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Finnish video games : a history and catalog /
In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has become a gaming superpower. Drawing on more than 60 interviews, this book covers the F...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Primordial Ooze and Commodore 64, 1979-1989 -- The Original Gangsters -- The Man Behind Uuno Turhapuro -- Entertainment from Across the Pond -- The Birth of Game Journalism -- The Games -- Born in the Basement, 1990-1999 -- The Demo Scene Brings Players Together -- The Great Old Ones Are Born -- The Angry Bird of Its Time -- The New Face of Finnish Games Journalism -- The Games -- WAP, Max and Conquering the Globe,2000-2004 -- Max the Action Man -- Drifting Around Corners -- The Domestic Console Development Kicks into Gear -- Game Journalism Expands Its Horizons -- The Blue-and-White Game Console -- The Lynx Lurking in the Communicator -- The Mobile Studios Strike Back -- Technology Does Not a Mobile Game Make -- The Grand Opening of an Online Hotel -- Straighten the Ranks -- The Games -- Industrial Revolution, 2005-2007 -- A Frozen Byte Vaporized -- Stardust Takes Over the World -- Recoil versus Remedy -- Life in a Hotel -- 2007: An Economic Growth Odyssey -- Mobile Games Are Off to See the World -- The Curse of the License -- Optimization Is Business -- Education of the Third Degree -- The Games -- The Apple, 2008-2011 -- Bird Flu Spreading -- Down Comes the Axe -- From Gaming Phones to Services -- Touch Me, Alan -- The Rumbling Digital Distribution Wonder -- Recoil Hits the Downturn -- The Games -- Free Is the New Black, 2012-2013 -- Free-to-Lunch -- The Indie Scene Rises -- We Are the Investors -- The Great Old Ones Strike Back -- Crowd-Powered -- New from Old -- Down Comes the Axe Again -- The Games -- To Infinity and Beyond! -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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