So I decided to do a little web searching on some reading material for making games. I found a short list of books and I would appreciate any reviews of them if people have read them and any other recommendations for reading material.
The list:
The Toy and Game Inventor's Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1592570623/)
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0262240459/)
The Game Inventor's Guidebook (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0873495527)