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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry." -- Provided by publisher.
2) No way out
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"Ellie Bowman barely remembers the incident that put her into a coma. When she awoke, filled with unease, all she knew for certain was that her boyfriend, Rick, was missing. She knew she needed to get away from her old life and recover in safety. Ellie starts over in rural Missouri, working from her cottage and trusting no one except her business partner. But when Ellie hears that Rick has resurfaced, her nightmares return, and with them, small snippets...
3) Tiger rock
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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"After a session in the VR Booth at the Mega Pizzaplex, Kai can't shake the feeling that the tiger animatronic somehow has stayed with him... A new attraction at the Mega Pizzaplex leaves Kane's mind full of intrusive thoughts not his own... And Danny's idea to get the attention of his high school crush comes with unimaginable consequences... In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, truth is often scarier than fiction..."-- Provided by publishing....
4) Shadow ridge
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"Echo Valley, Colorado, is a place where the natural beauty of a stunning river valley meets a budding hipster urbanity. But when an internet stalker is revealed to be a cold-blooded killer in real life the peaceful community is rocked to its core. It should have been an open-and-shut case: the suicide of Tye Horton, the designer of a cutting-edge video game. But Detective Jo Wyatt is immediately suspicious of Quinn Kirkwood, who reported the death....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Have you ever experienced a gut feeling that told you something was wrong? . . . Caden senses the underwater animatronics in Freddy's Fantasy Water Park have a mind of their own. Robbie knows deep down that the minds of the members of the Fazbear Fan Club have been taken over by something. And Abe can't shake the feeling that the animatronic assistants in his Fazplex Tower apartment are hiding things from him. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's,...
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You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet - hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn - but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.
Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry...
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Sloane Cooper is up for her dream job as a designer for a top video game company. During the interview, though, she somehow promises the all-male panel that she’ll remain single and fully dedicated to the work. It’s actually fine—after her last boyfriend cheated on her, she vowed to focus on her career anyway. Enter Charlie, aka Hot Neighbor Guy, a near-stranger who shocks her with the offer of an all-inclusive trip to a Turks and Caicos resort....
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"John Romero, gaming's original rock star, is the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3-D, some of the biggest video games of all time. Considered the godfather of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he holds a unique place in gaming history. In DOOM Guy: Life in First Person, Romero chronicles, for the first time, his difficult childhood and storied career, beginning with his early days submitting...
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2024.
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"Natalie Parker is in her mid-thirties, divorced, and firmly focused on her newly resurrected career and her two children. When her sister asks her to help design the backyard in the new home she shares with her boyfriend Linc, Natalie's more than happy to take on the project. What she isn't prepared for is Linc's younger brother, video game designer Eugene Kennedy. He's smart, incredibly good-looking, and constantly flirts with Natalie. He's also...
10) B7-2
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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How do you know what's imagined and what is not? After spending most of his life trying to become an animatronic, Billy wakes up in the hospital to an entirely new reality. Travis can't shake the feeling that something eerily familiar is haunting him. And nightmares make Rory's days and nights blend together until it's hard to tell what's what. This collection of terrifying tales is enough to rattle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans....
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RP Teens, of Perseus Book, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Discover the women behind the video games we love--from the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. From classic games like Centipede and Solitaire to popular modern games like Final Fantasy, Uncharted, and Halo, this book explores the work and history of 25 influential women in the video game industry and how their contributions ultimately built and transformed...
12) Nexie
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"A revealing guide to a career as a video game designer written by acclaimed journalist Daniel Noah Halpern and based on the real-life experiences of legendary designer Tom Cadwell of Riot Games-required reading for anyone considering a path to this profession"--
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Rare Bird Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"The Gamesmaster is a narrative memoir chronicling the life and career of Flint Dille. And while he isn't exactly a household name, you almost certainly know his work-which includes credits from some of the most important and successful entertainment franchises throughout the world across the cartoon, film, video game, and comic book industries and beyond. Dille started his career writing and producing Saturday morning television shows, including...
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A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"This engaging picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry. Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer-a professional tinkerer! In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Eliza Bright was living the dream as an elite video game coder at Fancy Dog Games when her private life suddenly became public. But is Eliza Bright a brilliant, self-taught coder bravely calling out the toxic masculinity and chauvinism that pervades her workplace and industry? Or, is Eliza Bright a woman who needs to be destroyed to protect "the sanctity of gaming culture"? It depends on who you ask... When Eliza reports an incident of workplace...