Art of the Video Game

Hardback

Main Details

Title Art of the Video Game
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Josh Jenisch
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 288,Width 231
Category/GenreElectronic, holographic and video art
Computer games design
ISBN/Barcode 9781594742774
ClassificationsDewey:794.8
Audience
General
Illustrations 300 + colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Quirk Books
Imprint Quirk Books
Publication Date 5 September 2008
Publication Country United States

Description

The art of the video game has come a long way in the past 25 years. Once upon a time, the person responsible for a game's aesthetics was a solitary programmer - often presenting characters and landscapes as little more than bits of code and coloured pixels. Nowadays, entire teams of artists work together to create cohesive, often breathtaking, works of electronic art. Thanks to the technological sophistication of highly advanced gaming system, virtually anything that can be conceived of can now be rendered in the digital universe. "The Art of the Video Game" is the first book to celebrate the artistry of video games, which are poised to define 21st-century entertainment, much as talking pictures revolutionized the previous century.

Author Biography

Josh Jenisch is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and writes regularly about the video-game industry. He Lives in Los Angeles.