The Age of Video Games

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A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond

By Jean Zeid

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Press Start on an immersive journey revealing the pixels, polygons, and people that revolutionised entertainment forever. Join journalist Jean Zeid, artist Émilie Rouge, and their console pal Roby to learn how digital dreams built an industry now worth hundreds of billions of pounds. This engaging and... Read More

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The Age of Video Games

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Press Start on an immersive journey revealing the pixels, polygons, and people that revolutionized entertainment forever. Join journalist Jean Zeid, artist Émilie Rouge, and their console pal Roby to learn how digital dreams built an industry now worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Description

Press Start on an immersive journey revealing the pixels, polygons, and people that revolutionised entertainment forever. Join journalist Jean Zeid, artist Émilie Rouge, and their console pal Roby to learn how digital dreams built an industry now worth hundreds of billions of pounds. This engaging and comprehensive graphic novel is a knowledge power-up for hardcore gamers and curious noobs of all ages!

Time travel to pivotal moments in video game history with a wistful millennial Jean Zeid, an extremely online zoomer, Émilie Rouge, and their robot sidekick Roby in a lively, action-packed conversation all generations of gamers will enjoy. Émilie's massive portal cannon takes the team from era-to-era, lab-to-lab, revealing the real people, inventions, and breakthroughs in gaming.

Go right with them as they clear levels in 8-bit sidescrollers, combat games, simulators, multi-player RPGs, and more — but watch your step! Includes a full index and acknowledgements.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798881601539

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Contributors:

Illustrated by Rouge Emilie
Translated by Jen Vaughn

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 569g

Pages: 240

Collections

Adult Graphic Novels Computing & Technology Education & Reference Fiction Graphic Novels Jean Zeid

About the Author

Jean Zeid is a journalist, video games specialist, radio commentator and exhibition curator. A lifelong gamer, he is a particular fan of Half-Life and Assassin's Creed II.

Émilie Rouge is a cartoonist and colorist (Les Portugais and Kessel, Arènes BD). A graduate of Arts Déco in Paris and a gamer since the age of 10, she is a fan of the Fallout game series, World of Warcraft, and Guerrière Fury Kultirassienne.