Designed for computer game professionals, this textbook covers technology, content and mechanics of game design as well as the role of each member of a development team. McGuire (computer science, Williams College) and Jenkins (computer science, Brown U.) cover the programming languages, software development, artificial intelligence, low-level machine models, machine vision, graphics, networking and control systems that go into the making of commercial video games, offering interactive exercises and worksheets at the end of each chapter to reinforce these elements. A companion website contains additional worksheets and teaching materials such as syllabi, lecture presentations and assessment tools. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)