While gaming journalists will roundly snicker at anyone claiming that the road to personal fortune lies in writing about games, the projected $47 billion in industry revenue has got to be going into somebody's pocket. A new book by Scott Steinberg claims to have the inside scoop on how to cash in on that haul.
Titled Get Rich Playing Games, the approximately 200-page map to El Dorado offers tips on everything from creating a video game to getting a job in the industry to becoming a corporate-sponsored gamer. The book also features commentary from industry luminaries such as Shigeru Miyamoto, Will Wright, and Sid Meier. It also includes a forward from the original gaming-industry entrepreneur, Nolan Bushnell. Get Rich Playing Games can either be purchased via major retail chains for $17.95, or downloaded for free through Steinberg's Web site.