"Delve into the hidden backstories and fascinating facts about your favorite pastimes with this vibrantly illustrated history from Russ Frushtick and Sonny Ross. Inside you'll find 80+ entertaining entries spread across chapters on board games, toys, video games, theme parks, sports, stunts, festivals, dressing up, and roadside attractions. Behold the weird and wonderful things people have invented to have a blast, from chess and Nintendo to Drag Queen Story Hour and Burning Man."-- Page 4 of cover.
"Delve into the hidden backstories and fascinating facts about your favorite pastimes with this vibrantly illustrated history from Russ Frushtick and Sonny Ross. Inside you'll find 80+ entertaining entries spread across chapters on board games, toys, video games, theme parks, sports, stunts, festivals, dressing up, and roadside attractions. Behold the weird and wonderful things people have invented to have a blast, from chess and Nintendo to Drag Queen Story Hour and Burning Man."-- Page 4 of cover.
Russ Frushtick is the co-founder of Vox Media's games vertical Polygon. He has covered video games and technology for over a decade, writing for The New York Times, Edge Magazine and The Verge. Sonny Ross is a freelance Illustrator based in the UK whose clients include The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Google, Polygon, and many others.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents: Foreword by Justin McElroy Introduction: Welcome to the History of Fun BOARD GAMES * Excavating the Oldest Board Games * Go and Chess * Monopoly * The Great Monopoly Heist * Dungeons & Dragons * Silly Creatures in D&D History * Catan * Catain Starting to Feel Stale? TOYS * Ancient Toys * Mini-Knights * How Dolls Evolved from Corn * China Dolls * The Rise of Barbie * Barbie Takes Off * Rubik’s Cube * The Slinky * Early Building Blocks * Hello LEGO * From Teddy Bears to Beanie Babies * Water Guns * Toy Robots * Uh-oh, they’re getting smarter . . . * The Furby Phenomenon VIDEO GAMES * How Nuclear Power and Tennis Launched the Video Game Empire * The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 * Nintendo to the Rescue * The ’90s Console Wars * GoldenEye’s Hospital Visit * How World of Warcraft Prepared Us for a Pandemic * Unexpected Pokémon Go Consequences * The Birth of Game Streaming * The Secrets of Video Game Development THEME PARKS * The World’s Oldest Amusement Park * The First Roller Coasters * The Early Days of Coney Island * Luna Park and the Cyclone * Disneyland’s Opening Day Disaster * The Republic of Children * Sanrio Puroland * Soviet Bunker Park * The Park Built in a Nuclear Power Plant SPORTS * The Gladiatorial Games * Medieval Jousts * Sumo Wrestling * The Life of a Sumo Wrestler * Origins of Soccer * Cheese Rolling * Lucha Libre * Kaiju Big Battel * Swedish Bunny Hopping * The Windsor Pumpkin Regatta STUNTS * The Birth of the Daredevil * Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape * The Uninsurable Man: Evel Knievel * Robbie Knievel Jumps the Grand Canyon * Early Skydiving * Skydiving from the Stratosphere * The Father of Movie Stunts: Buster Keaton * Helen Gibson * Annie Edson Taylor * Jackie Chan Shouldn’t Be Alive FESTIVALS * The Day of the Dead * La Tomatina * Behold Spain’s Baby-Jumping Festival * The Origins of Carnival * Carnivals around the World * St. Patrick’s Day * Holi Festival * Chau Bun Festival * Krampusnacht * Icelandic Christmas * Finding a Home for Woodstock * Burning Man DRESSING UP * Deadly Masquerade Balls? * Clowns versus Kings: A Battle for the Ages * Gone Guising for Halloween * Halloween Trends in North America * A Very Wet Ren Faire * The Three Types of War Reenactors * Cosplay * The Greatest Cosplay Crossovers * The Origins of Drag * It’s Time for Drag Queen Story Hour ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS * Lucy the Elephant: A Roadside Behemoth * The Smallest House in Great Britain * The Cabazon Dinosaurs * The Mystery Hole: West Virginia * The Icelandic Phallological Museum * The Hair Museum of Avanos * The Thing: Arizona * Nagoro Village * The House on the Rock * Official Center of the World: California Index Acknowledgments About the Author/About the Illustrator
Table of Contents: Foreword by Justin McElroy Introduction: Welcome to the History of Fun BOARD GAMES * Excavating the Oldest Board Games * Go and Chess * Monopoly * The Great Monopoly Heist * Dungeons & Dragons * Silly Creatures in D&D History * Catan * Catain Starting to Feel Stale? TOYS * Ancient Toys * Mini-Knights * How Dolls Evolved from Corn * China Dolls * The Rise of Barbie * Barbie Takes Off * Rubik’s Cube * The Slinky * Early Building Blocks * Hello LEGO * From Teddy Bears to Beanie Babies * Water Guns * Toy Robots * Uh-oh, they’re getting smarter . . . * The Furby Phenomenon VIDEO GAMES * How Nuclear Power and Tennis Launched the Video Game Empire * The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 * Nintendo to the Rescue * The ’90s Console Wars * GoldenEye’s Hospital Visit * How World of Warcraft Prepared Us for a Pandemic * Unexpected Pokémon Go Consequences * The Birth of Game Streaming * The Secrets of Video Game Development THEME PARKS * The World’s Oldest Amusement Park * The First Roller Coasters * The Early Days of Coney Island * Luna Park and the Cyclone * Disneyland’s Opening Day Disaster * The Republic of Children * Sanrio Puroland * Soviet Bunker Park * The Park Built in a Nuclear Power Plant SPORTS * The Gladiatorial Games * Medieval Jousts * Sumo Wrestling * The Life of a Sumo Wrestler * Origins of Soccer * Cheese Rolling * Lucha Libre * Kaiju Big Battel * Swedish Bunny Hopping * The Windsor Pumpkin Regatta STUNTS * The Birth of the Daredevil * Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape * The Uninsurable Man: Evel Knievel * Robbie Knievel Jumps the Grand Canyon * Early Skydiving * Skydiving from the Stratosphere * The Father of Movie Stunts: Buster Keaton * Helen Gibson * Annie Edson Taylor * Jackie Chan Shouldn’t Be Alive FESTIVALS * The Day of the Dead * La Tomatina * Behold Spain’s Baby-Jumping Festival * The Origins of Carnival * Carnivals around the World * St. Patrick’s Day * Holi Festival * Chau Bun Festival * Krampusnacht * Icelandic Christmas * Finding a Home for Woodstock * Burning Man DRESSING UP * Deadly Masquerade Balls? * Clowns versus Kings: A Battle for the Ages * Gone Guising for Halloween * Halloween Trends in North America * A Very Wet Ren Faire * The Three Types of War Reenactors * Cosplay * The Greatest Cosplay Crossovers * The Origins of Drag * It’s Time for Drag Queen Story Hour ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS * Lucy the Elephant: A Roadside Behemoth * The Smallest House in Great Britain * The Cabazon Dinosaurs * The Mystery Hole: West Virginia * The Icelandic Phallological Museum * The Hair Museum of Avanos * The Thing: Arizona * Nagoro Village * The House on the Rock * Official Center of the World: California Index Acknowledgments About the Author/About the Illustrator
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
