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The Witch Port Video Game: The Witch Port, #1
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Fuck Yeah, Video Games: The Life and Extra Lives of a Professional Nerd
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Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative
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One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games
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Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
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Composing Music for Games: The Art, Technology and Business of Video Game Scoring
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The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies
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