaming Benefits 👴 Generational Divides

Moral Combat

Crime fell as gaming rose. The evidence never held, and the outrage is a recycled panic.

— Patrick M. Markey 2017 256 стр.

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😱 Media Moral Panics 🎮 Video Game Studies 🔫 Violence And Media 🧠 Gaming Benefits 👴 Generational Divides

Хорошие видеоигры и хорошее обучение

— Джеймс Пол Джи • 2007

Video games aren't wasting your kid's brain; they're revealing how learning actually works.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 👥 Community Learning 🧩 Problem-Solving Skills

Хорошие видеоигры и хорошее обучение

Video games aren't wasting your kid's brain; they're revealing how learning actually works.

— Джеймс Пол Джи 2007 194 стр.

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🎮 Game-Based Learning 🧠 Learning Science 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 👥 Community Learning 🧩 Problem-Solving Skills

Halo

— Eric S. Nylund • 2001

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

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🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Warfare 🛡️ Last Stand

Halo

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

— Eric S. Nylund 2001 352 стр.

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🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Warfare 🛡️ Last Stand

One Up

— Йост ван Дрёнен • 2020

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption 🎨 Creative Industries 👾 Game Developers

One Up

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

— Йост ван Дрёнен 2020 296 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption 🎨 Creative Industries 👾 Game Developers

The Infernal City

— Greg Keyes • 2009

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

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🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic 📖 Dual Narrative ⚗️ Alchemy

The Infernal City

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

— Greg Keyes 2009 288 стр.

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🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic 📖 Dual Narrative ⚗️ Alchemy

Halo

— William C. Dietz • 2003

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

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🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

Halo

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

— William C. Dietz 2003 341 стр.

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🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

Legacy of Blood

— Richard A. Knaak • 2001

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

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🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Legacy of Blood

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

— Richard A. Knaak 2001 355 стр.

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🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Halo

— Eric S. Nylund • 2006

A Spartan presumed dead trains child soldiers on a secret world where ancient alien defenses stir.

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🚀 Military Space Opera 🦾 Super-Soldier Training 🛡️ Child Soldiers In Space 👽 Ancient Alien Tech 💙 Found Family In War

Halo

A Spartan presumed dead trains child soldiers on a secret world where ancient alien defenses stir.

— Eric S. Nylund 2006 384 стр.

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15 000+ оценок

🚀 Military Space Opera 🦾 Super-Soldier Training 🛡️ Child Soldiers In Space 👽 Ancient Alien Tech 💙 Found Family In War

Play Nice

— Jason Schreier • 2024

$80 million and seven years for a game that never shipped: the unraveling of Blizzard Entertainment.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture 💻 Tech Company Histories ⏰ Crunch Culture ⚠️ Workplace Misconduct

Play Nice

$80 million and seven years for a game that never shipped: the unraveling of Blizzard Entertainment.

— Jason Schreier 2024 384 стр.

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7 000+ оценок

🎮 Video Game Industry 🏢 Corporate Culture 💻 Tech Company Histories ⏰ Crunch Culture ⚠️ Workplace Misconduct

Game Mechanics

— Ernest Adams • 2012

Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.

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🕹️ Game Systems Design 📊 Internal Economies 🏗️ Design Patterns 🌊 Emergent Gameplay ⚖️ Game Balance

Game Mechanics

Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.

— Ernest Adams 2012 353 стр.

4.12

185 оценок

🕹️ Game Systems Design 📊 Internal Economies 🏗️ Design Patterns 🌊 Emergent Gameplay ⚖️ Game Balance

Shadow of the Xel'Naga

— Gabriel Mesta • 2001

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

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🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

Shadow of the Xel'Naga

An alien artifact awakens on a remote colony, and three warring species converge to claim it.

— Gabriel Mesta 2001 272 стр.

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1 000+ оценок

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🪖 Military Sf 🛸 Alien Artifact 👩‍🚀 Reluctant Leader 🌾 Colonist Survival

Press Reset

— Jason Schreier • 2021

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

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🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture 📉 Job Precarity 🎭 Art Vs Commerce

Press Reset

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

— Jason Schreier 2021 301 стр.

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8 000+ оценок

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture 📉 Job Precarity 🎭 Art Vs Commerce

Lost in a Good Game

— Pete Etchells • 2019

The research that clears video games of harm, and the surprising ways they improve our lives.

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🎮 Video Game Psychology ⏳ Screen Time Research 🌐 Digital Culture 🧩 Gaming Motivation 🧠 Gaming And Cognition

Lost in a Good Game

The research that clears video games of harm, and the surprising ways they improve our lives.

— Pete Etchells 2019 320 стр.

3.72

500+ оценок

🎮 Video Game Psychology ⏳ Screen Time Research 🌐 Digital Culture 🧩 Gaming Motivation 🧠 Gaming And Cognition

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