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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
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4.20 avg rating — 24,326 ratings
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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
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4.29 avg rating — 20,064 ratings
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
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3.97 avg rating — 11,989 ratings
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Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 447 ratings
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The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
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4.14 avg rating — 3,013 ratings
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Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More
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3.96 avg rating — 640 ratings
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Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
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3.83 avg rating — 5,365 ratings
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All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
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3.59 avg rating — 890 ratings
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
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3.97 avg rating — 11,989 ratings
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The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution
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3.69 avg rating — 575 ratings
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Replay: The History of Video Games
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4.04 avg rating — 1,499 ratings
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Game Over, Press Start to Continue: How Nintendo Conquered the World
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4.11 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
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Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon
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3.92 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Arcade Mania: The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers
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3.66 avg rating — 178 ratings
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The Micro Kids: An 80s Adventure with ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and more (Video Games Book)
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3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Hardcoregaming101.net Presents: The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures
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4.21 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of
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3.93 avg rating — 439 ratings
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Réquiem para el Jefe Final. Antología de la música en los videojuegos
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3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The History of Nintendo (1889-1980) - From Playing Cards to Game & Watch
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4.15 avg rating — 130 ratings
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NBA Jam (Boss Fight Books #21)
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4.34 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet
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3.78 avg rating — 182 ratings
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High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
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3.95 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World
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3.29 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO
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4.14 avg rating — 3,417 ratings
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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
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3.83 avg rating — 589 ratings
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Katamari Damacy (Boss Fight Books, #17)
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3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings
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An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games: A detailed guide to the most important games of the past five decades
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3.84 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Story of U.S. Gold: A very American, British software house
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4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect
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3.70 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Jagged Alliance 2 (Boss Fight Books, #5)
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4.02 avg rating — 242 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 15: 1993
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4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time
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3.78 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Revolutionaries at Sony: The Making of the Sony Playstation and the Visionaries Who Conquered the World of Video Games
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3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Boss Fight Books, #20)
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3.73 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Britsoft - An Oral History
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4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Super Mario Bros. 3 (Boss Fight Books, #13)
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3.77 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The History of Nintendo (1980-1991) - The Game & Watch
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3.97 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Game Boy World: 1989: A History of Nintendo Game Boy, Vol. I (Unofficial and Unauthorized)
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4.04 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Vintage Games 2.0: An Insider Look at the Most Influential Games of All Time
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4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games
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3.80 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
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4.05 avg rating — 7,973 ratings
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Tetris: The Games People Play
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3.80 avg rating — 3,517 ratings
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Video Games: A Popular Culture Phenomenon
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3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games
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3.66 avg rating — 249 ratings
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ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn
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3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games
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3.73 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Zap!: The Rise and Fall of Atari
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3.30 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Attack of the Flickering Skeletons: More Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of
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4.24 avg rating — 199 ratings
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The First Quarter: A 25-Year History of Video Games
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4.23 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library, 1985–1995
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4.47 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Game Machines: Consoles, Handhelds & Home Computers 1972–2005
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4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Classic Video Games: The Golden Age, 1971-1984
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3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Push Start: The Art of Video Games
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4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide
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3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Good Nintentions: A 30th Anniversary Tribute to the Nintendo Entertainment System
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4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Classic Home Video Games, 1989-1990: A Complete Guide to Sega Genesis, Neo Geo and TurboGrafx-16 Games
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3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System
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4.34 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Super Mario History
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4.28 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in Pixels
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4.06 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels 2
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4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Artificial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society
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3.78 avg rating — 138 ratings
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A Newborn Business: Esports
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4.29 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Inside Video Game Creation: Development Experts Share Their Stories
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Extra Life: Coming Of Age In Cyberspace
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry
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4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games
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4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play
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3.69 avg rating — 138 ratings
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The Secret History of Mac Gaming: Expanded Edition
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4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Stay Awhile and Listen: Book II - Heaven, Hell, and Secret Cow Levels
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4.04 avg rating — 160 ratings
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NBA Jam (Boss Fight Books Book 21)
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4.34 avg rating — 313 ratings
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BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development
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4.32 avg rating — 88 ratings
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50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon
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4.65 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Doing Recent History: On Privacy, Copyright, Video Games, Institutional Review Boards, Activist Scholarship, and History That Talks Back
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4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Stay Awhile and Listen : How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire
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3.81 avg rating — 624 ratings
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Shovel Knight (Boss Fight Books #19)
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3.91 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
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3.60 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
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The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
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4.05 avg rating — 1,278 ratings
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Further Explorations: 50 Years of Text Games
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4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Before the Crash: Early Video Game History
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3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games
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3.80 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Final Fantasy V (Boss Fight Books, #18)
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4.19 avg rating — 344 ratings
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Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers
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4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Fuck Yeah, Video Games: The Life and Extra Lives of a Professional Nerd
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4.49 avg rating — 687 ratings
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A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players
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3.50 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Mega Man 3 (Boss Fight Books, #14)
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3.68 avg rating — 201 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 1: 1966-1979
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4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Codename Revolution: The Nintendo Wii Platform
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3.23 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Spelunky (Boss Fight Books, #11)
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4.44 avg rating — 1,702 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 2: 1980
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4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 3: 1981
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4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 6: 1984
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4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Awesome Minds: Video Game Creators: An Entertaining History about the Creation of Video Games. Educational and Entertaining
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4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Bible Adventures (Boss Fight Books, #7)
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4.09 avg rating — 335 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 4: 1982
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4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings
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ZZT (Boss Fight Books, #3)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie
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3.84 avg rating — 217 ratings
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Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming [2 volumes]
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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Digital Antiquarian Volume 5: 1983
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4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Commodorkier - New Tales from an Old Dork
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3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Super Mario Bros. 2 (Boss Fight Books, #6)
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3.52 avg rating — 388 ratings
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