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Metro 2033

Author	: Dmitry Glukhovsky
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2010-03-18
ISBN 10	: 9780575086265
Pages	: 488 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (862 users)

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Download or read book Metro 2033 written by Dmitry Glukhovsky and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis of three bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, and Metro: Exodus. The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend. More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over. A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.

Metro: Last Light - Strategy Guide

Author	: GamerGuides.com
Publisher	: Gamer Guides
Release Date	: 2015-11-07
ISBN 10	: 9781630418991
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (189 users)

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Download or read book Metro: Last Light - Strategy Guide written by GamerGuides.com and published by Gamer Guides. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the shoes of Artyom and enter the overpopulated metro subway system of the post-apocalyptic Russia. Fight your way through the hordes of deadly mutants, brave the surface radiation using naught but a gas mask and meet and defeat the various hostile factions of Moscow's once famous public underground transport system. Our guide will take you from start to finish, grabbing all the collectibles and unlocking as many achievements/trophies as possible as you go. The guide will provide you with tons of hits and tips including: - Complete ALL stories missions with pure stealth! - Location of every Diary Note. - Location of every Musical Instrument. - Location of the game's major and minor Morality Points. - Achievement/Trophy guide to unlock every last one in the game.

Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis

Author	: Amanda DiGioia
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2020-10-13
ISBN 10	: 9781000203721
Pages	: 212 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (37 users)

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Download or read book Duelling, the Russian Cultural Imagination, and Masculinity in Crisis written by Amanda DiGioia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written from a feminist perspective, uses the focus of duelling to discuss the nature of masculinity in Russia. It traces the development of duelling and masculinity historically from the time of Peter the Great onwards, considers how duelling and masculinity have been represented in both literature and film and assesses the high emphasis given in Soviet times to gender equality, arguing that this was a failed experiment that ran counter to Russian tradition. It examines how duelling continues to be a feature of life in contemporary Russia and relates the situation in Russia to wider scholarship on the nature of masculinity more generally. Overall, the book contends that Russia’s valuing of a strong, militaristic form of masculinity is a major problem.

New Media in New Europe-Asia

Author	: Jeremy Morris
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2016-04-14
ISBN 10	: 9781317590705
Pages	: 327 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (97 users)

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Download or read book New Media in New Europe-Asia written by Jeremy Morris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an in-depth investigation of the role of new media in the political, social and cultural life in the region of Europe-Asia. By focusing on new media, which is understood primarily as internet-enabled networked social practice, the book puts forward a political and cultural redefinition of the region which is determined by the recognition of the diversity of new media uses in the countries included in the study. This book focuses on the period prior to the advent of ‘world internet revolutions’, and it registers the region at its pivotal moment—at the time of its entry into the post-broadcast era. Does the Internet aid democratisation or it conditioned by socio-political norms? Has the Internet changed politics or has it had to fit existing political structures? Has the use of digital technologies revolutionized election campaigns? How is hyperlinked society different from society prior to the advent of the web? How do ordinary people actually use the Internet. These and other pressing questions – crucial to understanding the post-socialist world – are investigated in the current volume. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

The New Urban Gothic

Author	: Holly-Gale Millette
Publisher	: Springer Nature
Release Date	: 2020-10-17
ISBN 10	: 9783030437770
Pages	: 253 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (377 users)

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Download or read book The New Urban Gothic written by Holly-Gale Millette and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores global dystopic, grotesque and retold narratives of degeneration, ecological and economic ruin, dystopia, and inequality in contemporary fictions set in the urban space. Divided into three sections—Identities and Histories, Ruin and Residue, and Global Gothic—The New Urban Gothic explores our anxieties and preoccupation with social inequalities, precarity and the peripheral that are found in so many new fictions across various media. Focusing on non-canonical Gothic global cities, this distinctive collection discusses urban centres in England’s Black Country, Moscow, Detroit, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Dehli, Srinigar, Shanghai and Barcelona as well as cities of the imaginary, the digital and the animated. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the intersections of time, place, space and media in contemporary Gothic Studies. The New Urban Gothic casts reflections and shadows on the age of the Anthropocene.

Russian Literature since 1991

Author	: Evgeny Dobrenko
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2015-11-12
ISBN 10	: 9781316425206
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (252 users)

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Download or read book Russian Literature since 1991 written by Evgeny Dobrenko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian Literature since 1991 is the first comprehensive, single-volume compendium of modern scholarship on post-Soviet Russian literature. The volume encompasses broad, complex and diverse sources of literary material - from ideological and historical novels to experimental prose and poetry, from nonfiction to drama. Written by an international team of leading experts on contemporary Russian literature and culture, it presents a broad panorama of genres in post-Soviet literature such as postmodernism, magical historicism, hyper-naturalism (in drama), and the new lyricism. At the same time, it offers close readings of the most prominent works published in Russia since the end of the Soviet regime and elimination of censorship. The collection highlights the interdisciplinary context of twenty-first-century Russian literature and can be widely used both for research and teaching by specialists in and beyond Russian studies, including those in post-Cold War and post-communist world history, literary theory, comparative literature and cultural studies.

Dystopian States of America: Apocalyptic Visions and Warnings in Literature and Film

Author	: Matthew B. Hill
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2022-09-13
ISBN 10	: 9781440873393
Pages	: 393 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (733 users)

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Download or read book Dystopian States of America: Apocalyptic Visions and Warnings in Literature and Film written by Matthew B. Hill and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dystopian States of America provides students and researchers with an illuminating resource for understanding the impact and relevance of dystopian and apocalyptic works in contemporary American culture. Through its wide survey of dystopian works in numerous forms and genres, the book encourages readers to connect with these works of fiction and understand how the catastrophically grim or disquieting worlds they portray offer insights into our own current situation. In addition to providing more than 150 encyclopedia articles on a large and representative sample of dystopian/apocalyptic narratives in fiction, film, television, and video games (including popular works that often escape critical inquiry), Dystopian States of America features a suite of critical essays on five themes—war, pandemics, totalitarianism, environmental calamity, and technological overreach—that serve as the foundation for most dystopian worlds of the imagination. These offerings complement one another, enabling readers to explore dystopian conceptions of America and the world from multiple perspectives and vantage points.

Guns, Grenades, and Grunts

Author	: Gerald A. Voorhees
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date	: 2012-11-02
ISBN 10	: 9781441146267
Pages	: 448 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (462 users)

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Download or read book Guns, Grenades, and Grunts written by Gerald A. Voorhees and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for their visibility and tendency to generate controversy, first-person shooter (FPS) games are cultural icons and powder-kegs in American society. Contributors will examine a range of FPS games such as the Doom, Half-Life, System Shock, Deus Ex, Halo, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises. By applying and enriching a broad range of perspectives, this volume will address the cultural relevance and place of the genre in game studies, game theory and the cultures of game players. Guns, Grenades, and Grunts gathers scholars from all disciplines to bring the weight of contemporary social theory and media criticism to bear on the public controversy and intellectual investigation of first-person shooter games. As a genre, FPS games have helped shepherd the game industry from the early days of shareware distribution and underground gaming clans to contemporary multimillion dollar production budgets, Hollywood-style launches, downloadable content and worldwide professional gaming leagues. The FPS has been and will continue to be a staple of the game market.

Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction

Author	: Tereza Dědinová
Publisher	: Lexington Books
Release Date	: 2021-02-25
ISBN 10	: 9781793636645
Pages	: 277 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (366 users)

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Download or read book Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction written by Tereza Dědinová and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to demonstrate that speculative fiction provides a valuable contribution to the discussion about the challenges of the Anthropocene, Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction investigates a range of novels whose subject matter pertains to various aspects of the Anthropocene. These include the destruction and protection of the natural environment, the relationship between human and non-human inhabitants of the planet, the role of myth in the shaping of and combat against the Anthropocene, the political dimensions of the Anthropocene, the ensuing threat of the Apocalypse, and the role of post-apocalyptic narratives. To explore these topics our authors examine the works of Patricia Briggs, M.R. Carey, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ursula K. Le Guin, N.K. Jemisin, Stephenie Meyer, China Miéville, James Patterson, Maggie Stiefvater, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Scott Westfield. Their essays demonstrate that speculative fiction, given its ability to pursue scenarios of alternative history and present familiar things in an unfamiliar way, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities and the world, so that the threat of human-wrought destruction might ultimately be averted.

Metro 2033

Author	: Dmitrii Glukhovskii
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2015
ISBN 10	: 6059127347
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (47 users)

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Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games

Author	: Michelle Herte
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2020-09-08
ISBN 10	: 9781000172768
Pages	: 266 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (727 users)

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Download or read book Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games written by Michelle Herte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks closely at the endings of narrative digital games, examining their ways of concluding the processes of both storytelling and play in order to gain insight into what endings are and how we identify them in different media. While narrative digital games share many representational strategies for signalling their upcoming end with more traditional narrative media – such as novels or movies – they also show many forms of endings that often radically differ from our conventional understanding of conclusion and closure. From vast game worlds that remain open for play after a story’s finale, to multiple endings that are often hailed as a means for players to create their own stories, to the potentially tragic endings of failure and "game over", digital games question the traditional singularity and finality of endings. Using a broad range of examples, this book delves deeply into these and other forms and their functions, both to reveal the closural specificities of the ludonarrative hybrid that digital games are, as well as to find the core elements that characterise endings in any medium. It examines how endings make themselves known to players and raises the question of how well-established closural conventions blend with play and a player’s effort to achieve a goal. As an interdisciplinary study that draws on game studies as much as on transmedial narratology, Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games is suited for scholars and students of digital games as well as for narratologists yet to become familiar with this medium.

Science Fiction Video Games

Author	: Neal Roger Tringham
Publisher	: CRC Press
Release Date	: 2014-09-10
ISBN 10	: 9781482203899
Pages	: 536 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (38 users)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Video Games written by Neal Roger Tringham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand Video Games as Works of Science Fiction and Interactive Stories Science Fiction Video Games focuses on games that are part of the science fiction genre, rather than set in magical milieux or exaggerated versions of our own world. Unlike many existing books and websites that cover some of the same material, this book emphasizes critical analysis, especially the analysis of narrative. The author analyzes narrative via an original categorization of story forms in games. He also discusses video games as works of science fiction, including their characteristic themes and the links between them and other forms of science fiction. Delve into a Collection of Science Fiction Games The beginning chapters explore game design and the history of science-fictional video games. The majority of the text deals with individual science-fictional games and the histories and natures of their various forms, such as the puzzle-based adventure and the more exploratory and immediate computer role-playing game (RPG).

LEGO and Philosophy

Author	: Roy T. Cook
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date	: 2017-06-15
ISBN 10	: 9781119193999
Pages	: 256 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (939 users)

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Download or read book LEGO and Philosophy written by Roy T. Cook and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is “very”! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, an educational robotics program, an award winning series of videogames, hundreds of books, magazines, and comics, a team-building workshop program for businesses and much, much more. Dives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global multimedia phenomenon they have created Tackles metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues in a series of fascinating and stimulating essays Introduces key areas of philosophy through topics such as creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, consumption and culture, authenticity and identity, architecture, mathematics, intellectual property, business and environmental ethics Written by a global group of esteemed philosophers and LEGO fans A lively philosophical discussion of bricks, minifigures, and the LEGO world that will appeal to LEGO fans and armchair philosophers alike

Designing Games

Author	: Tynan Sylvester
Publisher	: O'Reilly Media
Release Date	: 2013-01-03
ISBN 10	: 9781449338039
Pages	: 415 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (38 users)

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Download or read book Designing Games written by Tynan Sylvester and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today’s hit video games. You’ll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences—a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players. In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track, including how to work with a team, and how to avoid creative dead ends. Packed with examples, this book will change your perception of game design. Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each other’s heads Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics Plan, test, and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front Learn how your game’s market positioning will affect your design

Developments in Design Research and Practice

Author	: Emilia Duarte
Publisher	: Springer Nature
Release Date	: 2022-02-14
ISBN 10	: 9783030865962
Pages	: 525 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (659 users)

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Download or read book Developments in Design Research and Practice written by Emilia Duarte and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on innovative research and practices in contemporary design, showing how to integrate different concepts and discussing the emerging role of design in different field, its meaning for humans and citizens, at both local and global level. Gathering the best papers from Senses & Sensibility, held in 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal, it highlights the role of design in fostering education, physical and social wellbeing, industrial innovation and cultural preservation, as well as inclusivity, sustainability and communication in a global, digital world.

Precarious Alliances

Author	: Martin Butler
Publisher	: transcript Verlag
Release Date	: 2016-02-29
ISBN 10	: 9783839423189
Pages	: 316 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (231 users)

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Download or read book Precarious Alliances written by Martin Butler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from an analysis of practices of participation in contemporary print and other media, the volume opens up a historical perspective, probing the potential of the concept of participatory cultures for the exploration of past forms of collaboration between individual and collective actors (i.e. authors, editors, publishers, fans, critics etc.). In doing so, the volume sheds new light on the historically, culturally, and medially specific forms and functions as well as on the economic, political and institutional parameters that contributed to the emergence and transformation of what turn out to be precarious alliances.

Pattern Language for Game Design

Author	: Christopher Barney
Publisher	: CRC Press
Release Date	: 2020-12-08
ISBN 10	: 9781000259544
Pages	: 476 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (595 users)

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Download or read book Pattern Language for Game Design written by Christopher Barney and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Barney’s Pattern Language for Game Design builds on the revolutionary work of architect Christopher Alexander to show students, teachers, and game development professionals how to derive best practices in all aspects of game design. Using a series of practical, rigorous exercises, designers can observe and analyze the failures and successes of the games they know and love to find the deep patterns that underlie good design. From an in-depth look at Alexander’s work, to a critique of pattern theory in various fields, to a new approach that will challenge your knowledge and put it to work, this book seeks to transform how we look at building the interactive experiences that shape us. Key Features: Background on the architectural concepts of patterns and a Pattern Language as defined in the work of Christopher Alexander, including his later work on the Fifteen Properties of Wholeness and Generative Codes. Analysis of other uses of Alexander’s work in computer science and game design, and the limitations of those efforts. A comprehensive set of example exercises to help the reader develop their own patterns that can be used in practical day-to-day game design tasks. Exercises that are useful to designers at all levels of experience and can be completed in any order, allowing students to select exercises that match their coursework and allowing professionals to select exercises that address their real-world challenges. Discussion of common pitfalls and difficulties with the pattern derivation process. A guide for game design teachers, studio leaders, and university departments for curating and maintaining institutional Pattern Languages. An Interactive Pattern Language website where you can share patterns with developers throughout the world (patternlanguageforgamedesign.com). Comprehensive games reference for all games discussed in this book. Author Chris Barney is an industry veteran with more than a decade of experience designing and engineering games such as Poptropica and teaching at Northeastern University. He has spoken at conferences, including GDC, DevCom, and PAX, on topics from core game design to social justice. Seeking degrees in game design before formal game design programs existed, Barney built his own undergraduate and graduate curricula out of offerings in sociology, computer science, and independent study. In pursuit of a broad understanding of games, he has worked on projects spanning interactive theater, live-action role-playing game (LARP) design, board games, and tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). An extensive collection of his essays of game design topics can be found on his development blog at perspectivesingamedesign.com.