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Title: Fun Inc.
Subtitle: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-first Century
Author: Tom Chatfield
Narrator: Victor Villar-Hauser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-15-10
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
A timely and informed assessment of the rapidly growing gaming industry that is altering the world around us. Despite the recession, video games continue to break records and command unprecedented amounts of media coverage. The U.S. is the world's biggest video games market and manufacturer, with a market now worth over $20 billion annually in software and hardware sales more than quadruple its size in the mid 1990s. World of Warcraft now boasts over 11 million players worldwide, and over $1 billion per year in revenues. Gaming is flourishing as a career and a creative industry as well. 254 U.S. colleges and universities in 37 states now offer courses and degrees in computer and video game design, programming and art. Video games are increasingly for everyone: 68% of American households now play computer or video games, while the average game player is 35 years old and has been playing games for twelve years. Against the popular image, too, 43% of online U.S. game players are female. The U.S. military alone now spends around $6 billion a year on virtual and simulated training programs, based around video games and virtual worlds. The budgets for developing the biggest games can now top the $100 million mark and are snapping up some of the biggest names in film, from Steven Spielberg to Peter Jackson.
Members Reviews:
Slightly dated.
This is a good book with a good amount of information, but because most of it as written before the iPad was announced, it completely misses the boat with regard to the direction of gaming in the mobile/handheld/tablet space. Other than that, though, this is an excellent piece of writing on an important subject.
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Title: Fun Inc.
Subtitle: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-first Century
Author: Tom Chatfield
Narrator: Victor Villar-Hauser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-15-10
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 54 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Technology
Publisher's Summary:
A timely and informed assessment of the rapidly growing gaming industry that is altering the world around us. Despite the recession, video games continue to break records and command unprecedented amounts of media coverage. The U.S. is the world's biggest video games market and manufacturer, with a market now worth over $20 billion annually in software and hardware sales more than quadruple its size in the mid 1990s. World of Warcraft now boasts over 11 million players worldwide, and over $1 billion per year in revenues. Gaming is flourishing as a career and a creative industry as well. 254 U.S. colleges and universities in 37 states now offer courses and degrees in computer and video game design, programming and art. Video games are increasingly for everyone: 68% of American households now play computer or video games, while the average game player is 35 years old and has been playing games for twelve years. Against the popular image, too, 43% of online U.S. game players are female. The U.S. military alone now spends around $6 billion a year on virtual and simulated training programs, based around video games and virtual worlds. The budgets for developing the biggest games can now top the $100 million mark and are snapping up some of the biggest names in film, from Steven Spielberg to Peter Jackson.
Members Reviews:
Slightly dated.
This is a good book with a good amount of information, but because most of it as written before the iPad was announced, it completely misses the boat with regard to the direction of gaming in the mobile/handheld/tablet space. Other than that, though, this is an excellent piece of writing on an important subject.