Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture : Fron Geek to Chic

Brad J. King, John M. Borland

McGraw-Hill/Osborne, Aug 1, 2003 - Games - 273 pages

Enter the quiet living rooms and cacophonous gaming environs of gaming kingpins like Richard Garriott and John Carmack, who invented games such as Quake and DOOM. Learn about gamers who make their living by winning gaming tournaments, and secrets of devoted gamers who practically live at LAN parties and gaming conventions.

Contents

• Together: 11
• Building Community Building Business: 41
• Brave New Worlds: 61

About the author

Brad King (Austin, TX) is currently a freelancer writer in technology and culture. He will be teaching a class on new media journalism at the University of Texas this coming fall.

John Borland (San Francisco, CA) is a senior writer at CNET Networks News.com, where he covers digital entertainment, including music, movies and video games.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture : Fron Geek to Chic; One-Off Series; Computer Games Series
• Authors: Brad J. King, John M. Borland
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 5, 2007
• ISBN: 0072228881, 9780072228885
• Length: 273 pages
• Subjects: Games / Video & Electronic; Social Science / Sociology / General