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20 Essential Games to Study
by Joshua BycerThe purpose of this book is to look over the past 35 years of games to discuss titles whose design deserves to be studied by anyone with an interest in game design. While there are plenty of books that focus on the technical side of Game Development, there are few that study the nature of game desig... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Game Design Deep Dive: Platformers
by Joshua BycerThe Game Design Deep Dive series examines specific game systems or mechanics over the course of the history of the industry. This book examines the history of jumping – one of the oldest mechanics in the industry – and how it has evolved and changed over the years. The author looks at the transition... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Game Design Deep Dive: Roguelikes
by Joshua BycerGame Design Deep Dive: Roguelikes examines the history and rise of the often-confusing roguelike genre. Despite being more than 30 years old, the roguelike genre remains a mystery to a lot of consumers and developers. Procedural generation, or having the game generate content, has been a cornerstone... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Game Design Deep Dive: Horror
by Joshua BycerThe Game Design Deep Dive series examines a specific game system or mechanic over the course of the history of the industry. This entry will examine the history and design of the horror genre and elements in video games. The author analyzes early video game examples, including the differences betwee... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Game Design Deep Dive: F2P
by Joshua BycerGame Design Deep Dive: Free-to-Play (F2P) continues the series’ focus on examining genres with a look at the history and methodology behind free-to-play and mobile games. The genre is one of the most lucrative and controversial in the industry. Josh Bycer lays out not only the potential and pitfalls... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Cosy Crime Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
by Louise Taylor • Elise Warner • E. E. King • Stephanie Bedwell-Grime • Philip Brian Hall • Tom Mead • Jeffrey B. Burton • Amanda C. Davis • Annette Siketa • Trixie Nisbet • Joshua Boyce • Sarah Holly Bryant • C. B. Channell • Gregory Von Dare • Michael Martin Garrett • B. David Spicer • Nancy SweetlandFollowing the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, including Agents & Spies, Murder Mayhem and Lost Worlds, this latest in the series is packed with armchair detectives, murders in the vicarage, family secrets unravelling in gossipy ears, and the ingredients o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
This Ain't No Picnic: Your Punk Rock Vegan Cookbook (Vegan Cookbooks Ser.)
This Ain't No Picnic is the first cookbook featuring creative and delicious recipes that match the quality and presentation of a gourmet restaurant with the self-parody and humor of punk rock culture and history. A comedic art book full of social commentary, it explores and improves the favorite foo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Up to Code
Best Practice... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Manual of Inpatient Psychiatry
Inpatient units treat some of the most clinically challenging psychiatric patients. Clinicians must carefully balance patients' rights with safety concerns of violence and suicide. This updated manual is compact and practical, addressing the common questions and issues clinicians face in day-to-day ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Detroit and the New Political Economy of Integration in Public Education
This edited volume analyzes a little-known but important juncture in the history of racial integration and public education during the Obama administration through the advent of the Trump administration, which also marks a significant transition of US racial politics and race relations from its foun... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Atonement and Comparative Theology: The Cross in Dialogue with Other Religions (Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions #9)
by Francis X. Clooney • Leo D. Lefebure • Michelle Voss Roberts • Klaus Von Stosch • Marianne Moyaert • S. Mark Heim • Joshua Ralston • Bede Benjamin Bidlack • Thierry-Marie Courau • Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski • Daniel A. Madigan • Elochukwu UzukwuThe central Christian belief in salvation through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ remains one of the most intractable mysteries of Christian faith. Throughout history, it has given rise to various theories of atonement, many of which have been subject to critique as they no lo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy
by Susan Searls Giroux • Joshua I. Newman • Michael D. Giardina • Ryan King-White • Henry Giroux • Neal C. Ternes • Jaime DeLuca • Callie Batts Maddox • Matthew G. Hawzen • Lauren C. Anderson • Ellen J. Staurowsky • Richard M. Southall • Crystal Southall • Oliver Rick • Adam Beissel • Jacob J. Bustad • Ronald L. MowerCollege students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomera... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018