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Jacked : The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner (2012, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons Canada, The Limited, John

ISBN-100470936371

ISBN-139780470936375

eBay Product ID (ePID)114192085

Product Key Features

Book TitleJacked : the Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicVideo & Electronic

GenreGames & Activities

AuthorDavid Kushner

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-043336

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal794.80922

SynopsisInside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft Auto Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest and most controversial videogame franchises of all time. Since its first release in 1997, GTA has pioneered the use of everything from 3D graphics to the voices of top Hollywood actors and repeatedly transformed the world of gaming. Despite its incredible innovations in the $75 billion game industry, it has also been a lightning rod of debate, spawning accusations of ethnic and sexual discrimination, glamorizing violence, and inciting real-life crimes. Jacked tells the turbulent and mostly unknown story of GTA 's wildly ambitious creators, Rockstar Games, the invention and evolution of the franchise, and the cultural and political backlash it has provoked. Explains how British prep school brothers Sam and Dan Houser took their dream of fame, fortune, and the glamor of American pop culture and transformed it into a worldwide videogame blockbuster Written by David Kushner, author of Masters of Doom and a top journalist on gaming, and drawn from over ten years of interviews and research, including firsthand knowledge of Grand Theft Auto 's creators and detractors Offers inside details on key episodes in the development of the series, including the financial turmoil of Rockstar games, the infamous ""Hot Coffee"" sex mini-game incident, and more Whether you love Grand Theft Auto or hate it, or just want to understand the defining entertainment product of a generation, you'll want to read Jacked and get the real story behind this boundary-pushing game., Inside the making of the multibillion dollar Grand Theft Auto videogame empire Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest and most controversial videogame franchises of all time.

LC Classification NumberGV1469.35.G738K87