Covert cyborg agents from an expansion of Area 51. An insane neuroscientist. A kidnapped superhuman lost to memory until now.Who Am I? What am I?These questions have plagued Joshua since childhood. Mysterious amplified senses and boosted reflexes have helped him survive and thrive in a brutal, lawless megacity, and he leads the notorious Epitaph gang with keen street instincts.When Joshua’s unexplained abilities draw the attention of a covert government entity, he f...

Agent Farrell and his team have Joshua backed into a corner.At the NSMZ base, a Maelstrom permie rig and a team of scientists await Joshua’s arrival.Silently observing from the sidelines is Peter Yee of the Siuping Clan, a powerful crime boss to whom Joshua owes a favor.Caught between two formidable entities who want to exploit his talents for their own purpose, Joshua has one option: join the Siuping Clan as an enforcer. Instead, Yee surprises Josh...

This is a charity anthology; all proceeds will be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid).Over 30 authors in the horror community donated stories to help the civilians of Palestine. Among the stories are:-- codependent necromancers-- a spy discovers a supernatural weapon that might turn the tide of the war-- a Girl Scout troop camping trip goes horribly wrong when dinosaurs show up-- a ...

After the collapse of Earth sends the last of humanity soaring to Mars, documentarian Jocasta Thorne finds himself trapped in his spaceship on the outskirts of the planet's orbit. Nearly giving up hope of ever seeing another human again, Jocasta's quiet life is disrupted when a knock at the bay door breaks through the silence, and the stranger on the other side promises he can get them home.The Wayward Souls of Avalon is a cozy sci-fi tale about two strangers caught in each other's...

This text is an introduction to the future of mass media and mass communications – cross-media communications. Cross-media is explained through the presentation and analysis of contemporary examples and project-based tutorials in cross-media development. The text introduces fundamental terms and concepts, and provides a solid overview of cross-media communications, one that builds from a general introduction to a specific examination of media and genres to a discussion of the concepts invo...

In this volume people of diverse backgrounds talk about tabletop games game culture and the intersection of games with learning theater and other forms. Some have chosen to write about their design process others about games they admire others about the culture of tabletop games and their fans. The results are various and individual but all cast some light on what is a multivarious and fascinating set of game styles.

Your trusted guide to surgical weight-lossSixty percent of individuals over the age of 20—or 58 million people in the U.S.—are overweight. As the obesity epidemic continues to grow, many Americans are researching the benefits and complications of weight-loss surgeries. Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies, 2nd edition is the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to understanding the impact of surgical weight-loss before, during, and after surgery.Weight-loss s...

Following on Well Played 1.0 and 2.0 this book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. Contributors analyze sequences in a game in detail in order to illustrate and interpret how the various components of a game can come together to create fulfilling a playing experience unique to this medium. Contributors again look at video games some that were covered in Well Played 1.0 and 2.0 as well as new one...

Creative Chaos describes the dynamic process of collaborative design and development within interdisciplinary teams as they work to create something together. Creativity is wonderfully complex and chaotic, and at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, we often describe what we do as “creative chaos” in that it’s not necessarily a process within which you ever have complete control. To articulate what this means, this short book provides an overview of the ETC, our re...

Creative Chaos describes the dynamic process of collaborative design and development within interdisciplinary teams as they work to create something together. Creativity is wonderfully complex and chaotic, and at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center we often describe what we do as “creative chaos” in that it’s not necessarily a process within which you ever have complete control. To articulate what this means, this short book provides an overview of the ETC and our ...

Upon the literal and figurative outskirts of polite society within a literal and figurative shithole shack lives Rat Bastard. Though a character more fitting to a dubious threat a parent would give an irksome child (Eat your brussels sprouts or the "ratman" will get you), Rat Bastard inexplicably exists and interacts with the semi-normal human populace of Butthole City. Each episodic tale herein is full of adventure, excitement, whimsy, and wonder. Then Rat Bastard shows up and ruins all t...

Creative Chaos describes the dynamic process of collaborative design and development within interdisciplinary teams as they work to create something together. Creativity is wonderfully complex and chaotic, and at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center we often describe what we do as “creative chaos” in that it’s not necessarily a process within which you ever have complete control. To articulate what this means, this short book provides an overview of the ETC and our ...