INDEX

Note to the reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.

A

AAA games, 190

abilities, characters, 68-69

Abrams Battle Tank, 34

Abt, Clark, 39

Academic Skill Builders, 45

action games, 27-28

action-adventure games, 31

active interfaces, 144

Activision, 28, 84

adaptive audio, 191

addictinggames.com, 42

Adobe, 130, 222

Adventure Game Studios, 228

adventure games, 29-31

advergames, 242-243

advertising, 240-247

After Effects, 51, 107, 126

Age of Wonders, 34

age range, gamers, 14, 112, 113

aiming reticule, 288

Alan Wake, 241

Alien, 91

alpha testing phase, 218

ambient sound, 185, 187, 188, 190, 192-196

ammo/inventory gauge, 287

ancients, level design, 171-172

Angry Birds, 19, 35-36, 118, 122