Games : Video & Electronic

Three thousand years before the darkening of Tristram, Uldyssian, son of Diomedes, was a simple farmer from the village of Seram. Content with his quiet, idyllic life, Uldyssian is shocked as dark events rapidly unfold around him. Mistakenly blamed for the grisly murders of two traveling missionaries, Uldyssian is forced to flee his homeland and set out on a perilous quest to redeem his good name. To his horror, he has begun to manifest strange new powers -- powers no mortal man has ever dreamed of. Now, Uldyssian must grapple with the energies building within him -- lest they consume the last vestiges of his humanity. more...

Price: $7.99

Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm...and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed.... more...

Price: $5.00

The fun and easy way to get started in this popular fantasy role-playing game Market research indicates that 4 million American males, ages 8 to 45, play Dungeons & Dragons, while 7.6 million who haven’t played say they want to learn how. The popularity of recent sci-fi and fantasy movies has also boosted interest. more...

Price: $19.99

Yankees vs. Red Sox. Lakers vs. Celtics. And now. . . . Team 3D vs. CompLexity. That would be America’s. next celebrated rivalry if the men in Game Boys had. their way. 3D and CompLexity are two of the top. professional “e-sports” teams in the U.S. Their battle. for dominance, as juicy as any feud in “real” sports,. leads the action in Michael Kane’s engaging and lively. chronicle of the lifestyle and business of gaming. We’ve come a long way since Pac-Man. Today’s. games are more elaborate, popular, and addictive than. ever. For the elite players, gaming is a full-fledged. career that pays big money in prizes and corporate. sponsorships. Gamers win, lose, strategize, fight,. sign with rival teams, get berated by sideline-pacing. coaches. Some use performance-enhancing drugs. And. now they’re going on TV. Are they really the “athletes”. of tomorrow? They act like they are. Game Boys is a pioneering narrative of the rivalries,. quirks, and dramas of a subculture on the cusp of. big things. At its most personal, it’s a classic sports tale. of victory and defeat, punched up for the millennial. generation. It’s also an engrossing business-meets-popculture. narrative that reveals the entrepreneurial ingenuity. involved in bringing gaming onto broadcast TV,. in the vein of the X-Games or televised poker. Game. Boys is an engrossing read for technophiles, gamers,. parents, and anyone interested in the business of sports. and trends in pop culture. more...

Price: $24.95

In Gaming, Alexander R. Galloway considers the video game as a distinct cultural form that demands a new and unique interpretive framework. Using examples from more than fifty video games, Galloway constructs a classification system of action in video games, and, ultimately offers a new conception of gaming and, more broadly, of electronic culture, one that celebrates the qualities of the digital age. more...

Price: $54.00