The Meg
Title | The Meg PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Alten |
Publisher | A and M Publishing LLC |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2018-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781943957088 |
Read the book that inspired the BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis! Seven years ago, and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon -- prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales -- lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. When offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance... but the quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator that the earth has ever known is freed to once-again hunt the surface.
Apex Legends: Pathfinder's Quest (Lore Book)
Title | Apex Legends: Pathfinder's Quest (Lore Book) PDF eBook |
Author | Respawn Entertainment |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2021-02-02 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1506719902 |
Explore the world of the hit game through the eyes of the lovable robot, Pathfinder, as he chronicles his journey throughout the various environs of the Outlands to interview his fellow Legends -- all in the hope of finally locating his mysterious creator. The rich history of Apex Legends is explained by the characters that helped to shape it, as are their unique bonds of competition and camaraderie.
The Risen Empire
Title | The Risen Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Westerfeld |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2008-07-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429989785 |
From Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of the Leviathan trilogy and the Uglies series comes a sweeping space opera, The Risen Empire, book one of the Succession duology. The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power has been absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshiped as living gods. No one can touch them. Not until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary extent. The Rix are cool, relentless fanatics, and their only goal is to propagate such AIs throughout the galaxy. They seek to end, by any means necessary, the Emperor's prolonged tyranny of one and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is tasked with her rescue. Separated by light-years, bound by an unlikely love, Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham must each in their own way, face the challenge of the Rix, and they each will hold the fate of the empire in their hands. The Risen Empire is the first great space opera of the twenty-first century. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Sanguine and Stygian
Title | Sanguine and Stygian PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Sellers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2021-05-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781737219408 |
A woman seeking revenge joins a clan of mercenaries and ends up falling for her deadly commander. They risk it all when they awaken a dark curse that demands to be sated with passion or violence.
(special Collector's Edition) Subnautica
Title | (special Collector's Edition) Subnautica PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent Verret |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 57 |
Release | 2019-01-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781793142955 |
FULL COLOR SPECIAL EDITION. This amazing, ultimate, and unofficial game guide will help you have agreat start to Subnautica! It contains tips and tricks on crafting plans, avoiding Reapers, and a general walk through that will lead you to the end game, where you must find a way of escaping the planet! Designed by an experienced player, this is the perfect game guide, strategy guide, game manual, or player's guide for you!
Digital Games After Climate Change
Title | Digital Games After Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin J. Abraham |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2022-03-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3030917053 |
This book presents the first sustained analysis of the digital game industry’s carbon footprint and its role in exacerbating global climate change. Identifying the ways videogames can actually help combat the climate crisis, it argues for the urgency of transitioning to a fully carbon neutral games industry, exploring the challenges and opportunities inherent in this undertaking. Beginning with an analysis of debates around the persuasive power of games, the book argues that real impact can only be achieved by focusing on the material conditions of game production – by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from making, selling, and playing games, as well as the hardware used to play them. Abraham makes a compelling argument that a sustainable games industry is possible, and outlines the actions that everyone can take to reduce the harms that digital games cause to people and planet.
The World Is Born From Zero
Title | The World Is Born From Zero PDF eBook |
Author | Cameron Kunzelman |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2022-07-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110719452 |
The World is Born From Zero is an investigation into the relationship between video games and science fiction through the philosophy of speculation. Cameron Kunzelman argues that the video game medium is centered on the evaluation and production of possible futures by following video game studies, media philosophy, and science fiction studies to their furthest reaches. Claiming that the best way to understand games is through rigorous formal analysis of their aesthetic strategies and the cultural context those strategies emerge from, Kunzelman investigates a diverse array of games like The Last of Us, VA-11 Hall-A, and Civilization VI in order to explore what science fiction video games can tell us about their genres, their ways of speculating, and how the medium of the video game does (or does not) direct us down experiential pathways that are both oppressive and liberatory. Taking a multidisciplinary look at these games, The World is Born From Zero offers a unique theorization of science fiction games that provides both science fiction studies and video game studies with new tools for thinking how this medium and mode inform each other.