Game Night! Books and Movies about Games

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Reality Is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World By McGonigal, Jane (Book - 2011) 306.487 M and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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Play How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul By Brown, Stuart L. (Book - 2009) 155 B and more… All copies in use Availability details Holds: 5

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All your Base Are Belong to Us How 50 Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture By Goldberg, Harold (Book - 2011) 794.8 G and more… Available to borrow in some locations Holds: 1

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Extra Lives Why Video Games Matter By Bissell, Tom (Book - 2010) 794.8 B and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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E-athletes (DVD - 2008) DVD 794.82 E and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Documentary about professional video gamers.

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Video Games Behind the Fun (DVD - 2007, c2000) DVD 793.932 V and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:History of video games up to the first years of this century.

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (DVD - 2010) DVD MOVIE S and more… Available to borrow in some locations Holds: 1

Annotation:Bass player Scott Pilgrim uses video game battle tactics to defeat his new crush Ramona's seven evil exes in this film based on the graphic novel series.

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Tron (DVD - 2011) DVD MOVIE T and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Originally released in 1982. A video game designer finds himself inside the game he's designing.

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Wargames (DVD - 2008?) DVD MOVIE W All copies in use Availability details Holds: 1

Annotation:Teenage hacker may breaks into the Department of Defense computer system in search of new and challenging games, but he just may have started World War III. Made in 1983.

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Brainiac Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs By Jennings, Ken, 1974- (Book - 2006) 791.4572 J and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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The Immortal Game A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces on A Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain By Shenk, David, 1966- (Book - 2006) 794.109 S and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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Bobby Fischer against the World (DVD - 2011) DVD B Fischer B and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:HBO documentary film about the life of the chess champion.

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The Chess Artist Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game By Hallman, J. C. (Book - 2003) 794.1092 H and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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The Defense A Novel By Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 (Book - 1990, c1964) FIC N and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Brilliant chess master Luzhin seeks relief from the chaos and emotions of everyday life in the orderly world of chess.

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The Luzhin Defense (DVD - 2001) DVD MOVIE L Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Film adaptation of the Nabokov novel The Defense.

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Word Freak Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble By Fatsis, Stefan (Book - 2001) All copies in use Availability details

Word Wars Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Game Circuit (DVD - 2005) DVD 793.734 W Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Documentary about the world of competitive Scrabble.

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21 (DVD - 2008) DVD MOVIE T and more… Available to borrow in some locations

Annotation:Drama about six MIT students who used card counting skills to win hundreds of thousands of dollars playing blackjack or “21” at Las Vegas casinos. Based on a true story told in Ben Mezrich’s Bringing Down the House.

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Bringing down the House The inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions By Mezrich, Ben, 1969- (Book - 2003) 364.172 M Available to borrow in some locations

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The Cincinnati Kid (DVD - 2005) DVD 792.9 C and more… All copies in use Availability details

Annotation:Drama set in New Orleans featuring a marathon poker duel between Edward G. Robinson and Steve McQueen. Made in 1965.

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The Devil's Tickets A Night of Bridge, A Fatal Hand, and A New American Age By Pomerantz, Gary M. (Book - 2009) 364.1523 P and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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The Oxford History of Board Games By Parlett, David Sidney (Book - 1999) 794.09 P and more… Available to borrow in some locations

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The Games We Played The Golden Age of Board & Table Games By Hofer, Margaret K., 1965- (Book - 2003) 794 H All copies in use Availability details Holds: 1

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The Book of Games Strategy, Tactics & History By Botermans, Jack (Book - 2008) 794 B All copies in use Availability details

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Monopoly The World's Most Famous Game-- and How It Got That Way By Orbanes, Philip (Book - 2006) 794 O Available to borrow in some locations

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Clue (DVD - 2000) DVD MOVIE C and more… All copies in use Availability details Holds: 1

Annotation:Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum and the other Clue characters come to life in this film version of the classic board game. This 1985 film received middling reviews.

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