San Antonio College Library

"When the VCR first became commonly available, and the modern porn industry's sales skyrocketed, Atari systems, with their phallic joysticks, also seized the American mind. In Porn and Pong, Playboy journalist Damon Brown reveals how these businesses have blossomed, intersected and affected our culture." "Reality TV came the same year as the digital reality of The Sims, and when Pamela Anderson's surgical enhancements glazed eyes across North America,...

"Ken McAllister notes in his introduction to Game Work that, even though computer games are essentially entertainment, they are in fact important mediating agents for the broad exercise of socio-political power." "In considering how the languages, images, gestures, and sounds of video games influence those who build, market, and play them, McAllister highlights the ways in which ideology is coded into games. Computer games, he argues, have transformative...

Provides a behind-the-scenes look at computer game design and the duties, training, and technology involved; discusses the history of computer games; and profiles designers and others in the industry.

NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, was murdered as who did the murdering in this mystery revolving around a fantasy game of ultimate seduction and death.