{"product_id":"the-minds-behind-sports-games-9781476679334","title":"The Minds Behind Sports Games","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Featuring interviews with the creators of 35 popular video games--including \u003ci\u003eJohn Madden Football, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, WCW\/nWo Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRBI Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of some of the most influential and iconic (and sometimes forgotten) sports video games of all time. Recounting endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers and the uncertainties of public reception, the interviewees reveal the creative processes that produced some of gaming''s classic titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolute BODY SLAM! You MUST read these stories. Patrick has done it again, and somehow...keeps getting better.\"—Stephen Fontana, \u003ci\u003eDuel Screens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"FINALLY! Patrick Hickey Jr. shines a powerful and much-needed light on the actual human beings who struggled and sacrificed to give the world its favorite video games and cherished childhood memories. \u003ci\u003eThe Minds Behind the Games\u003c\/i\u003e series is a heartfelt but honest love letter to the forgotten and until now never told stories of the passionate people behind the pixels. Only Patrick has the combination of journalistic talent, integrity, and affection for the subject matter to accomplish what has been admiringly and very gratefully achieved here.\"—Dave Wishnowski, creator, \u003ci\u003ePro Wrestling X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By conducting interviews with programmers and putting the games they created in context of both the industry and the zeitgeist at large, Patrick Hickey is uncovering stories that are not only fun to read, but also important for gaming historians and anyone interested in the fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of popular culture.\"—Brett Weiss, author of the \u003ci\u003eClassic Home Video Games\u003c\/i\u003e series and \u003ci\u003eThe 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was skeptical of anyone's interest in my relic information about game development in the 90s. Slowly I was drawn to the light of Patrick Hickey, Jr.'s amazing talents and desire to find out what this era of game development was really like. I trust that his journalistic ethics and video game passion allow him no other choice but to tell the truth\"—Barbara Michalec, former Blue Sky Software Programmer, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid, Ren and Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld Series Baseball '95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Michael Brook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAaron Cammarata, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3: Simply the Best, Better Than All the Rest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Salwitz, Rob Rowe and Don Traeger, 720: Build It and They Will Come\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon Goddard, Transworld Surf: Third Time's a Charm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePascal Sahuc and Nick Doran, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer: Making Waves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Edmondson, Destruction Derby: Have Your Cake and Break Stuff, Too\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJon Spencer, SSX: Big Delays, Big Thrills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark McArthur, Links 2004: Xbox's Hole in One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen Chaplin, Virtual Pool: Calling All the Shots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlan O'Brien, Ten Pin Alley: A Turkey for Its Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenjamin Johnson, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis: The Little Experimental Project That Could\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanders Keel, Pride FC: Fighting Championships: A Sleeper ­Tap-Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Lemcke, Super Blood Hockey: An Indie ­Hip-Check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCraig Broadbooks, NHL FaceOff '98: You're Beautiful, It's True\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Mendheim and Sam Nelson, Mutant League Hockey: When Glenda Shaved the Ice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClint Forward, NHL 2K: Sega's Black Box Special\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Flitman, WWF Royal Rumble: The Original ­Six-Pack Wrestling Challenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Flitman, WWE RAW: From Royal to Mega\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJustin W. Withers, Showdown: Legends of Wrestling: A ­Semi-Charmed Kind of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanders Keel, WCW\/nWo Revenge: Just Too Sweet, ­4-Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Rubinelli, Toughman Contest: Butterbean's Brawling Bonanza\u003cbr\u003eDan Kitchen, Boxing Fever: A Forgotten ­First-Person Knockout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChris Razmovski, Boxing Champs: An Uppercut from Mobile Phones to Mobile Consoles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKevin Sheller, NBA Inside Drive 2000: Codename Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJules Burt and Perry Rodgers, NBA ShootOut: A \"Total\" NBA Experience\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Brook, NBA Action '95: Air ­Brook-Ziomkowski Ready for Takeoff\u003cbr\u003eDon Traeger and Carl Mey, Lakers Versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs: Exchangeable Heads and the Birth of EA Sports\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Flitman, MLB Slugfest ­20-03: No Arcade? No Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddie Dombrower, Earl Weaver Baseball: EA's First Triple Play\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Lipson, RBI Baseball: The Silicon Valley Survivors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJules Burt, FIFA International Soccer: From the Beach to the Pitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Salwitz, Cyberball: The Lost Summer and Atari's Explosive Gridiron Experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Flitman, NFL Blitz ­20-02: It's Too Late Baby, But Still Damn Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Brook, NFL '95: Jay's Fridge Strikes Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCam Weber, NCAA Football 2014: Goodnight EA's Football Prince\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Brook and Don Traeger, John Madden Football: How EA Got in the Game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword by Sanders Keel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040466534743,"sku":"9781476679334","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-minds-behind-sports-games-9781476679334","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}