computer games

Describes the connections between classical art and iconic video games, and introduces basic drawing skills, including light, value , color, and how they can be used in complex video game worlds.

Explores aspects of the making and marketing of video and computer games and discusses why and how to think critically about their messages.

Zack Power is on a mission to thwart the cheating efforts of some hackers who have taken over a powerful satellite, but first he has to learn how to fly in a fighter jet, win a video game contest, and sing karaoke.

Examines the lives and careers of professional video game players, and discusses the concept of gaming as a sport, worldwide video game competitions, and features "cyberathletes" such as Jason Lake, Craig Levine, and others.

Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of the alien ScreeWee.

Fourteen-year-old Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG (role playing game)--before it is too late.

Nick is given an addictive computer game called "Erebos" that asks its players to carry out actions in the real world in order to keep playing online, actions which become more and more terrifyingly manipulative. As Nick loses friends and all sense of right and wrong in the real world, he gains power and advances further towards his online goal--to become one of the Inner Circle of Erebos.

Fourteen-year-old Arvin and his friends risk using a computer-controlled role-playing game to simulate a magical world in which they actually become fantasy characters, even though the computer program is a pirated one containing unpredictable errors.

Pandora Walker unwittingly unleashes cyber Armageddon on her seventeenth birthday and must play a virtual reality game in order to save the world.

Contains a "virtual" approach for finding a career in computer and electronic games. Discusses the requirements, necessary education, and required equipment, and recommends that you take a tour of each game designer at work, and seek interviews with professionals already working in the electronic fields.