All Your Base Are Belong to Us
How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
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Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon.
Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions, and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth?
Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong to Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories - and passion - behind the 21st century's fastest-growing medium.
Go inside the creation of:
- Grand Theft Auto
- World of Warcraft
- Bioshock
- King's Quest
- Bejeweled
- Madden Football
- Super Mario Brothers
- Myst
- Pong
- Donkey Kong
- Crash Bandicoot
- The 7th Guest
- Tetris
- Shadow Complex
- Everquest
- The Sims
- And many more!
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Excellent history of the JRPG genre
- De Cyrus en 08-14-23
De: Aidan Moher
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Press Reset
- Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
- De: Jason Schreier
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,329
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,148
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,145
Jason Schreier's groundbreaking reporting has earned him a place among the preeminent investigative journalists covering the world of video games. In his eagerly anticipated, deeply researched new book, Schreier trains his investigative eye on the volatility of the video game industry and the resilience of the people who work in it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Audio Quality is Inconsistent
- De Amazon Customer en 09-14-21
De: Jason Schreier
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Once upon Atari
- How I Made History by Killing an Industry
- De: Howard Scott Warshaw
- Narrado por: Howard Scott Warshaw
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Once upon Atari is an intimate view into the dramatic rise and fall of the early video game industry, and how it shaped the life of one of its key players. This book offers eye-opening details and insights delivered in a creative style that mirrors the industry it reveals. An innovative work from one of the industry’s original innovators.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De Aaron Valdes en 07-22-23
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- De: Jason Schreier
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,849
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,235
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,227
Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Behind the Scenes
- De SAMA en 11-27-17
De: Jason Schreier
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Console Wars
- Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
- De: Blake J. Harris
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 20 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,536
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,148
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,141
A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video-game industry. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video-game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But all that would change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a former Mattel executive who knew nothing about video games and everything about fighting uphill battles.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Was hoping for so much more...
- De Rob G. en 11-17-14
De: Blake J. Harris
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Prepare to Meet Thy Doom
- And More True Gaming Stories
- De: David Kushner
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 423
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 380
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 379
From Masters of Doom author David Kushner comes Prepare to Meet Thy Doom, a compilation of true gaming stories covering many facets of America's biggest entertainment business: the video game industry. In addition to more than a dozen fascinating tales of game creation, play, business, and controversy, Prepare to Meet Thy Doom follows up on Kushner's previous best seller, Masters of Doom, with a long-awaited update.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An interesting and unsorted collection
- De Greg en 11-05-15
De: David Kushner
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Fight, Magic, Items
- The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West
- De: Aidan Moher
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
The Japanese roleplaying game (JRPG) genre is one that is known for bold, unforgettable characters; rich stories; and some of the most iconic and beloved games in the industry. Inspired by early Western RPGs and introducing technology and artistic styles that pushed the boundaries of what video games could be, this genre is responsible for creating some of the most complex, bold, and beloved games in history. In Fight, Magic, Items, Aidan Moher guides listeners through the history of JRPGs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of the JRPG genre
- De Cyrus en 08-14-23
De: Aidan Moher
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Masters of Doom
- How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
- De: David Kushner
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,442
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,932
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,910
Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the most notoriously successful game franchises in history - Doom and Quake - until the games they made tore them apart. This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How it was
- De Ryan en 08-27-13
De: David Kushner
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Control Freak
- My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
- De: Cliff Bleszinski
- Narrado por: Kurt Kanazawa
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 158
Video games are dominating the planet. In 2020, they brought in $180 billion dollars globally—nearly $34 billion in the United States alone. So who are the brilliant designers who create these stunning virtual worlds? Cliff Bleszinski—or CliffyB as he is known to gamers—is one of the few who’ve reached mythical, rock-star status. In Control Freak, he gives an unvarnished, all-access tour of the business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 star book, but obnoxious
- De Rodney en 06-10-23
De: Cliff Bleszinski
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Video Game Storytelling
- What Every Developer Needs to Know About Narrative Techniques
- De: Evan Skolnick
- Narrado por: D.G. Chichester
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide to storytelling basics and how they can be applied at every stage of the development process - by all members of the team.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice but shallow
- De Amazon Customer en 01-14-22
De: Evan Skolnick
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Replay
- The History of Video Games
- De: Tristan Donovan, Richard Garriott
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong
- Duración: 15 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 787
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 713
A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book
- De Devin en 01-17-18
De: Tristan Donovan, y otros
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Doom Guy
- Life in First Person
- De: John Romero
- Narrado por: John Romero
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 349
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 294
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 294
Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intimate stories of gaming history in First Person
- De Emyli en 07-28-23
De: John Romero
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The History of the Future
- Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
- De: Blake J. Harris
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 17 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 872
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 765
From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster films like The Matrix, virtual reality has long been hailed as the ultimate technology. But outside of a few research labs and military training facilities, this tantalizing vision of the future was nothing but science fiction. Until 2012, when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey - then just a rebellious teenage dreamer living alone in a camper trailer - invents a device that has the potential to change everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic book
- De Rodney en 04-01-19
De: Blake J. Harris
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre All Your Base Are Belong to Us
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- Steve K
- 07-22-23
Great listen for those interested in the stories behind the greatest innovations in gaming
Well put together story although I would’ve liked more chapters for some of the larger companies that have changed so much. Also like everyone was saying that narrator is very slow but I listened in 1.1x speed and didn’t even notice, other than that it was a good performance!
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- Michael H Lameyer
- 10-08-24
Very good history and stories of the video games.
Little slow for me before and during the Atari generation, but after that very good and interesting stories.
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- Donald Dickinson
- 05-28-15
good history
great history of gaming.. hang in there through the old 70s stuff that has been told dozens of times the views on modern gaming are superb . nice transitions and even an opinion of where games can go.. (an opinion I agree with)
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- Joe Quinn
- 04-17-17
All your base are belong to us is awwsome
A very well thought out book. Foes into sextreme detail of the motives and key players of gaming history.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-26-21
A fun listen, but drops towards the end
The book is pretty entertaining to listen to, but the last quarter feels opinionated, incorrect, and rushed. It also dates itself with such opinions and makes a failed attempt to forcast success. There is also little mention of Id software and epic games engine technology and the modding scene they helped create, before the Indie boom. Overall I enjoyed most of it and recommend.
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- Kristi
- 02-21-17
Some noticable flaws and incorrect information.
Pretty good but got noticable things wrong including calling the twisted metal clown calypso in stead of Sweet Tooth which is the characters name. Also it states that from the get go the Xbox 360 had simple wifi connection when in reality, the first generation required a separate add on to access wifi. The last issue was small but he mistook the name of South Park's character Kyle for Lyle. Proofreading is important.
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Michal Kreitler
- 06-03-17
Very low quality recording
Could hardly listen due to low quality. Ruined the whole experience for me. I wish it was available in higher quality.
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- MrTtype
- 02-12-20
Great book
Well worth a listen. You can tell a lot of research went into this, like tidbits of information only a conversation with the people mentioned can bring forth. Covers enough ground that you're sure to learn something interesting no matter how much you already know. Hints & Tips - I sped it up to 1.25 speed. Caveat - Spoiler alerts. If like me you haven't yet played Final Fantasy 7, you might want to skip that part. There were others.
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- R2D2
- 06-30-22
Great for anyone who cares about games
I bought this awhile ago but while it seemed like it would be interesting, I find myself wondering what took me so long to start it. I have been involved with Video games for over 30, and have even worked for a few publishers. while I thought I knew most of the inside stories this book took it to the next level and dove into the stories of how the ideas came to fruition and the back stories from the amazing minds that helped change the industry. I loved this book, and hope there will be a update for the last decade of changes
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- K. Rosman
- 09-09-16
Won't be for everyone
Pretty inside baseball of Gaming industry but since I have been there for everything mentioned in the book it was cool for the extra details
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