BLOOD SWEAT AND PIXELS (VIDEO GAMES) (PB)

This book takes readers on an odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, and marketplace demands, it reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean-it's nothing short of miraculous. Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves.