Looking for the best Gaming books? Browse our list to find excellent book recommendations on the subject.
- Gaming Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells) (2017)
- Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (2018)
- Game On! 2019: All the Best Games: Awesome Facts and Coolest Secrets (2018)
- Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture (2013)
- OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions (2016)
- A Gamers Guide To Building A Gaming Computer (2015)
- Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Contra and Other Konami Classics (2017)
- How to Build a Computer: The Best Beginner’s Guide to Building Your Own PC From Scratch! (2018)
- Audit and Accounting Guide: Gaming 2018 (2018)
- Guinness World Records 2018 Gamer’s Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Gaming Records (Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition) (2017)
- The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution (2017)
- High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty (2008)
- Gaming the Vote (2009)
Gaming Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells) (2017)
Gaming Law in a Nutshell discusses all aspects of gambling law, and on all levels: federal, state, tribal, local and international. It covers all forms of gaming, legal and illegal, from traditional casinos and lotteries to internet poker and e-sports, pari-mutuel betting to daily fantasy sports and social media games.
Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (2018)
From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression.
Game On! 2019: All the Best Games: Awesome Facts and Coolest Secrets (2018)
Get ready for another awesome year of gaming with this ultimate guide to the best games, including a definitive list of the biggest games of the past year and the new ones coming in 2019. Featuring Five Nights at Freddy’s and Hello Neighbor!Game On!
Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture (2013)
Professional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them.
OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions (2016)
OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary players such as Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag, the biggest eSports personality on ea…
A Gamers Guide To Building A Gaming Computer (2015)
If you want a book that’s easy to follow and will show you how to build a gaming computer from start to finish, then this is the one for you. This book is written in an ‘easy to understand’ manner that will take you through all computer parts individually to help you choose each computer component.
Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Contra and Other Konami Classics (2017)
UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORIZED. Let’s attack aggressively! Contra and Other Konami Classics, brought to you by long-standing retro video game website Hardcore Gaming 101, includes a complete rundown of all of the games in Konami’s classic Contra series, ranging from its arcade and NES roots, to its modern day mobile incarnations.
How to Build a Computer: The Best Beginner’s Guide to Building Your Own PC From Scratch! (2018)
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Audit and Accounting Guide: Gaming 2018 (2018)
Most of the accounting and financial reporting practices of entities undertaking gaming or gaming-related activities (collectively referred to as “gaming entities”) are essentially the same as those of other industries. However, some activities of gaming entities are unique.
Guinness World Records 2018 Gamer’s Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Gaming Records (Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition) (2017)
From the global authority in record-breaking comes the 11th edition of the world’s best-selling videogames annual. Packed with the latest records, coolest stars and the biggest games, the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition is the go-to bible for every gaming fan.
The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution (2017)
Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful, omnipresent artform and business. Hennessey provides readers with everything they need to know about video games–from their early beginnings during World War II to the emergence of arcade games in the 1970s to the rise of Nintendo to today’s app-based games like Angry Birds and Pokemon Go.
High Stakes: Florida Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty (2008)
In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in North America. At the time, their annual budget stood at less than $2 million. By 2006, net income from gaming had surpassed $600 million. This dramatic shift from poverty to relative economic security has created tangible benefits for tribal citizens, including employment, universal health insurance, and social services.
Gaming the Vote (2009)
At least five U.S. presidential elections have been won by the second most popular candidate, but these results were not inevitable.
Best Gaming Books Worth Your Attention
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Ethics of Computer Gaming: A Groundwork
Author(s): Samuel Ulbricht
ID: 3179067, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2022, Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
Simulation and Gaming for Social Design
Author(s): Toshiyuki Kaneda, Ryoju Hamada, Terukazu Kumazawa
ID: 3180601, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2022, Size: 11 Mb, Format: pdf
The Essential Guide to the Business & Law of Esports & Professional Video Gaming
Author(s): Justin Jacobson
ID: 2927104, Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2021, Size: 59 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are absolutely hot items according to Los Angeles Times, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.