Learn how to create compelling game storylines Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it's like to work as a writer & narrative designer in the videogame industry From concept to final testing The Game Narrative Toolbox walks readers through what role a narrative designer plays on a development team & what the requirements are at every stage of development Drawing on real experiences authors Tobias Heussner Toiya Finley Ann Lemay & Jennifer Hepler provide invaluable advice for writing compelling player-centered stories & effective dialogue trees in order to 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 & game-dialogue samples for use in applying for industry jobs or developing independent projects This first installment of Focal Press's Game Design Workshops series is a must-have for individuals looking to create captivating storylines for games ...

First published in 1925 this little book has inspired thousands of people around the world to find a sense of purpose & belonging It remains as relevant today as when it was written & reveals that life is not a battle but a game
- a game of giving & receiving Whatever we send out into the world will eventually be returned to us which means that if we give love we will be loved; but if we hate we will in turn feel hated Through what we give & receive we shape our reality Discover how your mind & its imaging faculty play a leading role in the game of life Whatever you imagine or focus upon will sooner or later be experienced as part of your world This little book will show you how you can change your life leave your regrets behind & create your own dazzling future
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Four novels of rapid-fire interstellar adventure set in a common universe by the Grand Master of the form- The X Factor Only Diskan Fentress&s mutant powers had a chance of stopping the looting of his new world
- Voorloper Three those survivors
- an embittered wanderer his son & a young girl with a healing power
- know they have nothing to lose & set out to find the secret of the Shadow Death that blights the planet Voor
- The Eye of the Monster Rees Naper had survived the onslaught of the alien Ishkurian "crocs" but had to cover miles of jungle & pass through croc armies to reach safety To do that he would have to think like a croc move like a croc & see through the eye of the monster
- The Sioux Spaceman Kade Whitehawk chose to join the battle for Ikkinni freedom even though that choice made him a renegade to his own people & would almost certainly mean his death Publisher&s Note The Game of Stars & Comets was originally published in parts as The X-Factor The Sioux Spaceman Eye of the Monster & Voorloper This is the first time these novels have appeared in one volume About the Author Called “one of the most popular authors of our time” by Publishers Weekly Andre Norton is a legend in science fiction & was one of our greatest storytellers She wrote science fiction novels for five decades beginning with the now-classic novel Star Man’s Son in 1952 Many of today’s top writers including David Weber Eric Flint CJ Cherryh & Joan D Vinge have cited her as a primary influence on their own work She was Guest of Honor at the 1989 World Science Fiction Convention & has received the Grand Master award from the Science Fiction Writers of America & the Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Fantasy Convention She was astoundingly prolific with over thirty books in her celebrated Witch World series alone She introduced three generations of SF readers to SF & fantasy both through her critically acclaimed YA novels & her adult works & remains one of the most popular authors in both fields She died in 2005




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Four novels of rapid-fire interstellar adventure set in a common universe by the Grand Master of the form- The X Factor Only Diskan Fentress&s mutant powers had a chance of stopping the looting of his new world
- Voorloper Three those survivors
- an embittered wanderer his son & a young girl with a healing power
- know they have nothing to lose & set out to find the secret of the Shadow Death that blights the planet Voor
- The Eye of the Monster Rees Naper had survived the onslaught of the alien Ishkurian "crocs" but had to cover miles of jungle & pass through croc armies to reach safety To do that he would have to think like a croc move like a croc & see through the eye of the monster
- The Sioux Spaceman Kade Whitehawk chose to join the battle for Ikkinni freedom even though that choice made him a renegade to his own people & would almost certainly mean his death Publisher&s Note The Game of Stars & Comets was originally published in parts as The X-Factor The Sioux Spaceman Eye of the Monster & Voorloper This is the first time these novels have appeared in one volume About the Author Called “one of the most popular authors of our time” by Publishers Weekly Andre Norton is a legend in science fiction & was one of our greatest storytellers She wrote science fiction novels for five decades beginning with the now-classic novel Star Man’s Son in 1952 Many of today’s top writers including David Weber Eric Flint CJ Cherryh & Joan D Vinge have cited her as a primary influence on their own work She was Guest of Honor at the 1989 World Science Fiction Convention & has received the Grand Master award from the Science Fiction Writers of America & the Lifetime Achievement Award of the World Fantasy Convention She was astoundingly prolific with over thirty books in her celebrated Witch World series alone She introduced three generations of SF readers to SF & fantasy both through her critically acclaimed YA novels & her adult works & remains one of the most popular authors in both fields She died in 2005




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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Starring box office king Gerard Butler (300 The Bounty Hunter) Patrick Stewart (X-men) Wes Bentley (American Beauty) & John Rhys Davis (The Lord Of The Rings) comes a triumphant tale of the quest for glory & victory at football&s mightiest championship As players from across the globe congregate for the World Cup in Brazil away from families & loved ones one team rises from obscurity to claim the biggest upset in World Cup history This team of underdog athletes who had never known real victory of glory would go on to play in front of millions of enthralled football fans who cheered them on to infamy Actors Gerard Butler Wes Bentley Jay Rodan Gavin Rossdale Costas Mandylor Louis Mandylor Zachery Ty Bryan Jimmy Jean-Louis Richard Jenik Nelson Vargas Craig Hawksley Bill Smitrovich Patrick Stewart Terry Kinney & John Rhys-Davies Director David Anspaugh Certificate PGYear 2005 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments & relationships Hans well-ordered life undergoes a profound change when his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him an unexpected birthday gift that soon has devastating consequences Tailored specifically to each participant Think of it as a great vacation except you do not go to it it comes to you There are no rules in the game Format Blu-ray Subtitles English Number of discs 1 ...

Renowned fisherman John Andrews takes you on a tour of the best locations for fishing in Scotl&--from the River Tay in January to the River Almond in November Packed full of useful information & hints from a seasoned veteran THE GAMEFISHER'S YEAR will tell you where to go to catch the big ones ...

Two years ago Jack Morgan was in Rio consulting on security for the World Cup The tournament went without a hitch Until a man died in one of the executive hospitality suites during the final & the autopsy showed the cause to be a rare & deadly virus The story was kept from the media to avoid causing panic but Jack feared that the death was no freak occurrence Now the eyes of the world are once again turned towards Rio for the Olympic Games & Jack is back in Brazil's beautiful capital It's not long before he uncovers terrifying evidence that someone has set in motion a catastrophic plan The death at the World Cup was just a warning The Olympic Games could be the setting for the worst atrocity the world has ever seen ...

The Olympic Games have become the single greatest festival of a universal & cosmopolitan humanity Seventeen days of sporting competition watched & followed on every continent & in every country on the planet Simply the greatest show on earth Yet when the modern games were inaugurated in Athens in 1896 the founders thought them a "display of manly virtue" an athletic celebration of the kind of amateur gentleman that would rule the world How was such a ritual invented? Why did it prosper & how has it been so utterly transformed? In The Games David Goldblatt
- winner of the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
- takes on a breathtakingly ambitious search for the answers & brilliantly unravels the complex strands of this history Beginning with the olympics as a sporting side show at the great Worlds Fairs of the Belle Epoque & its transformation into a global media spectacular care of Hollywood & the Nazi party The Games shows how sport & the olympics been a battlefield in the global Cold War a defining moment for social & economic change in host cities & countries & a theatre of resistance for women & athletes colour once excluded from the show Illuminated with dazzling vignettes from over a century of olympic completion
- this stunningly researched history captures the excitement of sporting brilliance & the kaleidoscopic experience of the Games It shows us how this sporting spectacle has come to reflect the world we hope to inhabit & the one we actually live in


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ivan&s newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical & competitive world of game invention & pits him against the inventor Morodian who has long desired to destroy the ancient city of Zyl which was founded by Ivan&s grandfather To save his family & defeat his enemy Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker ...