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 Metro 2033 Xbox 360 2010  US $24.20
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 Vice Magazine USA Vol 9 No 5 Dec 2002 Gatefold Cover by Terry Richardson US $9.95
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Video Games $41.94 Video games are one of today's most popular forms of entertainment. According to the Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. computer and video game industry had software sales of $9.5 billion in 2007--an increase of more than 300 percent since 1996. Two major trends are the growth of mobile gaming and online gaming. Producing and selling successful video games is a huge collaborative effort, often requiring the skills of numerous artists, marketing specialists, musicians, producers, programmers, salespeople, and writers. |
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Video Games Live: Level 2 (CD) $14.98 Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!Video Games Live™ bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. It's the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.Performances include themes from contemporary hit games like Halo, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, and Gods of War and classic themes from Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, Zelda, Donkey Kong and many more.Also available on Blu-ray and DVD. |
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Video Games Live: Level 2 (DVD) $19.93 Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!Video Games Live™ bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. It's the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.Performances include themes from contemporary hit games like Halo, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, and Gods of War and classic themes from Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, Zelda, Donkey Kong and many more.Also available on Blu-ray and CD. |
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Video Games Live: Level 2 (Blu-ray) $29.93 Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the most popular video games of all time. Top orchestras & choirs perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience!Video Games Live™ bridges a gap for entertainment by exposing new generations of music lovers and fans to the symphonic orchestral experience while also providing a completely new and unique experience for families and/or non-gamers. It's the power & emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game all completely synchronized to amazing cutting edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.Performances include themes from contemporary hit games like Halo, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, and Gods of War and classic themes from Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, Zelda, Donkey Kong and many more.Also available on DVD and CD. |
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Playing Video Games $81.95 From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward traject |
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Warner Home Video Games 1000152334 Lord Of The Rings: War In The North Ps3 $39.08 Unseen lands from the world of Middleearth are awaiting in this visceral actionadventure RPG. The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is set against the backdrop of the famous trilogy yet forges its own distinct path with a new story and an exciting take on the popular genre. It gives players the unique opportunity to explore previously untold stories in the realm of Middleearth during the journey of the ring. Innovative cooperative gameplay pits you and your friends against the dark forces of Middleearth. Lord of the rings: war in the north (ps3). |
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War Games $8.99 War Games |
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The Games of War $34.95 The Games of War |
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Philosophy Through Video Games $36.95 In Philosophy Through Video Games, Jon Cogburn and Mark Silcox - philosophers with game industry experience - investigate the aesthetic appeal of video games, their effect on our morals, the insights they give us into our understanding of perceptual knowledge, personal identity, artificial intelligence, and the very meaning of life itself, arguing that video games are popular precisely because they engage with longstanding philosophical problems. |
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Video Games Notable for Speedrunning $160.91 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device. However, with the popular use of the term video game, it now implies any type of display device. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, while previously common, have gradually declined in use. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 18 Publication Date: 2010/11/16 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.00 x 0.04 inches |
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Playing Video Games by Vorderer, Peter; Bryant, Jennings Edition ILL, 0 $46.49 From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences integrates communication, psychology, and technology to examine the psychological and mediated aspects of playing video games. It is the first volume to delve deeply into these aspects of computer game play. It fits squarely into the media psychology arm of entertainment studies, the next big wave in media studies. The book targets one of the most popular and pervasive media in modern times, and it will serve to define the area of study and provide a theoretical spine for future research.This unique and timely volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, and marketing. |
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Video Games by Sturm, Jeanne Edition ILL, 0 $27.99 This book describes the most current and popular video games, the history of video games, how they work, and the impact they might have on our future. |
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Interactive Storytelling for Video Games $39.95 What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story? How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place? Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences? All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on interactive storytelling for video games. You'll get detailed descriptions of all major types of interactive stories, case studies of popular games (including Bioshock, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, and Metal Gear Solid), and how players interact with them, and an in-depth analysis of the results of a national survey on player storytelling preferences in games. You'll get the expert advice you need to generate compelling and original game concepts and narratives.With Interactive Storytelling for Video Games, you'll: * Explore popular styles and genres of games (RPGs, Online Games, First Person Shooters, and more) * Learn to create effective, original concepts and story lines with key components in mind: structure, process, characters, player desire, and outcome * Learn about what players want, what they expect, and how to create truly compelling player-driven experiences * Get access to an associated website with additional data on storytelling preferences in games, valuable PowerPoint lectures for professors for each chapter of the book, and links to movies, websites, game writer discussion boards, and more |
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Atari: 80 Classic Games in One $19.99 Take a step back in time to the early days of video arcades with Atari’s 80 Classic Games, a compilation of unforgettable and authentic Atari titles. Each one is faithfully reproduced with all the great sights, sounds and fast action that made them so popular. Whether you played these games in their original arcade cabinets or on an Atari 2600 console, you’re sure to find a favorite.The largest collection of classic games ever assembled on one disk!Atari: 80 Classic Games in One includes:Classic arcade hits: Asteroids®, Asteroids® Deluxe™, Battlezone™, Black Widow™, Centipede®, Crystal Castles®, Gravitar®, Liberator™, Lunar Lander™, Major Havoc™, Millipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, Red Baron™, Super Breakout®, Space Duel™, Tempest® and Warlords®!Atari 2600 titles: 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, A Game of Concentration, Adventure™, Air•Sea Battle™, Asteroids®, Basic Programming, Battlezone™, Bowling, Breakout®, Canyon Bomber™, Casino™, Centipede®, Circus Atari™, Codebreaker™, Combat™, Crystal Castles®, Demon to Diamonds®, Dodge ‘Em™, Double Dunk™, Flag Capture™, Football, Fun With Numbers™, Golf, Gravitar®, Haunted House™, Home Run™, Human Cannonball™, Math Gran Prix™, Maze Craze™, Millipede®, Miniature Golf, Missile Command®, Night Driver™, Outlaw™, Quadrun™, Radar Lock™, Realsports® Baseball, Realsports® Football, Realsports® Tennis, Realsports® Volleyball, Sky Diver™, Slot Machine™, Slot Racers™, Space War™, Star Raiders™, Star Ship™, Stellar Track™, Street Racer™, Submarine Commander™, Super Baseball™, Super Breakout®, Super Football, Surround™, Swordquest™: Earthworld™, Swordquest™: Fireworld™, Swordquest™: Waterworld™, Video Checkers™, Video Chess™, Video Olympics™, Video Pinball™, Warlords®, and Yar's Revenge™! |
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War Games - Ed Brubaker - Paperback $14.39 War Games |
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War Games - Audrey Couloumbis - Paperback $6.99 War Games |
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The Games of War - John Bobek - Paperback $36.25 The Games of War |
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Making Great Games $44.95 Join videogame industry veteran Michael Thornton Wyman on a series of detailed, behind-the-scenes tours with the teams that have made some of the most popular and critically acclaimed videogames of the modern era. Drawing on insider's perspectives from a wide variety of teams, learn about the creation of a tiny, independent game project (World of Goo), casual game classics (Diner Dash, Bejeweled Twist), the world's most popular social game (FarmVille) as well as the world's most popular MMORPG (World of Warcraft), PC titles (Half Life 2) to AAA console games (Madden NFL 10), and modern-day masterpieces (Little Big Planet, Rock Band, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves). Hear directly from the creators about how these games were made, and learn from their stories from the trenches of videogames production. This book is an excellent resource for those working directly on game design or production, for those aspiring to work in the field, or for anyone who has wondered how the world's greatest videogames get made. * Provides an in-depth look at ten contemporary, best-selling and critically acclaimed videogames across a variety of styles, game types, and platforms. * Unprecedented access and insight into the inner workings of the teams, large and small, responsible for bringing several best-of-breed videogames in the world to market - hear directly from the creative teams in their own words in detailed case studies. * Analysis of best practices and pitfalls common to the process of creating great games through all phases, from concept development through prototyping, production, testing and launch. * Includes a dozen interviews with games industry leaders, all of whom have shipped great games including: Halo, The Sims, God of War, Spore, Brutal Legend, NBA Street, Splinter Cell, Skate, Need for Speed, and more. * Hands-on tools and hard-won, real world advice from recognized industry experts you can start using immediately to make better video games. * A companion website provides more up-to-date information as well as reader forums. |
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Doctor Who - The War Games $13.99 Doctor Who - The War Games |
What Is Your Favorite Video Game Voice-Over?
With recent studies stating that around 65% of households in the United States currently play video games on a daily basis, it is no wonder that new video systems and games are constantly being created. While some can be works of art, others leave something to be desired, looking and sounding as if they were slapped together in someone's basement. Some video game creators seem to think that just making a good game is all that is needed, but gamers are often turned off by a character with no personality, a strange voice or garble they can't understand. For this reason, many have turned to professionals through a voice employment agency to get the kind of character voices they really want, in order to have a quality product that will be popular.
In the beginning, voice jobs were likely given to who ever happened to be handy in the production arena. Games like Mega man 8, Sega's 1986 Pro Wrestling and Ikari Warriors-2 were almost laughable with their sound effects and quality, but today video game producers have realized how important the characters are to the game and want their characters to come across as believable as possible. Voice over jobs are now most often given over to the professionals, but that doesn't always mean the gamers themselves will accept them. Video game enthusiasts go out of their way to find out whose-who in their games, Internet sites abound with links to new games such as Iron Man 2, which let the cat out of the bag as it were. Now, even more of the voices used are those of current or previous movie/television actors.
One such notable figure is Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame, to date he has been the voice talent for such characters as: The Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum), Wolverine (X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge), Adrian Ripburger (Full Throttle), Malefor the Dark Master (Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon), and Colonel Christopher Blair (Wing Commander). In addition to Hamill, are some other popular figures and those who are considered to be at the top of their "game.
Probably one of the most known voices for both young and old is that of the iconic Mario, he and other similar characters such as: Luigi, Warjo, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are all done by Mr. Charles Martinet. We know these characters as part of the Mario Brothers series of video games that have been a staple for some time in the gaming world. Sometimes a character becomes so popular that a second game comes out with the same characters. It then becomes necessary for the producers to either retain the same artist for the job, or hire another to fill the role. This was the case with the character of Lara Croft, (Tomb Raider: Legend) Jonell Elliot, did not return to the role, so Keely Hawes, an English voice over talent known for her role in the BBC's One's Spooks took over the role.
Other up and coming voices are those of Cam Clarke who does the voice of characters; Snake (Metal Gear Solid) and Simba (Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+), and he also was the non-video game voice of Leonardo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. Than there is John DiMaggio who does an excellent job voicing Fenix in Gears of War and Jen Taylor, one of the most successful and popular N. American voice actresses, well known for her role as the famous Cortana in Bungie's Halo franchise.
Coming in at the bottom of the video game stack when it comes to voice is suikoden tierkris, which has a really bad main character and Final Fantasy X has been said to have laughable voice acting. Shenmue, a Sega 2 game, is also touted as having such bad voice acting that it is difficult to remove the sound from one's mind. A really good web site to see where the truly terrible voices in video games dwell are: Audio Atrocities a site that considers itself to be a kind of museum on the subject. Producers love to develop what may be the most popular new game on the scene, but gamers are not silent when it comes to quality, they love to share their feelings about everything from costumes to game play and from handling to listening quality. Voice quality matters in movies, songs and yes, even video games.
About the Author
Stephanie Ciccarelli is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at
Voices.com
, the voice-over marketplace. She is one of the most connected people in voice-overs, a sought after industry expert and respected blogger. Stephanie has authored many eBooks, including the Definitive Guide to Voice-Over Success, and is editor of the popular voice actor's blog,
VOX Daily
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