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Author | : Jaroslav Svelch |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2023-02-07 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0262047756 |
A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves. Since the early days of video games, monsters have played pivotal roles as dangers to be avoided, level bosses to be defeated, or targets to be destroyed for extra points. But why is the figure of the monster so important in gaming, and how have video games come to shape our culture’s conceptions of monstrosity? To answer these questions, Player vs. Monster explores the past half-century of monsters in games, from the dragons of early tabletop role-playing games and the pixelated aliens of Space Invaders to the malformed mutants of The Last of Us and the bizarre beasts of Bloodborne, and reveals the common threads among them. Covering examples from aliens to zombies, Jaroslav Švelch explores the art of monster design and traces its influences from mythology, visual arts, popular culture, and tabletop role-playing games. At the same time, he shows that video games follow the Cold War–era notion of clearly defined, calculable enemies, portraying monsters as figures that are irredeemably evil yet invariably vulnerable to defeat. He explains the appeal of such simplistic video game monsters, but also explores how the medium could evolve to present more nuanced depictions of monstrosity.
Author | : Jaroslav Svelch |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2023-02-07 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0262373238 |
A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves. Since the early days of video games, monsters have played pivotal roles as dangers to be avoided, level bosses to be defeated, or targets to be destroyed for extra points. But why is the figure of the monster so important in gaming, and how have video games come to shape our culture’s conceptions of monstrosity? To answer these questions, Player vs. Monster explores the past half-century of monsters in games, from the dragons of early tabletop role-playing games and the pixelated aliens of Space Invaders to the malformed mutants of The Last of Us and the bizarre beasts of Bloodborne, and reveals the common threads among them. Covering examples from aliens to zombies, Jaroslav Švelch explores the art of monster design and traces its influences from mythology, visual arts, popular culture, and tabletop role-playing games. At the same time, he shows that video games follow the Cold War–era notion of clearly defined, calculable enemies, portraying monsters as figures that are irredeemably evil yet invariably vulnerable to defeat. He explains the appeal of such simplistic video game monsters, but also explores how the medium could evolve to present more nuanced depictions of monstrosity.
Author | : Jaroslav Švelch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Monsters in video games |
ISBN | : 9780262373241 |
"A book on how video games changed monsters, and how video game monsters shape our notions of otherness"--
Author | : Keith Ammann |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2022-01-04 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1982171340 |
From the author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a follow-up strategy guide with MOAR! monster tactics for Dungeon Masters playing fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. Keith Ammann’s first book based on his popular blog, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, unpacks strategies, tactics, and motivations for creatures found in the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. Now, in MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing, he analyzes the likely combat behaviors of more than 100 new enemies found in Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Your campaign will never be the same!
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Release | : 2015-01-27 |
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ISBN | : 9781613170922 |
Most people don't believe in monsters, but you know the truth. They're real, and it's your task to bring them down. This revised edition of Monster of the Week brings that adventure to life.Monster of the Week is a standalone action-horror RPG for 3-5 people. Hunt high school beasties a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer, travel the country to bring down unnatural creatures like the Winchester brothers of Supernatural, or head up the government investigation like Mulder and Scully.This book contains everything you need to tackle Bigfoot, collar a chupacabra, and drive away demons. In this revised edition, you'll find:
Author | : Keith Ammann |
Publisher | : Gallery / Saga Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2020-07-07 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1982122692 |
From the author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes an introduction to combat tactics for Dungeons & Dragons players. In his first book, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing (based on his popular blog), Keith Ammann unleashed upon the D&D world a wave of clever, highly evolved monster tactics. Now it’s only fair that he gives players the tools they need to fight back…and prevail! An introduction to combat tactics for fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons players, Live to Tell the Tale evens the score. It examines the fundamentals of D&D battles: combat roles, party composition, attacking combos, advantage and disadvantage, Stealth and Perception, and more…including the ever-important consideration of how to run away! Don’t worry about creating a mathematically perfect character from square one. Survival isn’t about stats—it’s about behavior! With four turn-by-turn, roll-by-roll, blow-by-blow sample battles, Live to Tell the Tale breaks down how to make the best choices for your cherished characters so that they can survive their adventures, retire upon their accumulated riches, and tell stories about the old days that nobody will ever believe.
Author | : Scott Jennings |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2005-11-23 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0471793116 |
Intrigued by MMGs? Here's the place to start Compare games, create a character, choose a guild to join, and have some fun! So your friend keeps talking about playing this cool game with millions of people on the Internet, and you really want to join in? Great idea! This book will let you in on the lingo, provide a little background on MMGs, help you choose a character, and prepare you for a trip into the fantasy world. Discover how to * Choose a game you'll enjoy * Start developing a character * Survive player vs. player combat * Find useful gameplay guides * Slay more monsters * Team up with other players
Author | : Simon Carless |
Publisher | : "O'Reilly Media, Inc." |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 9780596007140 |
Aimed at avid and/or highly skilled video gamers, 'Gaming Hacks' offers a guide to pushing the limits of video game software and hardware using the creative exploits of the gaming gurus.
Author | : Ken Wickham |
Publisher | : Ken Wickham |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2018-09-20 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
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This story mechanism book has tools to help create story plots, twists, theme, mood, motive, foe, story seed, scene action, transition scenes, narrative, and work with the main conflicts. The tools may be used separately, together, or selective. This meant to aid or take the place of a Gamemaster (GM) for creating stories, twists, and quests. Current length is 49 pages including cover, front matter, and table of contents. the generators are 2 pages each — one of them is the table turned sideways for printing. This book either suggest, or refer to tables (a few which are in other Mechanism series books) for story ideas, design, and actions. Its generic enough for any game or story genre. The 13 tools included products: Flash RPG: used to create micro stories, adventure seeds, or background stories. Three Conflict Chain RPG: expands Flash RPG. Deep Dive Engine: New, expands the RPGs further. Scene Action Generator: New, adds action words to a scene. Transition Generator: New, adds transition scenes to a story. Solo Game Engine: Used to make decisions and take place of GM. Plot Generator: 144 plot action keywords Twist Generator: 144 story twists arranged by type and question word. Theme Generator: 144 sets of themes. Foe Generator: 144 antagonists or foes. Motivation Generator: 144 motivations arranged by need, morality, personality, etc. Mood-Emotion Generator: 12 types of feelings arranged by degree of intensity. Modifier Generator: 144 modifier words to modify plots, actions, or almost anything
Author | : Nicholas Alexander Benson |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-09-24 |
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This is a book about two people playing the amazing new game "Two-Player Monster Team Battle Game" (TMTBG). This book covers each player's player abilities and monster teams in great detail, and includes a round by round breakdown of their battle. Colorful, photorealistic, painting style, AI generated images of each monster are included in the monsters section of this book. Feel free to use the monsters and strategies in this book in casual games of TMTBG, and make sure to buy the TMTBG game guide so that you can start building your own monster team to use against your friends in competitive matches.