I need some Help on a research paper about videogames

[Gzilla23]

Hey I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm doing a research paper on the history of video games and the influence it has had on pop-culture and business. If anyone knows of any good online resources to get information from or good books that are easy to find I would greatly appreciate it.

[potatobob]

The book The Ultimate History of Video Games is pretty good. It kinda has some stuff for the media like Lieberman in it and it also has basically evrything from pinball machines to gamecube in it.

[Gzilla23]

thanks for the book suggestion. Does anyone else know of another good source. I found a good article on gamespot but more help would be great.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

You must go forth and seek out the most excellent "Phoenix" by Mr. Leonard Herman. Learn it, live by it, love it.

[kevincure]

If you want the "on business" part more than the "on pop culture", check out Zap: the Rise and Fall of Atari, Game Over and Revolutionaries at Sony. The third book is a rather dry tale, translated word for word from the Japanese, but it gives you all the business info you'd want to know.

[FantasiaWHT]

If you're interested, I can email you my senior thesis on the history of music in video games as a developing art form.

[Gzilla23]

wow, thanks a lot guys. I'm going to go check those sources out. FantasiaWHT I would definately be interested in that. If music in videogames is being viewed as an art form now that is a definate influence on popular culture and you're paper would make another great resource. Thanks again everyone, I just want to make sure I put out a quality paper on the subject.

[Gzilla23]

bump.....sorry dont kill me

[Proclus]

I have written a piece entitled "Philosophico-religious musings about video games" -- you might be interested in it:

http://www.epinions.com/content_4067664004