Featuring interviews with the creators of 39 popular video games--including <I>Halo 3</I>, <I>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare</I>, <I>Medal of Honor</I> and <I>Metroid Prime</I>--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the origins of some of the most iconic shooter games. Interviewees recount endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers, the growth of the genre and the creative processes that produced some of the industry''s biggest hits, cult classics and indie successes.