Sean Tulien

Video games evolved over decades from simple consoles to cutting-edge entertainment in homes and arcades. In the twenty-first century, they've also become some of the world's most popular apps. Find out more about the technological innovations, major players, and controversies that have made video-game history. And from the role of game cartridges to the power of the internet, learn how new inventions keep taking gaming to the next level.

There are strange doings in Village Town, what with people turning into sheep, and pigs flying, and a talking rooster with teeth, tells nine-year-old knights Thud and Blunder that an Evil Wizard is responsible--but it turns out that the rooster has an agenda of his own.

Once upon a time, three billy goats named Gruff were traveling to the hillside to snack on some green grass -- when they suddenly find themselves trapped inside a video game! The good news: the three billy goat brothers become SUPER billy goats! One becomes a Warrior, one becomes a Ninja, and one becomes a Wizard. The bad news: the green field of grass is gone -- and in its place is Hillside Castle, a dangerous dungeon filled with creepy-crawlies...

Chester Coyote is a very talented paintball player. Unfortunately, he would rather be a lone wolf than run with the pack. His team, the Wolves, is in the state paintball finals, but he isn't seeing eye-to-eye with his best friend, Cora Ramirez, the Wolves' team captain. Chester won't follow her orders, and his class-clown personality is turning the rest of the Wolves against him. If Chester doesn't decide to play well with others, he'll lose his friends...

Tres chivitos de apellido Gruff van hacia una colina en busca de hierba fresca y de pronto, ¡quedan atrapados en un videojuego! Lo bueno es que los tres hermanos ¡se convierten en SUPERchivitos! El primero se convierte en guerrero, el segundo en ninja y el tercero en mago. Lo malo es que donde estaba la colina de verdes pastos, ahora se levanta el castillo Hillside, una peligrosa mazmorra llena de espeluznantes y extran~os enemigos. ¿Podra'n los...

Simon is the neglected son of a poor woodcutter. Eliza is the bereaved Princess of a royal family. The two teens live separate lives, unaware of each other's existence -- until a wild man from the mysterious Black Forest gifts simple Simon with a magical golden goose . . .

Tossed from a wagon and raised by coyotes, Pecos Bill had a strange childhood to say the least. As he grows up, this Texas-sized cowboy wrestles with wolves, grapples with a wild mare, and rides a mountain lion without even breaking a sweat! Pecos Bill is able to tame the Wild West with ease, but soon he faces an even bigger challenge, a rampaging cyclone the likes of which no one has ever seen! Pecos Bill must try to rein this wild storm in, or it...

"Video games evolved from simple consoles to cutting-edge home entertainment to some of the world's most popular apps. Find out more about the technological innovations, major players, and controversies that have made video-game history"--