{"product_id":"all-your-base-are-belong-harold-goldberg-9780307463555","title":"All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture","description":"Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the last fifty years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong To Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories--and passion--behind the twenty-first century's fastest-growing medium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGo inside the creation of: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGrand Theft Auto * World of Warcraft * Bioshock * Kings Quest * Bejeweled * Madden Football * Super Mario Brothers * Myst * Pong * Donkey Kong * Crash Bandicoot * The 7th Guest * Tetris * Shadow Complex * Everquest * The Sims * And many more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307463559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307463555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2011","brand":"Harold Goldberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992921800959,"sku":"9780307463555","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a692f68-d69e-43e0-a99e-ed00b921ea35.jpg?v=1683321549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-your-base-are-belong-harold-goldberg-9780307463555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}