Title: The video game
Description: Traces the history of video games by studying the companies, technologies, and economics that are fueling the industry in Japan, the U.S., and France. It also seeks to understand the driving force behind the video game's phenomenal cultural penetration while offering insights into the rigorous development and aggressive multichannel marketing of games and game consoles. The inevitable convergence of the video game and film industries and the impact of the Internet as a global gaming environment are also considered.
Subjects: History, Video games, Design, Social aspects, Computer games, Computer animation, Internet games, Forecasting, Electronic games industry, Economic aspects, Inc Atari, Squaresoft (Firm), Soni? Kabushiki Kaisha, Cryo Interactive Entertainment (Firm), Kalisto Entertainment (Firm), In Utro (Firm), Blizzard Entertainment (Firm), Electronic Arts (Firm), Ubi Soft Entertainment (Firm), LucasArts (Firm)
Places: United States, California, Japan, France