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Breaking down the 40-year history of the world's most popular art form, one video game at a time
Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech journalist...
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
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Trapped in a video game volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Jesse and Eric must battle fire-breathing pterodactyls, angry green, giants, and laser-shooting unicorns in order to make it to the final boss and save the world.
5) Dog Days
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
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Scary Tales volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Sucked into a strange video game where he finds himself caught in a snowstorm, young Aaron ventures into the nearby woods only to hear scary howls and discover that he is trapped.
9) Double Down
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
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The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that s not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous...
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"'How to make a video game all by yourself' is a guide for anyone who wants to make their own video game. Read this book to learn how to locate the itch you're eager to scratch, how to pick a game engine that will power your vision, how to find the fun in playing your unique game ... and much more."--back cover
11) Epic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
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On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
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Mr. Monkey volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Mr. Monkey takes a break from his favorite video game to do something outside, but nothing goes as planned.
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8-Bit Warrior volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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560L
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After the recent mob attacks, the entire village decides to prepare for the next offensive, and Runt increases his efforts to be one of the five best students in school and become the warrior of his dreams.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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"Trapped one hundred years in Minecrafts past, Gameknight999 struggles to keep his real identity a secret from the villagers of long ago, all while preparing them for battle. Herobrines forces are getting closer every day, advancing across the Overworld and leaving a path of destruction in their wake. Furious at Gameknights unexpected meddling, the evil virus takes revenge, creating the terrifying shadow-crafters. He gives these strange...
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8-Bit Warrior volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Book 2 of the international best-selling 8-Bit Warrior series that takes readers inside the journal of Runt, a young Minecraft villager who dares to dream of becoming a Minecraft warrior!
19) Level 13
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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Dedicated slacker Cameron Boxer thinks he has found gamer heaven: playing video games online for an audience (and money); but the Positive Action Group (the club he created to keep his parents off his back) keeps getting in the way with meetings and fund-raisers for worthy causes, and his friends keep turning to him for plans and girlfriend advice, plus Elvis the beaver is back chewing on the back wall--and all Cameron wants to do is to conquer the...
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Following on from Welbeck's Best Roblox Games Ever, this new Roblox title revisits the ever-popular gaming portal in a completely new way. This guide gives readers 101 of the coolest experiences that they can have in Roblox. Whether it's breaking out of prison, hiding from a hurricane, finding hidden secrets or even creating your own game, there's something for every player here. Plus there are tons of challenges for readers to take up which will...
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