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Excerpt: Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

by Anna Anthropy (Mar 16th 2012 3:00PM)

Anna Anthropy's forthcoming book Rise of the Videogame Zinesters is about the personal potential of games -- how simple tools allow all kinds of people to tell their own stories interactively. But it's also a clever, thoughtful examination on game design, and why the medium is important and ...

Excerpt: Behind-the-app book Buttonless explores Broken Sword

by Justin McElroy (Nov 17th 2011 4:00PM)

You'll be able to pick up Ryan Rigney's Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them (available for pre-order now) on Dec. 13. To tide you over until then, we've got the sample below, just one of the dozens of fascinating stories you'll find in the book. In this chapter, ...

Random House teases first few pages of Elder Scrolls novel

by Griffin McElroy (Oct 31st 2009 3:00PM)

Are you in the mood for some reading that's a bit heavier than the video game news post you're currently digesting? We suggest you check out this Random House page to read an excerpt from the first chapter of the Elder Scrolls-based novel, The Infernal City. The few pages of text introduce us to ...