Devils Plaything

Author : Matt Richtel
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062091328
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Plaything written by Matt Richtel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Smart, captivating, sophisticated; I can’t say enough about this deftly told story.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Tomb “A brilliant thriller that defies genre and scope; a twisted blend of Michael Crichton and Alfred Hitchcock.” —James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden A Pulitzer Prize winner for Journalism in 2010, New York Times science reporter Matt Richtel delivers a phenomenal “neuro-tech” thriller about a dark and insidious plot to reengineer the human brain. Devil’s Plaything is smart, fast, and terrifyingly plausible—a page-turner of the first order from the critically acclaimed author of Hooked, whom author David Liss (The Devil’s Company) calls, “The absolute master of crafting amazing fiction around cutting edge science.”

Author : Claire Marta
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721674435
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Plaything written by Claire Marta and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lust, sex, lies. I fell in love. l bled and broke for him. I foolishly played his game and woke to find he's not done with me yet. He's dead set on stripping everything I am bare. I'm nothing but his plaything and he's pulling my strings. But things are going to be different. I'm more than an assassin, a monster with a pretty face. I'm his undoing. I will rise. Seek my revenge. Outwit his deviant schemes. This time...I plan to win.

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983451706
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As a Devil's Plaything written by and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hunter in 1750's Colonial America heads down the path of revenge after he fails to protect the ones he loved.

Author : Torill Elvira Mortensen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000049531
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Transgression in Games written by Torill Elvira Mortensen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paradox of Transgression in Games looks at transgressive games as an aesthetic experience, tackling how players respond to game content that shocks, disturbs, and distresses, and how contemporary video games can evoke intense emotional reactions. The book delves into the commercial success of many controversial videogames: although such games may appear shocking for the observing bystander, playing them is experienced as deeply rewarding for the player. Drawing on qualitative player studies and approaches from media aesthetics theory, the book challenges the perception of games as innocent entertainment, and examines the range of emotional, moral, and intellectual experiences of players. As they explore what players consider transgressive, the authors ask whether there is something about the gameplay situation that works to mitigate the sense of transgression, stressing gameplay as an aesthetic experience. Anchoring the aesthetic game experience both in play studies as well as in aesthetic theory, this book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of game studies, aesthetics, media studies, philosophy of art, and emotions.

Author : Kristine Jorgensen
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262348713
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transgression in Games and Play written by Kristine Jorgensen and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from a range of disciplines explore boundary-crossing in videogames, examining both transgressive game content and transgressive player actions. Video gameplay can include transgressive play practices in which players act in ways meant to annoy, punish, or harass other players. Videogames themselves can include transgressive or upsetting content, including excessive violence. Such boundary-crossing in videogames belies the general idea that play and games are fun and non-serious, with little consequence outside the world of the game. In this book, contributors from a range of disciplines explore transgression in video games, examining both game content and player actions. The contributors consider the concept of transgression in games and play, drawing on discourses in sociology, philosophy, media studies, and game studies; offer case studies of transgressive play, considering, among other things, how gameplay practices can be at once playful and violations of social etiquette; investigate players' emotional responses to game content and play practices; examine the aesthetics of transgression, focusing on the ways that game design can be used for transgressive purposes; and discuss transgressive gameplay in a societal context. By emphasizing actual player experience, the book offers a contextual understanding of content and practices usually framed as simply problematic. Contributors Fraser Allison, Kristian A. Bjørkelo, Kelly Boudreau, Marcus Carter, Mia Consalvo, Rhys Jones, Kristine Jørgensen, Faltin Karlsen, Tomasz Z. Majkowski, Alan Meades, Torill Elvira Mortensen, Víctor Navarro-Remesal, Holger Pötzsch, John R. Sageng, Tanja Sihvonen, Jaakko Stenros, Ragnhild Tronstad, Hanna Wirman

Author : Jon Towlson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476643520
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Horror Cinema Today written by Jon Towlson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horror film is thriving worldwide. Filmmakers in countries as diverse as the USA, Australia, Israel, Spain, France, Great Britain, Iran, and South Korea are using the horror genre to address the emerging fears and anxieties of their cultures. This book investigates horror cinema around the globe with an emphasis on how the genre has developed in the past ten years. It closely examines 28 international films, including It Follows (2014), Grave (Raw, 2016), Busanhaeng (Train to Busan, 2016), and Get Out (2016), with discussions of dozens more. Each chapter focuses on a different country, analyzing what frightens the people of these various nations and the ways in which horror crosses over to international audiences.

Author : Bettina Bódi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000829871
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Videogames and Agency written by Bettina Bódi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Videogames and Agency explores the trend in videogames and their marketing to offer a player higher volumes, or even more distinct kinds, of player freedom. The book offers a new conceptual framework that helps us understand how this freedom to act is discussed by designers, and how that in turn reflects in their design principles. What can we learn from existing theories around agency? How do paratextual materials reflect design intention with regards to what the player can and cannot do in a videogame? How does game design shape the possibility space for player action? Through these questions and selected case studies that include AAA and independent games alike, the book presents a unique approach to studying agency that combines game design, game studies, and game developer discourse. By doing so, the book examines what discourses around player action, as well as a game’s design can reveal about the nature of agency and videogame aesthetics. This book will appeal to readers specifically interested in videogames, such as game studies scholars or game designers, but also to media studies students and media and screen studies scholars less familiar with digital games. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Dani René
Publisher : Dani Rene Books
ISBN 13 : 9780639842769
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Plaything: A Dark Mafia Romance written by Dani René and published by Dani Rene Books. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new dark mafia romance from USA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René.Victor Cordero is the devil. Cruel. Sadistic. Heartless. Sofía Montero is an angel.Beautiful. Sweet. Intoxicating.My father stole from him, but papá was stupid.He got caught, and now I'm in trouble. She's my payment. My plaything.Too innocent for my games, but it doesn't stop me.The man I've hated all my life has come for me. His threats are meant to break me, but I'm stronger than I look.She spits her hate at me, but she revels in our game.Her strength makes me want to see her break. I'm merely a plaything for the devil himself. Owned by the most dangerous man in Colombia. I promised to release her once she's paid her dues. But you should never make a deal with the devil.I will make him feel.And when that day comes, he'll break for me.

Author : L. Robinson
Publisher : L.Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1452352267
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghetto Survival Guide Presents... 101 Ways to Survive These Tough Economic Times! written by L. Robinson and published by L.Robinson. This book was released on 2010-04-24 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't let the economy get you down!101 sure fire ways to help you...Keep the job you have!Turn free time into extra money!Save money on the constant!Entertain you and the family on the cheap!Did I mention making money tips as well?From the creator of 'The Ghetto Survival Guide for Blacks and Latinos'

Author : Millicent Bell
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521428682
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Essays on Hawthorne's Major Tales written by Millicent Bell and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1993-09-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines in detail some of Hawthorne's most important and most beloved stories.