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Introducing the ultimate urban fantasy genre and setting book for the TriStat System Ancient gods and modern myths rub shoulders in night clubs ghosts and goblins ride the subway and the fairies are ready to rock and roll This hardcover book features complete rules for playing and game mastering urban fantasy games an informative guide to the genre and four original settings that range in scope from the darkly comedic lives of the wee folk to an epic conflict between immortal powers
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Savage Art showcases the popular period illustration which prefigured and helped create the violent visual language in todays popular aboveground cinema comic books and ultraviolent multimillion copy video games Featuring disturbing illustration by pulp artists Walter Baumhofer Rafael de Soto Jerome Rozen and others this beautifully produced fullcolor collection documents Depressionera masculine violence in fantasy and reality as depicted on the covers of popular literature
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This text seeks to revise notions of film genre It connects the roles played by industry critics and audiences in making and remaking genre In a critique of major voices in the history of genre theory from Aristotle to Wittgenstein Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played Recognizing that the very term genre has different meaning for different groups he bases his genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users and discusses a range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars and from The Jazz Singer to The Player
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More monstrous mutants and adventures for your DampD Gamma World gameThe radioactive wastelands of Earth are home to many bizarre and barbaric creatures The apocalypse hasnt exactly made the world a better place Its survival of the fittest Time to build anew food chainThis game expansion presents a menagerie of mutant creatures and a readytoplay adventure The monsters presented herein can also be pulled over and used in theDungeons amp Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying GameThis product includes 160page adventure book including new mutant monsters 4 sheets of diecut mutant monster tokens A foldout battle map
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The third of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying GameThe Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years In the DampD game players create characters that band together to explore dungeons slay monsters and find treasure The 4th Edition DampD rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options an elegant and robust rules system and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon MasterThe Dungeon Masters Guide gives the Dungeon Master helpful tools to build exciting encounters adventures and campaigns for the 4th Edition Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying Game as well as advice for running great game sessions readytouse traps and nonplayer characters and more In addition it presents a fully detailed town that can serve as a starting point for any DampD game
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NUISANCES HAS MORE and is unlike any other fantasy RPG sourcebook It is a tribute to the early years of fantasy roleplaying games a parody of the current state of the genre a manual for keeping cocky and annoying players off balance and a poignant philosophical expression of the postmodern 21st century worldview Highlights of this wonderful book include Hundreds and hundreds of aggravating and awful and things that can happen to players Original art by about a half dozen fantasy artists Introduction of the Defect character attributeand fewer than 100 Defects Bunches of unsavory Feats Several Archtypical Nuisance Characters including Krust Joebob and Amber Cursed and offcolor magic items Scores of defective items Many many random d100 d12 and other Random Tables Rules that address the special role of female characters in the game in a sensitive and realistic wayincluding Feats like Nice Body and Defects like Bitch Hot Flashes and Throws Like a Girl Some of the most annoying monsters ever spawned including the Decapussywhipper the Dire Dwarf and the worldfamous Jester Dragon Unfortunate NPC personality traits An open game license More exclamation points than any other similar product
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BradyGAMESFinal Fantasy VIII Official Strategy Guide Features Detailed Walkthroughs Boss Strategies Item amp Magic Lists Complete Bestiary and over 450 FullColor Maps The ONLY Official Guide Platform PlayStation Genre RPG
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The second of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying GameThe Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years In the DampD game players create characters that band together to explore dungeons slay monsters and find treasure The 4th Edition DampD rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options an elegant and robust rules system and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon MasterThe Monster Manual presents more than 300 official Dungeons amp Dragons Roleplaying Game monsters for all levels of play from aboleth to zombie Each monster is illustrated and comes with complete game statistics and tips for the Dungeon Master on how best to use the monster in DampD encounters
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on How to Create Fantasy Art sold at 63.91 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This comprehensive manual teaches the art and craft of creating compelling graphics for video games in a wide range of media both traditional and computer generated The author also describes software that imitates the traditional media of paint pen and pencil He goes on to discuss in detail how game genre defines the type of characters to be portrayed whether human or fantastic and he shows how to render appropriate facial expressions that will define a characters personality Next he discusses methods for creating environmentsjungles arctic landscapes the ruins of lost worlds and many others He also instructs on mastering illustration and rendering techniques among them layering with paint using filters to produce a painted effect and digital composing A gallery of examples from successful illustrators serves to inspire beginning artists More than 350 instructive illustrations in color and blackandwhite
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on World of Scary Video Games sold at 54.09 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
As for film and literature the horror genre has been very popular in the video game The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror dealing with the games labelled as survival horror as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror terror and fear since Haunted House 1981 Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues It studies the most important games and game series from Haunted House 1981 to Alone in the Dark 1992 Resident Evil 1996present Silent Hill 1999present Fatal Frame 2001present Dead Space 20082013 Amnesia the Dark Descent 2010 and The Evil Within 2014 Accessibly written The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game
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Computer roleplaying games CRPGs are a special genre of computer games that bring the tabletop roleplaying experience of games such as Dungeons amp Dragons to the computer screen This genre includes classics such as Ultima and The Bards Tale as well as more modern games such as World of Warcraft and Guild Wars Written in an engaging style for both the computer game enthusiast and the more casual computer game player this book explores the history of the genre by telling the stories of the developers games and gamers who created it
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on How Games Move Us Emotion sold at 27.14 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
An engaging examination of how video game design can create strong positive emotional experiences for players with examples from popular indie and art gamesThis is a renaissance moment for video games in the variety of genres they represent and the range of emotional territory they cover But how do games create emotion In How Games Move Us Katherine Isbister takes the reader on a timely and novel exploration of the design techniques that evoke strong emotions for players She counters arguments that games are creating a generation of isolated emotionally numb antisocial loners Games Isbister shows us can actually play a powerful role in creating empathy and other strong positive emotional experiences they reveal these qualities over time through the act of playing She offers a nuanced systematic examination of exactly how games can influence emotion and social connection with examples drawn from popular indie and art games that unpack the gamers experienceIsbister describes choice and flow two qualities that distinguish games from other media and explains how game developers build upon these qualities using avatars nonplayer characters and character customization in both solo and social play She shows how designers use physical movement to enhance players emotional experience and examines longdistance networked play She illustrates the use of these design methods with examples that range from Sonys Little Big Planet to the muchpraised indie game Journey to art games like Brenda Romeros Train Isbisters analysis shows us a new way to think about games helping us appreciate them as an innovative and powerful medium for doing what film literature and other creative media do helping us to understand ourselves and what it means to be human
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Learn how to create compelling game storylines Four experiencednbspnarrative designers from different genres of game developmentnbsphave banded together tonbspcreate this allinclusive guide on what its like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the videogame industry From concept to final testing The Game Narrative Toolboxnbspwalks readers through what role a narrative designer plays on a development team and what the requirements are at every stage of development Drawing onnbspreal experiences authors Tobias Heussner Toiya FinleynbspAnn Lemay and Jennifer Hepler providenbspinvaluable advice for writing compelling playercentered stories and effective dialogue trees in ordernbspto help readers make the switch from prose or screen writing to interactive Accompanying every chapter are exercises that allow the reader to develop their own documentation outlines and gamedialogue samples for use in applying for industry jobs or developing independent projects This first installment of Focal Presss Game Design Workshops series is a musthave for individuals looking to create captivating storylines for games
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NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESHere is the first volume in George R R Martins magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords As a whole this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy bringing together the best the genre has to offer Magic mystery intrigue romance and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced Already hailed as a classic George R R Martins stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fictionA GAME OF THRONESLong ago in a time forgotten a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime trouble is brewing The cold is returning and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdoms protective Wall At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty here is a tale of lords and ladies soldiers and sorcerers assassins and bastards who come together in a time of grim omensHere an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys Amid plots and counterplots tragedy and betrayal victory and terror the fate of the Starks their allies and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts the game of thronesFrom the Paperback edition
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Fourteen volumes almost threethousand pages an internationally popular anime and one of the most recognizable characters in the genre this is the saga of Vash the Stampede For the past decade Trigun Maximum has pollinated the manga medium and now permeates the otaku culture worldwide Now join Dark Horse Manga as they celebrate the amazing conclusion to this epic tale Running and gunning Vash keeps his trademark wits and savvy fully loaded with both barrels blazing as his enemies draw nearer and his friends hang dangerously in the balance As the sun sets on this climactic final fight will it be happy trails for Vash or will it end in a blaze of bulletriddled glory
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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 potential of the PC as a serious space for art and play Jane Jensens work and landmark Gabriel Knight series brought a new darkness and personality to PC gaming offering a first powerful glimpse of what games could be as they came of age As an author and designer Jensen brought her approach as a designerwriter hybrid to the forefront of game design with an approach to developing environments through detailed research to make game settings come to life an attention to mature dilemmas and complex character development and an audiencedriven vision for genres reaching beyond the typical market approaches of the gaming industry With a brand new interview with Jensen herself Anastasia Salter provides the first ever look Jensens impact and role in advancing interactive narrative and writing in the game design process
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NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESHere is the first volume in George R R Martins magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords As a whole this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy bringing together the best the genre has to offer Magic mystery intrigue romance and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced Already hailed as a classic George R R Martins stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fictionA GAME OF THRONESLong ago in a time forgotten a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime trouble is brewing The cold is returning and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdoms protective Wall At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty here is a tale of lords and ladies soldiers and sorcerers assassins and bastards who come together in a time of grim omensHere an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys Amid plots and counterplots tragedy and betrayal victory and terror the fate of the Starks their allies and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts the game of thronesFrom the Paperback edition
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