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The awesome inner workings of video games / Arie Kaplan.

by Kaplan, Arie.

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Video games -- Juvenile literature.

Video games -- Design -- Juvenile literature.

Shockzone. Games and gamers.

9781467712507 (lib. bdg.)

32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes biographical references (p. 30) and index.

Under the hood -- The brains of the operation -- A software kernel that really pops! -- Writing the code -- Revving up the game engine -- Where games live -- A great memory -- From console to TV -- Pushing the game's buttons -- Tapped out -- A player in motion -- Breakthroughs in game technology.

With astounding graphics, intense colour, alternative worlds, and online play, the world of video games is an amazing place. But how do all of those things happen? What makes that hardware work? And how does all of that technology come together to make video games as cool as they can be?.

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