Video & Mobile

V-Ray My Way: A Practical Designers Guide to Creating Realistic Imagery Using V-Ray & 3ds Max is a practical, hands-on guide to creating some of the most stunning computer-generated images possible. It caters to the design masses; architects, engineers,...

This volume builds on previous notions of transmedia practices to develop the concept of transtexts, in order to account for both the industrial and user-generated contributions to the cross-media expansion of a story universe. On the one hand exists...

Recent shifts in new literacy studies have expanded definitions of text, reading/viewing, and literacy itself. The inclusion of non-traditional media forms is essential, as texts beyond written words, images, or movement across a screen are becoming ever...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359114108Author Maggie StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Abbott PropertiesPublisher Abbott PropertiesWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359114153Author Stephen BerkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Abbott PropertiesPublisher Abbott PropertiesWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 297mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316360074Author J C HerzFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Contributes to the understanding of how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment. It describes academic work in the field of Knowledge Management, with a specific focus on the management of knowledge which...

Reviews several strands of modern artificial intelligence - using case studies for each to display how they may be applied to computer games.Book InformationISBN 9781591406464Author Darryl CharlesFormat HardbackPage Count 301Imprint Medical Information...

This work describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. It takes an in-depth look at the scope of global technological change and BI.Book InformationISBN...

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...

In Respawn Colin Milburn examines the connections between video games, hacking, and science fiction that galvanize technological activism and technological communities. Discussing a wide range of games, from Portal and Final Fantasy VII to Super Mario...

The Craft and Science of Game Design: A Video Game Designer's Manual goes into the nuts and bolts of video game development from the perspective of a veteran designer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. It covers the psychology and...

The Craft and Science of Game Design: A Video Game Designer's Manual goes into the nuts and bolts of video game development from the perspective of a veteran designer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. It covers the psychology and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088023068Author Chris CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 7mm

This collection of essays is devoted to the philosophical examination of the aesthetics of videogames. Videogames represent one of the most significant developments in the modern popular arts, and it is a topic that is attracting much attention among...

Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,...

The Avatar Faculty creatively examines the parallels between spiritual and digital activities to explore the roles that symbolic second selves-avatars-can play in our lives. The use of avatars can allow for what anthropologists call ecstasy, from the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781257858453Author Drew DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 620gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 18mm

The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most popular and recognizable examples in videogames of what Tolkien referred to as mythopoeia, or myth-making. In his essay On Fairy Stories and a short poem entitled Mythopoeia, Tolkien makes the case that the...

Combining knowledge from sport management, marketing, media, leadership, governance, and consumer behavior in innovative ways, this book goes further than any other in surveying current theory and research on the business of women's sport around the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814255506Author Daniel PundayFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressSeries Theory...

Video games are among the most popular media on the planet, and billions of people inhabit these virtual worlds on a daily basis. This book investigates the architecture of video games, the buildings, roads and cities in which gamers play out their roles...

The Post-9/11 Video Game: A Critical Examination demonstrates that a new genre of video games arises from the American experience of 9/11. The representations reflect reshaped notions of the (sub)urban spaces, identity and the role of the citizen as a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544627Author Sonia FizekFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The Paradox of Transgression in Games looks at transgressive games as an aesthetic experience, tackling how players respond to game content that shocks, disturbs, and distresses, and how contemporary video games can evoke intense emotional reactions. The...

Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games introduces critical food studies to game scholarship, showing the unique ways in which food is utilized in both video game gameplay and narrative to show that food is never just food but rather a complex means of...

This volume focuses on the depiction of women in video games set in historical periods or archaeological contexts, explores the tension between historical and archaeological accuracy and authenticity, examines portrayals of women in historical periods or...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536381Author Michael W CluneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

The World is Born From Zero is an investigation into the relationship between video games and science fiction through the philosophy of speculation. Cameron Kunzelman argues that the video game medium is centered on the evaluation and production of...

This book offers the first comprehensive study of the many interfaces shaping the relationship between comics and videogames. It combines in-depth conceptual reflection with a rich selection of paradigmatic case studies from contemporary media culture...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798847442367Author Gustave AbernathyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798821101099Author Christine LehrFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798749577297Author Saturnx2Format PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798759280576Author JuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798745578793Author Marsx12Format PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798742831280Author Brian Joe BackusFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798744632649Author Shamus YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 1030gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798748966986Author Marsx15Format PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798748938372Author Marsx14Format PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...