{"product_id":"gamers-ghosts-in-the-machine-9781068231445","title":"Gamers: Ghosts in the Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twenty ghosts in the machine who created the biggest entertainment industry the world has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells their remarkable stories in their own words for the very first time, embracing genius, love, loss, addiction, murder, suicide, and a whole lot of fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by the founder of the British computer games industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCroucher, Mel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mel Croucher is the acknowledged founder of the British computer games industry. Originally an architect, he moved into gaming \"as a deep fake to force my music on the public.\" Three-time winner of the Game Of The Year Award, he pioneered radio broadcasts of computer software, geocache gaming, in-game voice artists, interactive soap opera, real-world adventure quests, adware product placement, the first computer-generated movie, the first AI virtual companion and the first million-user viral marketing campaign. He is the author of text books, technical manuals, fiction and non-fiction, and more than a thousand of his columns, investigations and cartoon strips have appeared in print over six decades.","brand":"Extremis Publishing Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52058022150418,"sku":"9781068231445","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df10a09f-39bf-4dbb-a83a-69495055e3cf.jpg?v=1772021027","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gamers-ghosts-in-the-machine-9781068231445","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}