From the early days of home computers to today's modern consoles, people have played game after game. This book gives you a look at ten of the best.

With advanced HD graphics, motion controls, and 3-D images, video games have come a long way since their earliest days. While these games are fun to play, making them is no simple process. Readers will see how large teams of specialized workers come together to design, plan, and program today's cutting edge video games.

Describes the history of video games, including arcade games, game consoles, and handheld devices, and explores the different genres of games and the people responsible for designing them.

People have always played games. With the onset of the technological revolution in the 1970s and 1980s, games changed in a fundamental way. No longer were people moving pieces on a board by hand or writing out answers. They began experiencing games in a virtual world.

"If you like playing video games, those hours you've spent with your fingers on a keyboard or a controller in your hands can lead to a career in a growing industry. Market intelligence firm IDC estimates that consumers around the world spent $179.7 billion on video games in 2020 - 20 percent more than the previous year. Skills developed while playing video games can also help a person thrive in any workplace. Researchers found that video game players...

Sucked into a strange video game where he finds himself caught in a snowstorm, young Aaron ventures into the nearby woods only to hear scary howls and discover that he is trapped.

Tired of always losing to Super Rabbit Boy in their video game world, King Viking goes to the Secret Lands to find the Super Power Up that will give him super powers--Super Rabbit Boy must stop him, but first he must make it past goblins, ghosts, and other video dangers.

"Alex loves his family, and yet he struggles to connect with his eight-year-old autistic son, Sam. The strain has pushed his marriage to the breaking point. So Alex moves in with his merrily irresponsible best friend on the world's most uncomfortable blow-up bed. As Alex navigates single life, long-buried family secrets, and part-time fatherhood, his son begins playing Minecraft. Sam's imagination blossoms and the game opens up a whole new world for...

Being an expert liar himself, Kevin Shepherd realizes he meets his match when a greedy video game executive steals his ideas for a video game and refuses to admit it.