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Agincourt 1415: Triumph Against the Oddsby Matthew BennettISBN 0275988384 (0-275-98838-4)
Hardcover, Praeger Pub Text
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agincourt 1415: Triumph Against the Odds'Book summary:Agincourt is one of the most evocative names in English military history. Remembered as a fifteenth-century Dunkirk, the battle is part of the great English tradition of victory in the face of vastly superior forces. The French army, according to chroniclers, was between three to six times as large as that of the English and composed the flower of France's chivalry. Henry V's forces were numerically weakened by their earlier siege-action at Harfleur, and had become increasingly tired, hungry, and ill as they journeyed through enemy territory on their way to the safe port of Calais. The appearance of large French forces blocking their way seemed to signal the end of Henry V's brief attempt at the crown of France. However, the English had several advantages over their enemies. Not only was their command structure far more coherent than that of the French, but also their forces had far greater tactical flexibility. English success in arms was based on the extremely effective combination of heavily armoured men-at-arms with troops armed with the long-range, quick-firing longbow. The havoc that this weapon wreaked on the French forces before they were close enough to engage with the English knights was crucial for the English victory, as was the disorganisation of the French forces and the unforeseen problems in their pre-prepared battle plan. Matthew Bennett examines the Agincourt campaign from the siege of Harfleur to the aftermath of the battle at Agincourt itself. Ably using original fifteenth century evidence, including the surviving French battle plan and the accounts of men present in both armies, Bennett discusses the lead-up to the battle, the tactical dispositions of the two forcesand the reasons for the ultimate English success. What results is a full and extremely interesting account of one of the most important campaigns of the Hundred Years' War. [via]
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All In : The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Pokerby Jonathan Grotenstein, Storms RebackISBN 0312348355 (0-312-34835-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Amarillo Slim's Play Poker To Win: Million Dollar Strategies From The Legendary World Series Of Poker Winnerby Bill G. Cox, Amarillo Slim PrestonISBN 0060817550 (0-06-081755-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Artificial Realityby Myron W. KruegerISBN 0201047659 (0-201-04765-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Bad Beats and Lucky Drawsby Phil HellmuthISBN 0060740833 (0-06-074083-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bid Better, Play Betterby D.H. TruscottISBN 0060913517 (0-06-091351-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Big Dealby Anthony HoldenISBN 0349115192 (0-349-11519-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Big Deal: Confessions of a Professional Poker Playerby Anthony HoldenISBN 014012246X (0-14-012246-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Big Uby Neal StephensonISBN 0380816032 (0-380-81603-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big U'Book summary:The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson's most recent novel "electrifying" and "hilarious". but if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty years before he wrote the epic Cryptonomicon, it's back-to-school time. Back to The Big U, that is, a hilarious send-up of American college life starring after years our of print, The Big U is required reading for anyone interested in the early work of this singular writer.
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Bimbos Of The Death Sunby Sharyn McCrumbISBN 0345483022 (0-345-48302-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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*Mary Higgins Clark
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD!
"Sharyn McCrumb has few equals and no superiors among today's novelists."
*San Diego Union-Tribune
For one fateful weekend, the annual science fiction and fantasy convention, Rubicon, has all but taken over a usually ordinary hotel. Now the halls are alive with Trekkies, tech nerds, and fantasy gamers in their Viking finery *all of them eager to hail their hero, bestselling fantasy author Appin Dungannon: a diminutive despot whose towering ego more than compensates for his 5' 1" height . . . and whose gleeful disdain for his fawning fans is legendary.
Hurling insults and furniture with equal abandon, the terrible, tiny author proceeds to alienate ersatz aliens and make-believe warriors at warp speed. But somewhere between the costume contest and the exhibition Dungeons & Dragons game, Dungannon gets done in. While die-hard fans of Dungannon's seemingly endless sword-and-sorcery series wonder how they'll go on and hucksters wonder how much they can get for the dead man's autograph, a hapless cop wonders, Who would want to kill Appin Dungannon? But the real question, as the harried convention organizers know, is Who wouldn't ?
"I loved BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN . . . Beautifully observed, funny, nicely constructed, even compassionate."
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Burning Brightby Melissa ScottISBN 0312855028 (0-312-85502-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Burning Bright'Book summary:When space pilot Quinn Lioe gets shore leave on the planet of Burning Bright, she finds herself drawn into the world's mixture of hi-tech games and fascinating political intrigue. By the author of Dreamships. [via]
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Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytellingby Chris CrawfordISBN 0321278909 (0-321-27890-9)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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Conquering Sega Genesis Gamesby Jeff RovinISBN 0312954387 (0-312-95438-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conquering Sega Genesis Games'Book summary:A guide to the most popular Sega Genesis video games provides tips, strategies, hidden codes, score sheets, reviews, and violence ratings for Sonic III, NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, and more. By the author of the How To Win At series. [via]
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Cribbage Is the Name of the Gameby Richard E. LowderISBN 0064634027 (0-06-463402-7)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loonby Donna AndrewsISBN 0312990014 (0-312-99001-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'Book summary:[via]Poor Meg Langslow. She's blessed in so many ways. Michael, her boyfriend, is a handsome, delightful heartthrob who adores her. She's a successful blacksmith, known for her artistic wrought-iron creations. But somehow Meg's road to contentment is more rutted and filled with potholes than seems fair.
There are Michael's and Meg's doting but demanding mothers, for a start. And then there's the fruitless hunt for a place big enough for the couple to live together. And a succession of crises brought on by the well-meaning but utterly wacky demands of her friends and family. Demands that Meg has a hard time refusing---which is why she's tending the switchboard of Mutant Wizards, where her brother's computer games are created, and handling all the office management problems that no one else bothers with. For companionship, besides a crew of eccentric techies, she has a buzzard with one wing---who she must feed frozen mice thawed in the office microwave---and Michael's mother's nightmare dog. Not to mention the psychotherapists who refuse to give up their lease on half of the office space, and whose conflicting therapies cause continuing dissension. This is not what Meg had in mind when she agreed to help her brother move his staff to new offices.
In fact, the atmosphere is so consistently loony that the office mail cart makes several passes through the reception room, with the office practical joker lying on top of it pretending to be dead, before Meg realizes that he's become the victim of someone who wasn't joking at all. He's been murdered for real.
Donna Andrews's debut book, Murder with Peacocks, won the St. Martin's Malice Domestic best first novel contest and reaped a harvest of other honors as well. This is the fourth book in the Meg Langslow series, which features the intrepid Meg and her cast of oddball relatives. Their capers are a lighthearted joy to read.More editions of Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon:
Danger at Dunwater, Advanced Dungeon and Dragons Module U-2by Don Turnbull, Dave BrowneISBN 0394530039 (0-394-53003-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Descentby Peter TelepISBN 0380793067 (0-380-79306-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Designing Virtual Worldsby Richard BartleISBN 0131018167 (0-13-101816-7)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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Digital Game-based Learningby Mark PrenskyISBN 0071454004 (0-07-145400-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Digital Game-based Learning'Book summary:Recognizing that people respond more effectively to speed, fun and graphics, Prensky's revolutionary approach melds the engagement of fast-paced video games with serious business content to create better and more engaging training.
Digital Game-Based Learning expands on his technique by explaining what digital game-based learning is, why it is different and better, why it's not just another fad, where it can be used, and how to implement it. Brimming with case studies based on on-site visits to companies who have already successfully utilized this revolutionary training methodology, readers will discover new ways to better motivate and educate.
A Web site -- www.twitchspeed.com -- linked to the guide will bring together the various people and companies involved in the game-based learning field and become a forum for the exchange of ideas. [via]
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Ender's Gameby Orson Scott CardISBN 0312853238 (0-312-85323-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ender's Game'Book summary:Ender Wiggin is a very bright young boy with a powerful skill. One of a group of children bred to be military geniuses and save Earth from an inevitable attack by aliens, known here as "buggers," Ender becomes unbeatable in war games and seems poised to lead Earth to triumph over the buggers. Meanwhile, his brother and sister plot to wrest power from Ender. Twists, surprises and interesting characters elevate this novel into status as a bona fide page turner. It captured the Nebula and Hugo Awards. [via]
The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthologyby Katie Salen, Eric ZimmermanISBN 0262195364 (0-262-19536-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Games People Playby Eric BerneISBN 0345327195 (0-345-32719-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Games People Play'Book summary:Dr. Eric Berne, as the originator of transactional analysis, has attained recognition for developing one of the most innovative approaches to modern psychotherapy. Discover how many of these "secret games" you play everyday of your life: Iwfy (If it weren't for you); Sweetheart; Threadbare; Harried; Alcoholic, and many more. A groundbreaking book that bores deep into the heart of all our relationships, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is a classic that should be read again and again. [via]
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Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationshipsby Eric BerneISBN 0345410033 (0-345-41003-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships'Book summary:We think were relating to other peoplebut actually were all playing games.
Forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Bernes classic is as astonishingand revealingas it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonneguts brilliant Life magazine review from 1965.
We play games all the timesexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like Martini (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like If It Werent For You and Uproar, to flirtation favorites like The Stocking Game and Lets You and Him Fight, Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives.
Explosive when it first appeared, Games People Play is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. Its as powerful and eye-opening as ever. [via]More editions of Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships:
Gamma World Module Gw1--Legion of Goldby TsrISBN 0394527046 (0-394-52704-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Glass Bead Gameby Hermann Hesse, Richard Winston, Clara WinstonISBN 0312278497 (0-312-27849-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glass Bead Game'Book summary:The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature[via]
Set in the 23rd century, The Glass Bead Game is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master of the Game).More editions of The Glass Bead Game:
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The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi)by Hermann HesseISBN 0030818516 (0-03-081851-6)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi)'Book summary:The Glass Bead Game, for which Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, is the authors last and crowning achievement, the most imaginative and prophetic of all his novels. Setting the story in the distant postapocalyptic future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals who play an elaborate game that uses all the cultural and scientific knowledge of the Ages. The Glass Bead Game is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature.[via]
This edition features a Foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski that places the book in the full context of Hesses thought.More editions of The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi):
Goren Settles the Bridge Argumentsby Charles H. GorenISBN 0345331478 (0-345-33147-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolutionby Steven LevyISBN 0141000511 (0-14-100051-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution'Book summary:Steven Levy's classic book explains why the misuse of the word "hackers" to describe computer criminals does a terrible disservice to many important shapers of the digital revolution. Levy follows members of an MIT model railroad club--a group of brilliant budding electrical engineers and computer innovators--from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. These eccentric characters used the term "hack" to describe a clever way of improving the electronic system that ran their massive railroad. And as they started designing clever ways to improve computer systems, "hack" moved over with them. These maverick characters were often fanatics who did not always restrict themselves to the letter of the law and who devoted themselves to what became known as "The Hacker Ethic." The book traces the history of hackers, from finagling access to clunky computer-card-punching machines to uncovering the inner secrets of what would become the Internet. This story of brilliant, eccentric, flawed, and often funny people devoted to their dream of a better world will appeal to a wide audience. [via]
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Hardwiredby Walter Jon WilliamsISBN 0312933037 (0-312-93303-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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High Score : The Illustrated History of Electronic Gamesby Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. WilsonISBN 0072231726 (0-07-223172-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Osborne
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› Find signed collectible books: 'High Score : The Illustrated History of Electronic Games'Book summary:In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more. This is the inside scoop on the history, successes, tricks, and even failures of the entire electronic games industry. [via]
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Improving Your Chessby Fred ReinfeldISBN 0064632679 (0-06-463267-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The King's Quest Companionby Peter SpearISBN 007881815X (0-07-881815-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The King's Quest Companion'Book summary:By the standards of computer game books, this is a staggering tome. That it covers the solutions to all seven King's Quest games doesn't account for its length and richness--not even when you take into account that it leads to multiple solutions of many problems. This is more than just a computer game solution book: it's a fantasy novel in its own right. In The King's Quest Companion we often follow the narrative stories of the King's Quest characters, seeing their world through their eyes, hearing their voices and thoughts, seeing them not as on-screen game pieces but as fully developed characters. That might even be too mild a description, because Spear insists throughout that the world of Daventry is "real" and that these stories all really happened. Certainly, the characters have become real for the devoted players who've followed their exploits since the first King's Quest changed the face of computer gaming in 1984. Spear's strategy guide offers solutions to the puzzles that have driven players to distraction for years, but more than that, he adds new depth to the King's Quest experience. [via]
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Little Warsby H. G. WellsISBN 0306800756 (0-306-80075-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Making of Doom 3: The Official Guideby Steven KentISBN 0072230525 (0-07-223052-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Man, Play and Gamesby Meyer Barash, Roger CaillosISBN 025207033X (0-252-07033-X)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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The Mechanical Turk : The True Story of the Chess-Playing Machine That Fooled the Worldby Tom StandageISBN 014029919X (0-14-029919-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Medium of the Video Gameby Mark J. P. WolfISBN 029279150X (0-292-79150-X)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Medium of the Video Game'Book summary:Over a mere three decades, the video game has become the entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games or game-playing equipment, such as the PlayStation 2, generates great excitement and even buying frenzies. Yet, until now, this giant on the popular culture landscape has received little in-depth study or analysis.
In this book, Mark J. P. Wolf and four other scholars conduct the first thorough investigation of the video game as an artistic medium. The book begins with an attempt to define what is meant by the term "video game" and the variety of modes of production within the medium. It moves on to a brief history of the video game, then applies the tools of film studies to look at the medium in terms of the formal aspects of space, time, narrative, and genre. The book also considers the video game as a cultural entity, object of museum curation, and repository of psychological archetypes. It closes with a list of video game research resources for further study.
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The Mensa Genius Quiz-A-Day Bookby Abbie F. Salny, Members of MensaISBN 0201135493 (0-201-13549-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Moneymaker: How An Amateur Poker Player Turned $40 Into $2.5 Million At The World Series Of Pokerby Daniel Paisner, Chris MoneymakerISBN 0060746750 (0-06-074675-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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New Literaciesby Colin Lankshear, Michele KnobelISBN 033521066X (0-335-21066-X)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Education
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New York Post Sudoku 1: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzleby Wayne GouldISBN 0060885319 (0-06-088531-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Only You Can Save Mankindby PratchettISBN 0060541873 (0-06-054187-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold 'emby Phil HellmuthISBN 0060780193 (0-06-078019-3)
Softcover, Harper Torch
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Playing the Future: How Kids' Culture Can Teach Us to Thrive in an Age of Chaosby Douglas RushkoffISBN 0060173106 (0-06-017310-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companionby John StravinskyISBN 0060559594 (0-06-055959-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Shut Up and Dealby Jesse MayISBN 0385489404 (0-385-48940-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Software Engineering and Computer Gamesby Rudolf V. B. Rucker, Rudy RuckerISBN 0201767910 (0-201-76791-0)
Softcover, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Software Engineering and Computer Games'Book summary:"This book should be a requirement of anyone that wants to write games ¿ period"
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André Lamothe, author and CEO of Xtreme Games
There are many books on the art of games programming but now acclaimed author Rudy Rucker has gone a step beyond and transformed it into a science.
Software Engineering and Computer Games uses an object-oriented (OO) approach throughout, incorporating UML for OO analysis and design and discussing software patterns and how to incorporate them into the design process.
The book covers nine topics:
1) Basic software engineering principles and techniques.
2) How to organize and complete a substantial software project
3) Practical examples of object-oriented design and programming.
4) The design of computer games.
5) Simulating physics inside our computer-generated worlds.
6) Artificial life, or how to simulate live creatures inside a computer program.
7) How to use two and three-dimensional computer graphics.
8) Windows programming with the Microsoft Foundation Classes, or MFC.
9) How to develop a project using Microsoft Visual Studio(Either Version 6.0 or .NET)
The game engine accompanying the book is an open source C++ framework (the POP Framework), available together with other accompanying material from the website.
The book can be used for self-study, with readers encouraged to use the POP Framework as a starting point for creating their own games.
Software Engineering and Computer Games was developed as the primary textbook for an undergraduate software engineering course and can also be the main book for courses on software projects or computer game design and programming.
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Space Demonsby Gillian RubinsteinISBN 0140321993 (0-14-032199-3)
Softcover, Omnibus/Puffin Book
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Star Fleet Technical Manualby FranzISBN 0345270509 (0-345-27050-9)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manualby Franz JosephISBN 0345495861 (0-345-49586-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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1. A printed Terran version of the Starfleet Technical Manual was approved by the Federation Council for release to civilians and civilian auxiliaries on your planet. We have reviewed copies of this version as printed by you, and wish to assure you and the others that these copies are precisely correct and complete as authorized. We believe some of your civilians are confused because they are unfamiliar with the system and arrangement of Technical Orders, therefore, we offer the following by way of clarification.
2. The print-out version of the Starfleet Technical Manual, as used by the Starfleet Academy, is a collection of only those Technical Orders necessary to the indoctrination of new cadets until such time as they become experienced in the use of the data read-out stations of Mastercom/SFHQ. Further, the Terran version contains even fewer Technical Orders because of the prohibition of the Prime Directive. Neither version is a book of pages as the questioners seem to thinknor do they contain all of the technical information stored in the data banks of Mastercom/SFHQ. Your civilians must understand these technical data banks contain all the knowledge presently known to the United Federation of Planets from all the member planets. If it were to be published in book form, the sum total would amount to more books than you now have stored in your libraries. Obviously, this cannot be done. It is equally obvious that you cannot have the galactic knowledge of future centuries given to your planet as a gift; you must earn it by your own efforts just as others have done.
3. In the Terran version, the General Index summarizes the subject area groupings by Technical Order number blocks as a part of the total system of classification. It does not give the total classification system, nor does it indicate whether or not such subject matter is available. The Introduction (T.0:00:00:06) for instance, is not included because it has not been authorized for release at this time. Each Section Index lists the Technical Orders currently approved for
each section, and shows the correct issue by authentication date (and amendment codeif required). Thus a Section Index shows whether or not a particular manual contains the correct issues. Those listed with an asterisk may become available in a future print-out from Mastercom/SFHQ. Other Technical Order numbers that are missing do not appear by reason of the prohibition of the Prime Directive, or they have not been approved for release at this time.
4. In as gentle and as diplomatic a manner as we may, we would like to point out that this confusion is just another example of the many primitive attributes of your planet that prevents its acceptance into the United Federation of Planets at this time in your current calendar. But be patient, the day will come when your planet will have finally overcome these obstacles, and take its place in the intergalactic community of intelligent life forms.
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