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Boss Fight Books, the Glossary

Boss Fight Books is a Los Angeles-based book publisher and its eponymous series of books about video games.^[1]

95 relations: Animal Crossing (video game), Anna Anthropy, Aramis, or the Love of Technology, Ashly Burch, Axios (website), Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Baltimore City Paper, Bible Adventures, Brooklyn Magazine, BuzzFeed, Chrono Trigger, Contra (video game), Cox Enterprises, Darius Kazemi, Day of the Tentacle, Derek Yu, Dungeons & Dragons, EarthBound, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Financial Post, Galaga, Game creation system, Game Developer (website), Gamer Network, GameSpot, GameTrailers, Gender representation in video games, Genre fiction, GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game), Gordon Lish, Grant Morrison, Harvest Moon (video game), Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, History of Eastern role-playing video games, Jagged Alliance 2, Jet Set Radio, Joystiq, Katamari Damacy, Ken Baumann, Kickstarter, Kill Screen, Kingdom Hearts II, LGBT themes in video games, Literary fiction, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Review of Books, Matt Bell (author), Matthew Berry, Mega Man 3, ... Expand index (45 more) »
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Publishing companies established in 2013

Animal Crossing (video game)

Animal Crossing, stylized as Welcome to Animal Crossing, and known in Japan as is a 2001 social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.

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Anna Anthropy

Anna Anthropy is an American video game designer, role-playing game designer, and interactive fiction author whose works include Mighty Jill Off and Dys4ia.

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Aramis, or the Love of Technology

Aramis, or the Love of Technology was written by French sociologist/anthropologist Bruno Latour.

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Ashly Burch

Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990) is an American Emmy-winning writer, television actress, director, voice actress, and singer.

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Axios (website)

Axios (stylized as ΛXIOS) is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia.

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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Interplay Entertainment.

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Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore City Paper was a free alternative weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, founded in 1977 by Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch.

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Bible Adventures

Bible Adventures is a Christian video game by Wisdom Tree first released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1995.

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Brooklyn Magazine is an online news magazine, focusing on "New York’s most populous borough through the lens of culture, community, commerce, arts and leisure." The company was bought by Michael Bassik and the website was launched in December 2020.

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BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media.

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Chrono Trigger

is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square.

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Contra (video game)

is a run and gun video game developed and published by Konami, originally developed as a coin-operated arcade video game in 1986 and released on February 20, 1987.

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Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises, Inc., is an American privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately 55,000 employees and $21 billion in total revenue.

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Darius Kazemi

Darius Kazemi (born 1983) is an American computer programmer and artist.

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Day of the Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts.

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Derek Yu

Derek Yu is an American independent video game designer, video game artist, and blogger.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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EarthBound

EarthBound, released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Ape Inc. and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Final Fantasy V

is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992.

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Final Fantasy VI

also known as Final Fantasy III from its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Financial Post

The Financial Post is a financial news website, and business section of the National Post, both publications of the Postmedia Network.

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Galaga

is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco.

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Game creation system

A game creation system (GCS) is a consumer-targeted game engine and a set of specialized design tools, and sometimes also a light scripting language, engineered for the rapid iteration of user-derived video games.

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Game Developer (website)

Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.

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Gamer Network

Gamer Network Limited (formerly Eurogamer Network Limited) is a British digital media company based in Brighton.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GameTrailers

GameTrailers (GT) was an American video gaming website created by Geoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002.

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Gender representation in video games

The portrayal of gender in video games, as in other media, is a subject of research in gender studies and is discussed in the context of sexism in video gaming.

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Genre fiction

Genre fiction, also known as formula fiction or popular fiction, is a term used in the book-trade for fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre.

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GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)

GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

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Gordon Lish

Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934) is an American writer.

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Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer.

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Harvest Moon (video game)

Harvest Moon, known in Japan as, is a farm simulation role-playing video game developed by Amccus for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? (HAWP) is an independently produced series of sketch comedy videos created by siblings Anthony Burch and Ashly Burch.

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History of Eastern role-playing video games

While the early history and distinctive traits of role-playing video games (RPGs) in East Asia have come from Japan, many video games have also arisen in China, developed in South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Jagged Alliance 2

Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical role-playing game released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and later ported to Linux by Tribsoft.

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Jet Set Radio

(originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio) is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.

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Joystiq

Joystiq was a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs, now owned by AOL.

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Katamari Damacy

() is a third-person puzzle-action video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2.

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Ken Baumann

Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann (born August 8, 1989) is a former American actor, writer, publisher, and book designer.

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Kickstarter

Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity.

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Kill Screen

Kill Screen is an online magazine founded in 2009 by Jamin Warren and Chris Dahlen and owned by Kill Screen Media, Inc. Boss Fight Books and Kill Screen are Kickstarter-funded publications.

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Kingdom Hearts II

Kingdom Hearts II is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console.

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LGBT themes in video games

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) characters have been depicted in video games since the 1980s.

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Literary fiction

Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction, serious fiction, high literature, artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, are labels that, in the book trade, refer to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction); or, otherwise, refer to novels that are character-driven rather than plot-driven, examine the human condition, use language in an experimental or poetic fashion, or are simply considered serious art.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Review of Books

The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes.

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Matt Bell (born August 23, 1980) is an American writer.

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Matthew Berry

Matthew J. Berry (born December 29, 1969) is an American writer, columnist, fantasy sports analyst, and television personality.

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Mega Man 3

Mega Man 3 (stylized as Mega Man III) is a 1990 action-platform game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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is an action-adventure stealth video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1998.

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Michael Kimball

Michael Kimball (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist.

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Minesweeper (video game)

Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers.

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Nathan Rabin

Nathan Rabin is an American film and music critic.

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NBA Jam (1993 video game)

NBA Jam is a basketball video game developed and published by Midway for arcades in 1993.

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Nintendo DS

The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005.

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Nintendo Power

Nintendo Power was a former video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America.

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One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age.

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PaRappa the Rapper

is a rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997.

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Paste (magazine)

Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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Pikmin (video game)

is a 2001 real-time strategy puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.

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Pilgrim in the Microworld

Pilgrim in the Microworld is an analysis book on arcade game Breakout by David Sudnow. Boss Fight Books and Pilgrim in the Microworld are books about video games.

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Platform evangelism

Platform evangelism (also called developer relations, developer and platform evangelism, developer advocacy, or API evangelism) is the application of technology evangelism to a multi-sided platform.

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Player character

A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game.

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Polygon (website)

Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.

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Postal (video game)

Postal is a 1997 isometric top-down shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games.

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Rachel B. Glaser

Rachel B. Glaser is an American poet, novelist and short story writer.

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Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games.

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Resident Evil (1996 video game)

Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation.

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Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.

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Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight is a platform video game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.

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Silent Hill 2

is a 2001 survival horror game developed by Team Silent, a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and published by Konami.

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Soft & Cuddly

Soft & Cuddly is a horror action-adventure game released for the ZX Spectrum home computer.

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Source code

In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.

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Spelunky

Spelunky is a 2008 source-available 2D platform game created by independent developer Derek Yu and released as freeware for Microsoft Windows.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (often abbreviated KOTOR or KotOR) is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts.

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Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is a 1996 role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.

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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

is a 2000 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

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The Rumpus

The Rumpus is an online literary magazine founded by Stephen Elliott, and launched on January 20, 2009.

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A tool-assisted speedrun or tool-assisted superplay (TAS) is generally defined as a speedrun or playthrough composed of precise inputs recorded with tools such as video game emulators.

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Totally Dublin

Totally Dublin is a free monthly magazine, distributed in Dublin, Ireland.

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User-generated content

User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is generally any form of content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testimonials, and software (e.g. video game mods), that has been posted by users on online content aggregation platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment.

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ZZT

ZZT is a 1991 action-adventure puzzle video game and game creation system developed and published by Potomac Computer Systems for MS-DOS.

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1Up Network

1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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2D computer graphics

2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them.

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33⅓

(Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books, each about a single music album.

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3D computer graphics

3D computer graphics, sometimes called CGI, 3-D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering digital images, usually 2D images but sometimes 3D images.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Fight_Books

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Kickstarter-funded publications

Publishing companies established in 2013

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