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Williams, Walt, author.

Title Significant zero : heroes, villains, and the fight for art and soul in video games / Walt Williams.

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New York : Atria Books, 2017.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	794.8 WILLIAMS	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	794.8 WIL	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	794.8 WILLIAMS	Check Shelf

Edition	First Atria Books hardcover edition
Description	x, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Contents	Tutorial -- God, lies, and video games -- Breaking in -- Eat shit or die trying -- The cruel tutelage of Peter Griffin -- Enraptured -- Made men -- Lost at sea -- Significant zero -- Character flaws -- Walking the line -- We are not heroes -- Development never changes -- Airplanes -- Into darkness -- Not the fall but the stop -- Epilogue: New game plus.
Summary	"An award-winning videogame writer offers a rare behind-the-scenes look inside the gaming industry, and expands on how games are transformed from mere toys into meaningful, artistic experiences"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Williams, Walt.
	Video games industry.
	Video games -- Design.
	Violence in video games.
	Video game designers -- United States -- Biography.
	GAMES / Video & Electronic.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
	GAMES / Video & Electronic.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
	GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Electronic.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies.
Other Form:	Online version: Williams, Walt, author. Significant zero New York : Atria Books, 2017 9781501129971
ISBN	9781501129957 (hardback)
	1501129953 (hardback)

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