Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Ferguson" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Games related books Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:56:20 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 49 Message-ID: <795bsr$is68@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <794r67$is65@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup137-13.saqnet.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 ROBERT C SHAND <298rcs@tay.ac.uk> wrote in message <794r67$is65@chuka.playstation.co.uk>... > >If you have a good recomendation I'd be grateful if you could mail me the >details of it so I can try and get it for the library. Thanks for any >suggestions > Hi Rob, Here are a few good books that I know of: Game Over (can't remember the author) - a look at the history of Nintendo. This is quite a famous one. Re:Play (Liz Faber) - awesome graphic design (NOT as in "designing graphics") book looking at games as "art". Darling. Inside Electronic Game Design (published by Prima) - browsed it in Waterstone's (& Mr Frosty has it). Meant to be good. The Beach (Alex Garland) - OK, a bit superfluous but prob. the only book in which a Gameboy has symbolic resonance... The chapter titled GAME OVER is classic. Heh heh. Video Kids (EF Provenzo) - a rather vicious attack on gaming from a Psychologist at the Uni of Miami. A rather extreme example of typical criticisms, but not so biased as to be unreadable. Makes some good points, although it has dated (lots of NES stuff is mentioned). Game Developer's Marketplace (Ben Sawyer et al) - a sensible look at the business of developing games. More useful as an outsider to the industry trying to get in, and a bit US-centric, but I'd say this is well worth getting. Joystick Nation (JC Herz) - entertaining look at the history of games from the author of "Surfing on the Internet" Dennis' idea looks like a good one, too! Nick F -------------------------- www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf www.loonygames.com www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 "Game over, man. Game over!"