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Lost in a Good Game

Author : Pete Etchells
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1785785060
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Lost in a Good Game written by Pete Etchells and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Etchells writes eloquently ... A heartfelt defence of a demonised pastime' The Times 'Once in an age, a piece of culture comes along that feels like it was specifically created for you, the beats and words and ideas are there because it is your life the creator is describing. Lost In A Good Game is exactly that. It will touch your heart and mind. And even if Bowser, Chun-li or Q-Bert weren't crucial parts of your youth, this is a flawless victory for everyone' Adam Rutherford When Pete Etchells was 14, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. Etchells is now a researcher into the psychological effects of video games, and was co-author on a recent paper explaining why WHO plans to classify 'game addiction' as a danger to public health are based on bad science and (he thinks) are a bad idea. In this, his first book, he journeys through the history and development of video games - from Turing's chess machine to mass multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft- via scientific study, to investigate the highs and lows of playing and get to the bottom of our relationship with games - why we do it, and what they really mean to us. At the same time, Lost in a Good Game is a very unusual memoir of a writer coming to terms with his grief via virtual worlds, as he tries to work out what area of popular culture we should classify games (a relatively new technology) under.

Lost in a Good Game

Author : Pete Etchells
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 9781785784811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Lost in a Good Game written by Pete Etchells and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games, and a touching memoir of a dedicated gamer.

Lost Battles

Author : Philip Sabin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826475175
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Lost Battles written by Philip Sabin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author's introduction: Ancient battles seize the modern imagination. Far from being forgotten, they have become a significant aspect of popular culture, prompting a continuing stream of books, feature films, television programs and board and computer games... there is a certain escapist satisfaction in looking back to an era when conflicts between entire states turned on clear-cut pitched battles between formed armies, lasting just a few hours and spanning just a few miles of ground. These battles were still unspeakably traumatic and grisly affairs for those involved - at Cannae, Hannibal's men butchered around two and a half times as many Romans (out of a much smaller overall population) as there were British soldiers killed on the notorious first day of the Somme. However, as with the great clashes of the Napoleonic era, time has dulled our preoccupation with such awful human consequences, and we tend to focus instead on the inspired generalship of commanders like Alexander and Caesar and on the intriguing tactical interactions of units such as massed pikemen and war elephants within the very different military context of pre-gunpowder warfare. Lost Battles takes a new and innovative approach to the battles of antiquity. Using his experience with conflict simulation, Philip Sabin draws together ancient evidence and modern scholarship to construct a generic, grand tactical model of the battles as a whole. This model unites a mathematical framework, to capture the movement and combat of the opposing armies, with human decisions to shape the tactics of the antagonists. Sabin then develops detailed scenarios for 36 individual battles such as Marathon and Cannae, and uses the comparative structure offered by the generic model to help cast light on which particular interpretations of the ancient sources on issues such as army size fit in best with the general patterns observed elsewhere. Readers can use the model to experiment for themselves by re-fighting engagements of their choice, tweaking the scenarios to accord with their own judgment of the evidence, trying out different tactics from those used historically, and seeing how the battle then plays out. Lost Battles thus offers a unique dynamic insight into ancient warfare, combining academic rigor with the interest and accessibility of simulation gaming. This book includes access to a downloadable computer simulation where the reader can view the author's simulations as well create their own.

Playing to Win

Author : David Sirlin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411666798
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Playing to Win written by David Sirlin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning at competitive games requires a results-oriented mindset that many players are simply not willing to adopt. This book walks players through the entire process: how to choose a game and learn basic proficiency, how to break through the mental barriers that hold most players back, and how to handle the issues that top players face. It also includes a complete analysis of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War and its applications to games of today. These foundational concepts apply to virtually all competitive games, and even have some application to "real life." Trade paperback. 142 pages.

Love Lost the Game

Author : R. Trent Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781688805163
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Love Lost the Game written by R. Trent Rose and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamal and Jouhonne Turner are two brothers that were mentally and physically abused by their father as children. Jouhonne, the oldest of the two, decided on his fifteenth birthday that he was not going to be treated like a human punching bag any longer, so he found his Father's 38.special and commits the ultimate crime.... Murder.After being tried as an adult, Jouhonne served a ten-year sentence in the state prison system, only to return home and discovered that his little brother Jamal, had become one of the biggest drug dealers in the Dallas Fort Worth area.LOVE LOST THE GAME, Is a spellbinding thriller that will keep you hypnotized with suspense, while you explore the lives of true killers, and the women who love them.

Seven Games: A Human History

Author : Oliver Roeder
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324003782
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Seven Games: A Human History written by Oliver Roeder and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.

Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series

Author : Dustin Brady
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1524862932
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series written by Dustin Brady and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five books in one! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter. Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this best-selling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games-and the people making those games - can be. Book One: Trapped in a Video Game Jesse hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked into the new game Full Blast with his best friend, Eric, Jesse quickly discovers that he's being followed by a mysterious figure. If he doesn't figure out what's going on fast, he'll be trapped for good! Book Two: The Invisible Invasion Jesse's rescue mission has led him into the world of Go Wild, a Pokemon Go-style mobile game full of hidden danger and invisible monsters. Can Jesse stay alive long enough to sneak into the shady video game company and uncover what they're hiding? Book Three: Robots Revolt The robot villains from Super Bot World 3 have been released into the real world, and it's up to Jesse to get them back. This is Jesse's most dangerous mission yet, because this time, the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives. Book Four: Return to Doom Island In this retro adventure, Jesse will need to outsmart a superintelligent android, outlast a tireless drone, and outswim an eight-bit shark. If he can somehow pull all that off, Jesse will discover that he hasn't even gotten to the scary part yet. Book Five: The Final Boss Jesse and Eric have 10 minutes to save the world. In those 10 minutes, they're supposed to dive into a massive video game universe, track down an all-powerful madman, and stop his evil plan before it's too late. Sound impossible? It's super impossible. The clock is ticking.

Lost Planet 2

Author : Stephen Stratton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780307467119
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Lost Planet 2 written by Stephen Stratton and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Step by step walkthrough for all six episodes! *Info-packed Basic Training and Multiplayer chapters to teach you how to achieve godlike battlefield supremacy! *Expert boss strategies! *Labeled area maps! *Detailed coverage on weapons, Vital Suits and Akrids! *Beautiful art gallery and interview with the development team!

Trapped in a Video Game

Author : Dustin Brady
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1449496261
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Trapped in a Video Game written by Dustin Brady and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Rigsby hates video games—and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked in the new game Full Blast with his friend Eric, Jesse starts to see the appeal of vaporizing man-size praying mantis while cruising around by jet pack. But pretty soon, a mysterious figure begins following Eric and Jesse, and they discover they can't leave the game. If they don't figure out what's going on fast, they'll be trapped for good!

Lost Odyssey

Author : Casey Loe
Publisher : Prima Games
ISBN 13 : 9780761558804
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book Lost Odyssey written by Casey Loe and published by Prima Games. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: •Full Walkthrough for All Four Discs:Solve the mystery of Kaim's immortality. All side quests, optional areas, and super bosses revealed. •Complete Area Maps:Detailed maps reveal every hidden item, invisible chest, and treasure-hunting spot. •Full Data on Every Boss and Monster:Learn the weaknesses of each foe and discover elaborate strategies for beatingLost Odyssey's challenging boss monsters. •All Rings, Skills, and Accessories Revealed:Learn deadly skill combos and find the hidden accessories that hold the game's most powerful abilities. •Find Every Slot Seed:Max out your immortals by earning all 48 Slot Seeds. •Earn All 1,000G Worth of Achievements:Everything you need to know to completely masterLost Odysseyand earn every Achievement on the way. •Complete the Thousand Years of Dreams:Solve Kaim's mystery by finding each of his hidden dreams.

The Infinite Game

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735213526
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Infinite Game written by Simon Sinek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in? In this revelatory new book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a Just Cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning. Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future.

It's All a Game

Author : Tristan Donovan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250082730
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book It's All a Game written by Tristan Donovan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games--from chess to Monopoly to Settlers of Catan, and more--have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.

Sometimes I Lie

Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250144833
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sometimes I Lie written by Alice Feeney and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

The Lost Temple

Author : Anna Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780751371000
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Temple written by Anna Knight and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer illustrations bring to life Johnny Thunder in the Lost Temple, which is set in an ancient temple in Central America and is packed with puzzles, riddles and cryptic maps to solve.

The Game

Author : Neil Strauss
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062130110
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book The Game written by Neil Strauss and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author and journalist, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the last decade—guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever. On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange—and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of this generation.

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Author : Shannon Messenger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442445939
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Keeper of the Lost Cities written by Shannon Messenger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age 12, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf. After being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, she discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.

The Book of Esports

Author : William Collis
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 1948122588
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Esports written by William Collis and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to the modern world of competitive gaming and the official history of Esports™. Almost overnight, esports—or competitive video games—have exploded into the largest entertainment and sporting phenomenon in human history. The Book of Esports answers: What exactly are esports, and how did they become so popular so quickly? Why did blockbuster video games like League of Legends, Fortnite and Starcraft succeed? Where exactly is all this video gaming headed? What do gamers and college students need to know to position themselves for success in the industry? How do you create a billion-dollar esports business? What strategic choices drive success in the modern gaming industry? Can video games really get your kid into college? (All expenses paid, of course...) Whether you are a lifelong gamer, a curious Fortnite parent, or a businessperson seeking to understand the marketing opportunities of this multibillion-dollar phenomenon, The Book of Esports charts the rise of this exciting new industry, for the first time ever crafting a comprehensive overview of esports and its implications for human competition—and even the future of humanity itself. Gaming luminary and Harvard MBA William Collis has painstakingly translated esports’ mysteries into a detailed and accessible testament for today. Featuring select interviews from the biggest names in the industry, The Book of Esportsweaves tales of trust, betrayal, and superhuman reflexes into predictive frameworks, explaining exactly why our industry looks the way it does, and how all this growth—and more—is inevitable as the divide between man and machine blurs into oblivion.