The Player of Games

This collection of essays addresses the fascinating intersection between nostalgia and videogame music. From Nintendo to PlayStation, Zelda to Bios...

Description This is by far the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player: an exhaustive catalog the result of many...

This handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single,...

This edited collection of chapters concerns the evolving discipline of procedural storytelling in video games. Games are an interactive medium, and...

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The success of storytelling in games depends on the entire development team--game designers, artists, writers, programmers and musicians, etc.--wor...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Game Development Sub -Topics: - Brief history of game development- Fundamentals of making games- What is a game engine? ...

Reducere. International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gyozalyan have written a comprehensive two-volume treatise on the life and games of Tigra...

Reducere. This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the wo...

Reducere. Building JavaScript Games teaches game programming through a series of engaging, arcade-style games that quickly expand your JavaScript and HTML5 s...

Reducere. Sagas of Midgard is a story-driven tabletop RPG that has been developed with cinematic action sequences and the ability to easily tell memorable st...

Contributor(s): Author: Michael SellersIn Advanced Game Design, pioneering game designer and instructor Michael Sellers situates game design practi...

This ethnography of a live action role-playing (LARP) community examines the structure of play, how new participants are introduced and apprenticed...

Reducere. Coaching Youth Football is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the international, best-selling soccer coaching book, Making The Ball Roll, by Ray P...

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Ryan brings the complete collection of strategies for any player, on any level, to become a successful No-Limit Hold'em player. Included are his th...

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DescriptionA 2-4 player game for natural magicians and careful readers alike, based on the cult-classic book by Susanna Clarke.Set during the event...

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Reducere. This volume is a continuation of Graded Go Problems For Beginners, Volume 2 and is aimed at the 20-kyu to 15-kyu player. The problems presented her...

Contributor(s): Author: Matthew FarberThis book is a field guide on how to implement game-based learning andgamificationtechniques to the everyday ...

Contributor(s): Author: Brendan KeoghAn investigation of the embodied engagement between the playing body and the videogame: how player and game in...

Covering the countries who are members of CONCACAF, this covers both domestic & international football during the 2018-19 season.Includes full line...

Reducere. This antique text contains a complete catalogue of Solitaire and Patience games, including tips, instructions, tactics, rules, and more. Written in...

DescriptionA two-player deck-building war game, pitting players against one another in the European theater of World War II.June, 1944. Through the...

DescriptionDescriptionNumber of players: 3-5Ages: 10+Time: 30-50 minutesComponents: 5 player booklets, 6 board pieces, 60 cards, tokens & counters ...

Reducere. This book would bring something new into your chess library. In computer era focus is usually on openings. Watching broadcasts new generations rath...

Master Square Enix's critically acclaimed RPG Octopath Traveler with this comprehensive guide Explore every corner of Orsterra with the help of thi...

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Reducere. I decided to write about something that I would be interested to learn myself. In this book I show what preparation for a game by a 2650 player loo...

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Reducere. 50% Tactics - 50% Opening Book - 100% Enjoyment Enter the world of chess miniatures where games are decided in 20 moves or less Marvelous Modern Mi...

DescriptionA game-theoretical analysis of interactions between a human being and an omnipotent and omniscient godlike being highlights the inherent...

Reducere. What does it take to build a winning club culture? It always begins with being a good all-around person and keeping the well-being of the athlete i...

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Reducere. Endgames with bishops versus knights are one of the most frequently occurring in chess. In his first volume international master and trainer Borolj...

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Reedie's journey from player to enthusiastic volunteer led to influence in badminton and its worldwide development with new efforts to support athl...

Reducere. As a chess player, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) belonged to the very best. In his peak years the Latvian-born maestro was ranked third in the world...

"From front offices to college campuses, Jake Fischer takes you on an engrossing tour of the NBA in its latest golden age, when some of the most ca...

Reducere. Game developers will use this book to gain a basic knowledge of programming artificial intelligence using Unity and C#. You will not be bored learn...

Reducere. This book was inspired by the last Negro League World Series ever played and presents biographies of the players on the two contending teams in 194...

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Reducere. What makes gin rummy winners win? Since the game first emerged in North America nearly a century ago, players have had to rely solely on experience...

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Reducere. Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous grandmaster. How would you make the most of this o...

How game designers can use the psychological phenomenon of loss aversion to shape player experience.Getting something makes you feel good, and losi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn golf, there are drills for every tiny, technical element of the swing. But where are the drills that help a player improve their ment...

Reducere. Along with playing games, practice is essential for mastering go technique; namely, practice in analyzing positions and reading out all their varia...

Reducere. THE BRILLIANT ORIGINALITY OF STEINITZ More than 125 years ago, one of the first great chess books appeared. The Modern Chess Instructor, Part I, wr...

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DescriptionLove poker but looking for a change from endless No-Limit Hold'em?Take up mixed games Mixed games are becoming more and more popular. Th...

Reducere. From the #1 Best-Selling author, Jeff Ashworth, comes the latest addition to The Game Master series, with more than 500 NPCs ready to populate your...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Romain EdouardThe author focused in his first volume of pure chess calculation on middlegames. Romain has carefully selecte...

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Reducere. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies--the "Whiz Kids"--threatened to run away with the pennant, but slumped badly in late summer before finally beating t...

Reducere. The fastest way to become strong at go is to constantly study tesuji and life-and-death problems. But they also advise you not to study difficult p...

Reducere. Organizing A Murder contains twelve different mysteries to solve with your friends - and it makes a great resource, containing answer sheets, clues...

Reducere. "You talk about destiny, well, you can't rule that out. We were hard-nosed and that showed up in 1957." -- Braves catcher Del Crandall to editor Gr...

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Reducere. Upfront and Straightforward is Author Alan Roger Currie's long-awaited follow-up to his popular paperback, Mode One: Let the Women Know What You're...

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