Video & Mobile

Learn to survive extreme situations in wild locales from around the world with The Far Cry Survival Manual, based on the hit game series.The Far Cry video game series has taken players on extreme adventures around the world: from untamed tropical islands...

Gamers from around the world have made PUBG (a.k.a. PlayerUnderground's Battlegrounds) one of the most popular games on the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on multiple mobile device platforms. This multiplayer combat royale game features fast action,...

Before there was Fortnite: Battle Royale, PUBG was the multiplayer combat game that took the world by storm with its fast action, photorealistic graphics, and intense combat scenarios that pitted each gamer against up to 99 others in a real-time battle...

"Dig in" to your favorite Minecraft jokes! All your favorite Minecraft jokes are now in one place! This collection of three titles from the Jokes for Minecrafters series brings you over two thousand puns, one-liners, and wisecracks about all your...

In the 1990s, the Personal Computer (or PC) was on the rise in homes, and with it came new genres of play. Yet most of the games in these new genres featured fantasylands or humorous science fiction landscapes with low stakes and little to suggest the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496695703Author Anita Nahta AminFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressSeries Influencers and Economics

Distrust. Division. Disparity. Is our world in disrepair? Ethics and civics have always mattered, but perhaps they matter now more than ever before. Recently, with the rise of online teaching and movements like #PlayApartTogether, games have become...

For boys and girls who love Minecraft, a graphic novel adventure that uses over 750 images to transport young readers into the world of the game they love most.Winter has come to Redstone Junior High once again, and with it comes holiday celebrations,...

Combining theory and practice, this updated new edition provides a complete overview of how to create deep and meaningful quests for games. It uses the Unity game engine in conjunction with Fungus and other free plugins to provide an accessible entry...

Whether trying to land that first big gig or working to perfect the necessary skills to fill a game world with sound, Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio 3rd edition will teach the reader everything they need to know about the audio side of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728476735Author Percy LeedFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing GroupSeries Lightning Bolt Books (R) --...

The global gaming market, due to numerous technological advancements in social media networking and live-streaming video, has exploded in recent years. However, this newly acquired popularity has left many industry professionals pondering a difficult...

Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge. But certain characters have become so iconic that they...

Video games have become an increasingly ubiquitous part of society due to the proliferation and use of mobile devices. Video Games and Creativity explores research on the relationship between video games and creativity with regard to play, learning, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681528540Author Rachel GrackFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Amicus InkPublisher Amicus InkWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 176mm * 3mm

- Uniquely accessible guide to game audio, requiring no pre-existing knowledge from the reader, making it suitable for readers from a range of background, including game design, music technology and production, composition and audio engineering-...

This book develops the concept of "gamble-play media", describing how some gambling and gambling-like practices are increasingly mediated by digital technologies. Digital gambling brings gambling closer to the practices and features of videogames, as...

This book formulates a new theological approach to the study of religion in gaming. Video games have become one of the most important cultural artifacts of modern society, both as mediators of cultural, social, and religious values and in terms of...

Game studies has been an understudied area within the emerging field of digital media and religion. Video games can reflect, reject, or reconfigure traditionally held religious ideas and often serve as sources for the production of religious practices...

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...

This book explores the central role of the zombie in contemporary popular culture as they appear in video games. Moving beyond traditional explanations of their enduring appeal - that they embody an aesthetic that combines horror with a mindless target;...

While many books and articles are emerging on the new area of game studies and the application of computer games to learning, therapeutic, military, and entertainment environments, few have attempted to contextualize the importance of virtual play within...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728478777Author Percy LeedFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing GroupSeries Lightning Bolt Books (R) --...

All the topics that a professional AI programmer needs are covered withinEach topic is accompanied by an example game, where the reader simply adds their own code and see the effects their changes haveCovers complex topics but in an easy to read manner...

This book offers new ways of thinking about and assessing the impact of virtual reality on its users. It argues that we must go beyond traditional psychological concepts of VR "presence" to better understand the many varieties of virtual experiences.The...

Understanding Game Scoring explores the unique collaboration between gameplay and composition that defines musical scoring for video games.Using an array of case studies reaching back into the canon of classic video games, this book illuminates the...

Recognizable, recurring spatial settings in video games serve not only as points of reference and signposts for orientation, but also as implicit sources of content. These spatial archetypes denote more than real-world objects or settings: they suggest...

When viewed through the context of an interactive play, a video game player fulfills the roles of both actor and spectator, watching and influencing a game's story in real time. This book presents video gaming as a virtual medium for performance,...

Educational technology adoption is more widespread than ever in the wake of COVID-19, as corporations have commodified student engagement in makeshift packages marketed as gamification. This book seeks to create a space for playful learning in higher...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728478784Author Linda ZajacFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing GroupSeries Lightning Bolt Books (R) --...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728457741Author Percy LeedFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Lerner Publishing GroupPublisher Lerner Publishing GroupSeries Lightning Bolt Books (R) --...

The Unpredictability of Gameplay explores the many forms of unpredictability in games and proposes a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding and categorizing non-deterministic game mechanics. Rather than viewing all game mechanics with...

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...

William Bainbridge takes an in-depth look at the fantasy religions that exist in 34 different massively multiplayer online roleplaying games. He categorizes the religions, noting similarities across the games. He points, for instance, to the prevalence...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120612Author Jane McGonigalFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

The genre of adventure games is frequently overlooked. Lacking the constantly-evolving graphics and graphic violence of their counterparts in first-person and third-person shooters or role-playing games, they are often marketed to and beloved by players...

With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the...

Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship?...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791094723630Author Denis BrusseauxFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791094723579Author Val (c)rie PrecigoutFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions