Alfred Music is proud to present officially licensed, collectible songbooks from the soundtrack of Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, the world's most popular massive multiplayer online role-playing video game. World of Warcraft Sheet Music Anthology features 13 standout pieces from a variety of WoW soundtrack albums for pianists and vocalists to enjoy, from cinematic-style epics to lighthearted tavern tunes. Adorned with color imagery from the game, this deluxe songbook is a perfect gift or collectible for every musically-minded World of Warcraft fan. Titles: A Call to Arms * Garden of Life * Gates of the Black Temple * Intro Movie: Seasons of War * Invincible * Karazhan * Lament of the Highborne * Lion's Pride * Mountains of Thunder * Pig and Whistle * The Shaping of the World * Totems of the Grizzlemaw * Wrath of the Lich King (Main Title).

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This fantastic collection features over 25 hits from the British rock band in piano/vocal/guitar notation, including: Angie * Beast of Burden * Emotional Rescue * Fool to Cry * Happy * It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I like It) * Miss You * Not Fade Away * Rocks Off * Shattered * Start Me Up * Time Is on My Side * Tumbling Dice * Waiting on a Friend * and more.

(Piano Solo Composer Collection). 32 selections from Beautiful America, Music of Hope and other releases from this new age pianist: Canyon Winds * Echo Lake * Far and Beyond * For Only a Moment * Harvest Moon * Light on the Moon * The Sea on Every Side * Swept Across Forever * and more.

What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics.

An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings—at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces. Integrating twenty-three case studies—which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic breakups—in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.

“Toward a Ludic Architecture†is a pioneering publication, architecturally framing play and games as human practices in and of space. Filling the gap in literature, Steffen P. Walz considers game design theory and practice alongside architectural theory and practice, asking: how are play and games architected? What kind of architecture do they produce and in what way does architecture program play and games? What kind of architecture could be produced by playing and gameplaying?

Paperback reprint. Originally published: 2020.