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Downloaded over 100,000 times and hailed as “a must-read” by industry experts, how-to manual Get Rich Playing Games (www.getrichgaming.com) offers everything aspiring artists, game designers, programmers and executives need to break into and hit it big in the gaming business. Among the field’s most celebrated DIY career guides, it features hints, tips and advice for turbo-charging your job prospects from industry legends like Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Civilization designer Sid Meier and The Sims inventor Will Wright.
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Scott Steinberg is the CEO of video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global, and founder of GameExec magazine and Game Industry TV. Hailed as a top technology and video game expert by dozens of publications from USA Today to Forbes and NPR, he’s covered the field for 400+ outlets from Playboy to Rolling Stone. A frequent on-air analyst for networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, he’s also the author of Video Game Marketing and PR.