Released in fall 2007, Assassin's Creed transformed video gaming. Across more than a dozen franchise entries, players engage with the eternal conflict between the Order of Assassins and the nefarious Templar Order, carrying out missions in a series of painstakingly rendered historical settings. Everything is Permitted is an analysis of the development, evolution, gameplay, and world-building of this sprawling and distinctive franchise. Cameron Kunzelman examines key themes and concepts that connect the games in the series. Combining close readings of the games themselves with discussion of the broader landscape of video game franchises since its initial release, he uncovers what it means for a game to be part of the Assassin's Creed franchise. Diving into the real-world histories and ideas that the game designers used for inspiration, Kunzelman argues that the virtual conflicts between the franchise's opposing sides offer intriguing insights into actual reality, from ethical dilemmas to the roles of freedom and fate. As the Assassins say, 'Nothing is true, everything is permitted.' (immagine)
Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror (in preordine)
Uscita: 05/11/25
By Kunzelman, Cameron.
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Data di uscita: 05/11/25 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film, produced by Toho Studios and directed by Ishiro Honda, creating a global sensation and launching one of the world's most successful movie and media franchises. Awakened and transformed by nuclear weapons testing, Godzilla serves as a terrifying metaphor for humanity's shortsighted destructiveness: this was the intent of Shigeru Kayama, the science fiction writer who drafted the 1954 original film and its first sequel and, in 1955, published these novellas. Kayama's two Godzilla novellas, both classics of Japanese young-adult science fiction, have never been available in English. This book finally provides English-speaking fans and critics the original texts with these first-ever English-language translations of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Kayama, Shigeru.
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Data di uscita: 01/11/23 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
Tove Jansson achieved fame as the creator of the Moomins, beloved by generations of readers around the world. Remarkably, the Moomins were only part of the prodigious creative output of this Finnish-Swedish writer and artist. Jansson's work also includes short stories and five novels for adults, as well as paintings, murals, and book illustrations. In this acclaimed biography, Boel Westin relies on numerous conversations with Jansson and unprecedented access to her journals, letters, and personal archives to present an engrossing and comprehensive review of the life and world of Scandinavia's best-loved author. Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words offers fans and admirers around the world the most complete portrait of the writer Philip Pullman described as 'a genius, a woman of profound wisdom and great artistry.' (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Westin, Boel.
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2024): 451
Data di uscita: 02/10/24 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
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