Michael Scott's votes on the list Books Game Designers Should Read

Listopia > Michael Scott's votes on the list Books Game Designers Should Read (27 Books)

1	Designing Virtual Worlds by Richard Bartle 4.02 avg rating — 174 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga 3.99 avg rating — 2,988 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Morphology of the Folktale by Vladimir Propp 4.01 avg rating — 2,180 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 4.13 avg rating — 44,981 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Theory Of Fun For Game Design by Ralph Koster 3.90 avg rating — 3,453 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Chris Crawford on Game Design by Chris Crawford 3.74 avg rating — 185 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Katie Salen Tekinbaş 3.99 avg rating — 1,012 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Challenges for Game Designers by Brenda Brathwaite 3.99 avg rating — 308 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Casual Game Design by Gregory Trefry 3.57 avg rating — 51 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler 4.10 avg rating — 10,372 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher W. Alexander 4.42 avg rating — 5,438 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation by Gary William Flake 4.37 avg rating — 268 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Mathematical Models in Biology (Classics in Applied Mathematics, Series Number 46) by Leah Edelstein-Keshet 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman 4.15 avg rating — 47,505 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Digital Storytelling: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment by Carolyn Handler Miller 3.41 avg rating — 90 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.10 avg rating — 97,119 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois 3.85 avg rating — 549 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Third Person: Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives by Lance Parkin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	An Introduction to Game Studies by Frans Mäyrä 3.78 avg rating — 85 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman 3.95 avg rating — 5,489 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford 3.79 avg rating — 145 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Fundamentals of Game Design by Ernest Adams 3.90 avg rating — 167 ratings Michael rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Unit Operations: An Appoach to Videogame Criticism by Ian Bogost 3.67 avg rating — 218 ratings Michael added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort 4.06 avg rating — 816 ratings Michael rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner 4.29 avg rating — 20,090 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell 4.39 avg rating — 3,404 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic by Brad King (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 395 ratings Michael added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars