`Imagine trying to play defense in football without ever studying offense. You would not know when a run was coming, how to defend pass patterns, nor when to blitz. In computer systems, as in...
- Category: Web
- Release Date: 2007-07-19 00:00:00
- Tags: Exploiting, Online, Games, Cheating, Massively, Distributed, Systems,
Make the Most of IBM?s Breakthrough Cell Processor in Any Gaming, Graphics, or Scientific Application IBM?s Cell processor delivers truly stunning computational power: enough to...
- Category: Programming
- Release Date: 2008-10-24 00:00:00
- Tags: Programming, Cell, Processor, Games, Graphics, Computation,
As experienced teachers of novice game designers, the authors have discovered patterns in the way that students grasp game design - the mistakes they make as well as the methods to help them to...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2004-02-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Design, Workshop, Designing, Prototyping, amp;, Playtesting, Games, Gama, Network, Series,
Security measures are a critical piece of the game development process because they not only affect the player?s ability to safely access and enjoy a game but a publisher?s ability to profit from...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
- Tags: Protecting, Games, Security, Handbook, Game, Developers, Publishers,
Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games take gaming away from the computer screen and back to the three-dimensional world....
Do you remember landmark games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Asteroids ? Well, here?s an exciting opportunity to build and/or port these games to one of the hottest mobile and netbooks...
Every Windows user has spent many frustrating hours trying to figure out ways to optimize system performance. Understanding Win 9x and tuning it to be more efficient can be very time-consuming....
- Category: Windows
- Release Date: 1999-12-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Optimizing, Windows, Games, Graphics, Multimedia,
What do you need to know to create a game for the iPhone? Even if you've already built some iPhone applications, developing games using iPhone's gestural interface and limited screen layout...
- Category: iPhone
- Release Date: 2009-11-16 00:00:00
- Tags: iPhone, Game, Development, Developing, amp;, games, Objective, Animal, Guide,
Learn how to create more challenging and dynamic games with AI and Artificial Life in Video Games. AI, or artificial intelligence, builds better games by directing behaviors inside the games that...
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Release Date: 2008-05-15 00:00:00
- Tags: Artificial, Life, Video, Games,
One look at the App Store will show you just how hot iPhone games have become. Games make up over 25 percent of all apps, and over 70 percent of the apps in the App Store's Most Popular...
Game writers have a hard lot. In order to compete, they're expected to write fantastic works of art and action that feature spectacular visual and physical effects, and which can render those...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2003-11-03 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Architecture, Design, New, Edition, New, Riders, Games,
Creating enticing game art can mean the difference between getting a game published or rejected. Great game art can also be a very rewarding to the game designer! `Beginning Illustration and...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2004-10-08 00:00:00
- Tags: Beginning, Illustration, Storyboarding, Games, Premier, Press, Game, Development,
Vintage Games explores the most influential videogames of all time, including Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto III, Doom, The Sims and many more. Drawing on interviews as well as the authors'...
If you?re a video game enthusiast, then you?ve probably thought more than once about creating your own games. Now you can develop your own 3D games using 3D GameStudio! The Official Guide to 3D...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2007-02-27 00:00:00
- Tags: Official, Guide, GameStudio,
XNA Game Studio Express: Developing Games for Windows and the Xbox 360 is the ultimate resource for hobbyists and students who want to write games for Windows and the Xbox 360 game console. Learn...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2007-09-06 00:00:00
- Tags: XNA, Game, Studio, Express, Developing, Games, Windows, Xbox, 360,
Finally there is a games book for Director developers! Up until now, Lingo programmers have had to figure it out themselves while Java and C programmers have had dozens of games books to choose...
- Category: Programming
- Release Date: 2000-03-07 00:00:00
- Tags: Advanced, Lingo, Games,
The future direction of game development is towards more flexible, realistic, and interactive game worlds. However, current methods of game design do not allow for anything other than...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2007-11-29 00:00:00
- Tags: Emergence, Games, Charles, River, Media, Game, Development,
Nearly all early learning happens during play, and new technology has added video games to the list of ways children learn interaction and new concepts. Although video games are everywhere, on...
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Release Date: 2006-09-26 00:00:00
- Tags: Games, Simulations, Online, Learning, Research, Development, Frameworks,
With the impressive growth the games industry has enjoyed for the past decade, game developers, educators, and marketing firms are excitedly envisioning serious games applications for computer...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2006-01-10 00:00:00
- Tags: Developing, Serious, Games, Game, Development, Series,
This book explores the lifecycle of digital games. Drawing upon a broad range of media studies perspectives with aspects of sociology, social theory, and economics, Aphra Kerr explores this...
The aim of this book is to satisfy the need for a single accessible textbook which offers a broad introduction to the range of literatures and approaches currently contributing to digital game...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2006-05-09 00:00:00
- Tags: Understanding, Digital, Games,
Well-known Maya professional, Michael Ingrassia, takes readers through his unique style of modeling: `Image Based Modeling` where efficient, realistic models can be created very quickly....
Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is written by James Silva, who recently won the prestigious Microsoft Dream Build Play game competition with his...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00
- Tags: Building, XNA, Games, Practical, Guide, Independent, Game, Development, Books, Professionals, Professionals,
Information technology has now pervaded the legal sector, and the very modern concepts of e-law and e-justice show that automation processes are ubiquitous. European policies on transparency and...
- Category: Computer Science
- Release Date: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Computable, Models, Law, Languages, Dialogues, Games, Ontologies, Lecture, Notes, Computer, Science,
Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which...
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Release Date: 2008-08-15 00:00:00
- Tags: PLAYING, VIDEOGAMES,
In Building Interactive Worlds in 3D readers will find turnkey tutorials that detail all the steps required to build simulations and interactions, utilize virtual cameras, virtual actors (with...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2005-04-20 00:00:00
- Tags: Building, Interactive, Worlds, Virtual, Sets, Pre, visualization, Games, Film, amp;, Web,
In situations where quality, shorter time to market and staying within budget are basic project requirements, you cannot afford to overlook digital asset management (DAM). Anyone who has felt the...
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Release Date: 2005-09-27 00:00:00
- Tags: Implementing, Digital, Asset, Management, System, Animation, Computer, Games, Web, Development,
Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, 2nd edition presents the core mathematics necessary for sophisticated 3D graphics and interactive physical simulations. The book...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2008-05-16 00:00:00
- Tags: Essential, Mathematics, Games, Interactive, Applications, Second, Edition, Programmer's, Guide,
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Release Date: 1982-08-17 00:00:00
- Tags: explosive, games, Reward, book,
