Two new books that I contributed on will be published this year.
The first is Before The Crash: Early Video Game History. This is a collection of essays concerning the state of videogames before the 1983-1984 crash. It's coming out in May. $27.95
http://wsupress.wayne.edu/books/1137/Before-the-Crash
The second is the two-volume Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming. This one comes out on August 31. The price? A mere $189
http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=nsOnpwAACAAJ