Offers an assessment of the successes, misconceptions, and future implications involved in the rapidly growing gaming industry as it continues to influence the world.

This book reviews the history of video games and how to approach interactive gaming as a possible career with tips on defining objectives and setting goals.

"The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know...

Defines skinning and modding and discusses how to obtain acareer in the electronic games industry.