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Tables of Contents for Opening the Xbox
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Acknowledgments
xii
Shadow of the Past
1
11
Do Something!
12
13
High Tide for the Games Industry
25
12
The Boomerang Game
37
13
PC Games Grow Up
50
15
The Boy in the Apple Tree
65
7
The New Renegades
72
22
Meeting Warfare
94
9
The Beauty Contest
103
10
Civil Wars
113
8
Getting Traction
121
18
Making the Team
139
10
The Xbox Takes Shape
149
14
Word Leaks Out
163
11
Games and Demos
174
5
Hail Mary
179
11
Last-Minute Details
190
16
Down to the Wire
206
11
The Coming-Out Party
217
8
Gathering Steam
225
22
Momentum
247
9
Setting Records, Missing Expectations
256
8
The Soul of a Bad-Ass Machine
264
10
Preliminaries
274
15
Midway or Pearl Harbor at E3?
289
19
Launching
308
24
The First Season
332
10
The Future of Games
342
6
Epilogue
348
5
Notes
353
4
Index
357