Dungeons and Dreamers

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Dungeons and Dreamers

Author	: Brad King
File Size	: 54,9 Mb
Publisher	: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
Language	: English
Release Date	: 24 April 2024
ISBN	: UOM:39015058125165
Pages	: 304 pages

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Dungeons and Dreamers by Brad King Book PDF Summary

Part I. The rise of digital gaming. Together -- Machines at play -- Building community, building business -- Brave new worlds -- Part II. Networked gaming age. Log on, shoot down -- Homebrewed gamers -- Losing the game -- Part III. The era of gamers. Gamers, interrupted -- Unleashed -- Herding gamers.

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