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This book explores what it means to exist in virtual worlds. Chiefly drawing on the philosophical traditions of existentialism, it articulates the idea that — by means of our technical equipment and coordinated practices — human beings disclose contexts or worlds in which they can perceive, feel, act, and think. More specifically, this book discusses how virtual worlds allow human beings to take new perspectives on their values and beliefs, and explore previously unexperienced ways of bein...

In Scholar’s Codex, academics from around the world have come together to explore the themes, lore and ruined majesty of classics like Bloodborne, Dark Souls and Elden Ring. These are games that are defined by their depth and mystery. The result is a book that’s engaging and accessible to readers outside of academia, while travelling straight to the heart of the richest imaginative territory in all of video games.Scholar’s Co...

This book advocates that teachers should play an active role in high-stakes language testing and that more weight should be given to teacher judgement. This is likely to increase the formative potential of high-stakes tests and provide teachers with a sense of ownership. The implication is that the knowledge and skills they develop by being involved in these tests will feed into their own classroom practices. The book also considers the arguments against teacher involvement, e.g. the conte...

Collects Deadpool #32-35 & 33.1. Ground Control to Major Deadpool! After bumping off Macho Gomez, the galaxy's top assassin, Deadpool heads into space to increase his intergalactic cred. Abandoning his plans to become one of Earth's heroes, he decides to stop pulling punches and cement himself as the solar system's best, most ruthless mercenary.

Collects Deadpool #27-31. When Dr. Bong clones Steve Rogers' clandestine team of heroes to steal weapons of mass destruction, Wade must fight alongside the real Secret Avengers against the fake Secret Avengers and try to not to shoot the wrong guy! Plus: Deadpool gets hired by a bunch of good Draculas to fight some bad Draculas and no, they don't sparkle!

Collects Deadpool (2008) #13-18. Deadpool wants to be an X-Man. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way - not even the X-Men! So when the father of the mutant Mercury lies to the press by telling them his daughter is being held captive on Utopia, Deadpool decides he can finally make the X-Men love him - really, really love him - by assassinating Mercury's father. Will Wade succeed and single-handedly set back mutant/human relations 50 years? Will he ever become an X-Man? Will he f...

Collects Deadpool (2008) #19-22 & Hit-Monkey. Not many people - hero, villain, mercenary or otherwise - are going to upstage the Amazing Spider-Man in a team-up. But Deadpool will have to if he'll survive the most dangerous threat he's ever faced - Hit-Monkey! Plus: The origin of Hit-Monkey revealed!

Collects Deadpool (2012) #7-12. First: Flash back to Deadpool’s adventures of yesteryear with Iron Man! Then: A demon hires Deadpool to reclaim damned souls! And just in case you didn’t think he could get any stranger, Wade gets in touch with his feminine side! Plus: Deadpool targets a man with aquatic powers, and then teams up with your Superior Neighborhood Spider-Man! And we promise he kills one of those two! Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn’s hilarious, nonstop reinvention of the Merc Wit...

Collects Deadpool (2008) #6-7 & 10-12. Norman Osborn owes Deadpool one - and Wade's on his way to collect. But since his rise to power, Norman's a hard man to reach. He's the head of H.A.M.M.E.R. and the new Dark Avengers. Which means he can send the ruthless killer Bullseye to handle his Deadpool problem for him!

Collects Deadpool #1-6. Dead former United States presidents, from George Washington to Gerald Ford, have been resurrected--and that's bad. Someone is needed with the reputation, skills and plausible deniability to take out these com-monsters in chiefs. Deadpool's time is NOW! Be here as Deadpool de-un-deadifies ex-Presidents left and right...matching wits with Tricky Dick Nixon, fighting a grudge match against Honest Abe Lincoln, and battling Ronald Reagan--in space!

Collects DEADPOOL (2008) #1-5.The Skrulls are here and everything’s gone topsy-turvy but, in Deadpool’s world, that just means it’s Monday! Like it or not, Deadpool may be the only person on the planet who can save us…but who’s to say he wants to?

Collects Deadpool #23-26. It's a Vegas vacation done Deadpool-style - full of explosions, D-list super villains and a casino caper that would make George Clooney proud! When he puts the squeeze on a mouthy club owner, Deadpool draws the ire of Las Vegas' biggest casino bosses and their newest protector-for-hire, The House.