Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patterns you need.

The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child

This book perfectly intertwines a compelling business story with human drama." --Geoff Keighley, editor in chief, GameSlice "Thoroughly researched, this book exposes the guts of the video game industry through the prism of Microsoft.

Listen up, kid. My name is Dr. Cecil H.H. Mills. I’m the author of this book and many other ones that you might not have heard of. This book is about two idiot wannabe detective-types.

The purpose of this book is to look over the past 35 years of games to discuss titles whose design deserves to be studied by anyone with an interest in game design.

Each chapter includes short practices so readers can begin to put the book's concepts to work for transformation in their own lives.

"Full-color, easy-to-read cross stitch patterns for over 300 items; includes farming, foraging, fishing, mining, and comabt essentials, as well as portraits and sprites of every bachelor and bachelorette"--Back cover

This volume presents research from an international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral research project in which 15 doctoral researchers explored a range of issues related to the life-course experiences of children born of war in 20th ...

Frankie James is a young man with a lot on his shoulders.

Essentially, this is Clive James' desert island poems: a selection of his favourite verse and a personal commentary on each. The Fire of Joy was the final book Clive James completed before his death in 2019.