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  Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution (Paperback) By (author) Heather Chaplin, By (author) Aaron Ruby

  

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  Short Description for SmartbombThe authors go into the epicenter of the videogame explosion, where computer technology is fused with artistic creativity. Startling and revelatory, this is an up-close and personal look at the egos, the battles, the one-upmanship, and the love of the chase fueling these gaming innovators.
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  • Publisher: ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL
  • Published: 10 November 2006
  • Format: Paperback 287 pages
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  • Categories: Popular Culture | Information Technology Industries | Games Strategy Guides
  • ISBN 13: 9781565125452 ISBN 10: 1565125452
  • Sales rank: 241,018

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• 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.