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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A wide-ranging anthology of essays exploring one of the most vital art forms on the planet today. From the earliest computers to the smartphones in our pockets, video games have been on our screens and part of our lives for over fifty years. Critical Hits celebrates this sophisticated medium and considers its lasting impact on our culture and ourselves. This collection of stylish, passionate, and searching essays opens with an introduction by Carmen...
Author
Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to family rules around video games, most parents are at a loss. How much should I let them play? is always a parent's first question, but when their child becomes irritable, rude, or seemingly directionless, the question becomes more urgent: Help! How do I get them to be interested in anything else?! Known as "Dr. K" to his millions of followers, the former Harvard Medical School instructor and founder of the unique gamer's support...
Author
Series
Minecraft stonesword saga volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Morgan, Harper and their friends return to a Minecraft Overworld in total chaos as a growing rift threatens to engulf everything in its path and have one chance to save Minecraft and their friend the Evoker King"--
Author
Series
Escape from a video game volume 2
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Young gamers control the action in this interactive series from the bestselling author of Trapped in a Video Game. With more than 30 endings and an unlockable bonus adventure, this second book in the series promises hours of screen-free fun. This is one book that will super- power the interest of any "I'd rather be gaming" kid. In this pick-your-path adventure, you join eight strangers inside a video game for a chance to win a million dollars. The...
Series
Diary of a Minecraft Wolf volume 2
Publisher
AFK, an imprint of Scholastic, [2024]
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Winston is a Minecraft wolf on a mission: to become the best secret agent Minecraft has ever seen! When a distress signal from the Drowned comes in requesting urgent undercover help, Winston jumps at the chance to prove his skills. It's time for an underwater adventure!"--
Publisher
Harper Collins
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
Consejos y trucos exclusivos e inéditos para los minecrafters Da rienda suelta a tu imaginación y a tu inventiva con el Manual creativo oficial de Minecraft, en él encontrarás todo lo que necesitas para pasar al siguiente nivel de creatividad. Los ejemplos, con detalladas instrucciones paso a paso, te ayudarán a hacer tus primeras construcciones. Incluye, además, los mejores trucos sobre iluminación, edificios temáticos, etc.; y consejos prácticos...
7) Nefando
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Six young artists share an apartment in Barcelona: Kiki Ortega, a researcher writing a pornographic novel; Iván Herrera, a writer whose prose reveals a deeply conflicted relationship with his body; three siblings, Irene, Emilio, and Cecilia, who quietly search for ways to transcend their abuse as children; and El Cuco Martínez, a videogame designer whose creations push beneath the substrate of the digital world. All of them are connected in different...
Author
Series
Travis Daventhorpe volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Travis Daventhorpe is destined to save the multiverse--at least, that's what the prophecy says. But if he's a legendary warrior in the making, shouldn't he be a little better at sword fighting? With his engineering genius, Travis could develop technology to make himself unstoppable, but the wise sorcerer Bela says he needs to find his power within. Wherever he finds it, he better do it soon! The evil Nol Invictus, the ruler of the mystical realm Solusterra,...
Author
Series
Escape from a video game volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure was supposed to set a new standard for gaming. Then, just one month before its release date, it fell off the face of the earth. Now, for the first time, you get a chance to play the mysterious game--from the inside. You are the hero in this innovative pick-your-plot story. As you outsmart enemies, solve puzzles, and explore...
10) Game on
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Best Recent Black Fiction (2024)
Best Recent Romance (2024)
Black Romance II
Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
Best Recent Romance (2024)
Black Romance II
Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
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"Samara Reynolds has built a large following as a gamer under an anonymous screenname, and uses her skills as a DEIA consultant to advocate for equal representation in video games. When she posted a video critiquing the popular game Legendsfall, she knew she'd get a reaction from her fans, but the video leads to hundreds of female gamers critiquing the game and its company, Artemis Games. The only thing more unexpected than starting an online movement...
Author
Series
Escape from a video game volume 3
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"One hundred villains will enter Grim Island, but only one will be crowned the Greatest Supervillain of All Time. Will it be you? The latest battle royale video game from Bionosoft promises a crazy cast of villains, over-the-top superweapons, and non-stop action. But when you get sucked into the game, you discover that Grim Island is home to something far stranger than a few costumed baddies. Young gamers control the action in this new interactive...
Author
Series
Cat + gamer volume 4
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Just when office worker Riko Kozakura is beginning to rank up her Pet Owner skill from Beginner to Intermediate, another cat joins the household! Kozakura's handled her one cat, Musubi, well, but with twice the feline antics she'll have her hands full--and more XP to grind!
13) Bunny call
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When left in darkness, rage festers. Years of frustration with his family culminate in a loathsome vacation for Bob, who plots a sinister prank to frighten his wife and kids. Matt redirects the residual anger over his many failed relationships into a video game, and ends up birthing the horrible consequences. In room 1280 of Heracles Hospital, something evil is keeping a man alive, a man with gruesome burns all over his body and an iron will to live....
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can’t help but be totally herself… except when she’s online. Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend—a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg—doesn’t know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn’t know...
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 14
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Alex Rider thwarted the plans of the criminal organization Nightshade, he knew he'd made a new, blatantly evil enemy. But he hadn't expected to get sucked back into the spy game so quickly--that is, until the Nightshade masterminds kidnap his best friend, forcing Alex to do their bidding if he ever wants to see his pal alive again. As Alex dives deep into this latest mission, his friend isn't the only one whose life is on the line. Nightshade...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working...so she convinces Nathan--a nerdy teen employee--to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous...Soon, Riley starts to...
Author
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A judgment-free guide for parents who want to better understand and balance family screentime in the digital age. Author Emily Cherkin-aka The Screentime Consultant-has written a compelling and necessary book about parenting in the modern digital age. Unlike any previous generation, children's excessive screen use today at home and at school impacts mental health and family relationships. Parents have concerns about the amount of time children spend...
20) Player attack
Series
Diary of a Minecraft wolf volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Winston is a Minecraft wolf on a mission! The problem is that he's not very good at fighting crime, and the infamous Baby Turtles are forever scheming, creating all manner of chaos across the Overlord. Then Winston has the brilliant idea of taming a Minecraft player to be his secret weapon. Can Winston and his pet player finally reveal the true evil nature of the Baby Turtles, or will they be defeated by these lovable critters over and over again?...
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