Video & Mobile

Timely contribution to literature on game development, considering working patterns and collaboration in the industry in light of the pandemic Written in an accessible tone, making it suitable for a wide variety of game development professionals both...

Darkness falls over history's biggest martial arts tournament, as Gill reveals the twisted goals of the Secret Society, Ryu embraces the full power of the Satsui no Hado, and Akuma unleashes the god-like powers of Oni! Is even the combined might of...

Discover the path to the big leagues It's time to prove all those people who said "video games are a waste of time" wrong. Esports has rewarded top gamers with prize money, glory, and even college scholarships. Want to get in on the action? This book...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of...

In a catastrophic instant, travel through the faster-than-light Drift realm failed, with travelers vanishing in mid-flight, communications scrambling, and the Drift's progenitor god Triune falling mysteriously silent. In the aftermath, empires cling to...

In The Queer Games Avant-Garde, Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video game developers whose radical, experimental, vibrant, and deeply queer work is driving a momentous shift in the medium of video games. Speaking with...

Argues for the queer potential of video games While popular discussions about queerness in video games often focus on big-name, mainstream games that feature LGBTQ characters, like Mass Effect or Dragon Age, Bonnie Ruberg pushes the concept of queerness...

Videogames and Agency explores the trend in videogames and their marketing to offer a player higher volumes, or even more distinct kinds, of player freedomThe book offers a new conceptual framework that helps us understand how this freedom to act is...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592859481Author Kevin RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Hazelden Information & Educational ServicesPublisher Hazelden Information & Educational...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047753Author Jaroslav SvelchFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries Playful Thinking

A Precarious Game is an ethnographic examination of video game production. The developers that Ergin Bulut researched for almost three years in a medium-sized studio in the U.S. loved making video games that millions play. Only some, however, can enjoy...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546119Author Pippin BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910175019Author Tyler DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Get PublishingPublisher Get PublishingWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

Videogames are full of horrors - and of horror, a facet of the media that has been largely overlooked by the academic community in terms of lengthy studies in the fast-growing field of videogame scholarship. This book engages with the research of...

In this in-depth critical and theoretical analysis of the horror genre in video games, 14 essays explore the cultural underpinnings of horror's allure for gamers and the evolution of "survival" themes. The techniques and story effects of specific games...

This book is a theoretical and practical deep dive into the craft of worldbuilding for video games, with an explicit focus on how different job disciplines contribute to worldbuilding. In addition to providing lenses for recognizing the various...

Over a mere three decades, the video game became the entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games or...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544245Author Melissa KagenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782377840366Author Damien MecheriFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262518659Author Mary FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries The MIT PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045063Author Jose P. ZagalFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506711072Author BiowareFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Like music and movies, video games are rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives. Over the years, you've yearned for every new gaming console, mastered each blockbuster within weeks after its release, and have even won a local gaming competition or...

Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on fighting all types of enemies. With over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition shows exactly how the experts defend themselves and fight attackers, from cave spiders to creepers to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262535694Author Jimmy MaherFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries Platform StudiesDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

Over the years, Marvel Contest of Champions has become more epic, the heroes more powerful and the enemies more cunning - but the game has retained its core: the greatest battles in Marvel history! You have been summoned to the Battlerealm for the...

The best of the best in gaming from a single decade: 19881998! As most gamers know, this ten-year period is incredibly crucial. It was during this time that the NES reached its zenith with such titles as Contra and Super Mario Bros. 3, the Sega Genesis...

Few video game companies have a history as long and impressive as Sega Enterprises. Long before it took the home video game console market by storm, Sega was already an arcade powerhouse that successfully transferred its experience making coin-operated...

A comprehensive, colorful look at everything to know and love about Super Mario, with character profiles, gameplay tips, and little-known triviaFor over 35 years, gamers young and old have gone on fantastic adventures with Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542353281Author QuasimodoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video game Okami to the internationally popular The Legend of Zelda and Halo, many video games rely on religious themes and...

The Rhetoric of Videogames as Embodied Practice offers a critical reassessment of embodiment and materiality in rhetorical considerations of videogames. Holmes argues that rhetorical and philosophical conceptions of "habit" offer a critical resource for...

The investigation team seeks to avenge their fallen ally. But is it justice they seek, or revenge? And what will they do when they learn that the killer they've been seeking, may be closer than they ever imagined... Based on the Persona 4 video game!Book...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500542191Author Alex KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Steve and his friends have to work out who the real enemy is before they can win this battle. Nobody can go to bed without risking death and a new army of rainbow griefers are on their trail. How can they save the village - and themselves?Steve and his...

Two months following the dramatic events seen in DIABLO III... Tyrael is learning what it means to be human, and he conscripts humans to aid him in his endeavours. But at what cost? How many lives will be lost so that Tyrael can achieve his goal? Is it...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713632Author Spike ChunsoftFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307463555Author Harold GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

With over 90 million monthly users and counting, Roblox is one of the most popular games on the planet! The Big Book of Roblox helps players get the most out of this dynamic sandbox game. Packed with tips, hints, and hacks, this complete, up-to-date...