Books and must reads

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Permalink Reply by Finnur Magnusson on May 10, 2009 at 10:39pm

My Gaming related delicious links http://delicious.com/gommit/gaming

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Permalink Reply by Finnur Magnusson on May 11, 2009 at 3:18pm

Got this link with a list of 50 gaming titles
http://www.edge-online.com/features/50-books-for-everyone-in-game-i...

Have you read any of those and which ones would you recommend?

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Permalink Reply by Kristján Friðbertsson on August 15, 2009 at 7:26pm

Came across a book that seem interesting. Anyone here familiar with it or have any comments - for instance if you know of specific books covering a similar area that you have found extremely good and would perhaps recommend instead?
[ The Amazon reviews are somewhat lacking... ;) ]

Beyond Game Design: Nine Steps Towards Creating Better Videogames

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Permalink Reply by Snorri Páll Haraldsson on September 27, 2009 at 1:16pm

For those interested in game music / sound design.This book, The Complete Guide to Game Audio, is a good read.

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Permalink Reply by Arelíus Sveinn Arelíusarson on October 27, 2009 at 8:11am

http://www.costik.com/nowords2002.pdf

Probably one of the best essays on the elusive "what is a game?" question, written by Greg Costikyan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Costikyan

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Permalink Reply by Steingrímur Jónsson on November 6, 2009 at 12:23am

Here's a very good look at the original Super Mario Bros'. first level, and thoughts on level design in general.

level design lesson: to the right, hold on tight

Of all the material I've read on the subject this little article tought me the most.

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