A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the
machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide,
billion-dollar industry/artform--told in a graphic novel format.
Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first
full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful,
omnipresent artform and business. Hennessey provides readers with
everything they need to know about video games--from their early
beginnings during World War II to the emergence of arcade games in the
1970s to the rise of Nintendo to today's app-based games like Angry
Birds and Pokemon Go. Hennessey and McGowan also analyze the
evolution of gaming as an artform and its impact on society. Each
chapter features spotlights on major players in the development of games
and gaming that contains everything that gamers and non-gamers alike
need to understand and appreciate this incredible phenomenon.