Автор: Montfort Nick, Bogost Ian Название: Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System ISBN: 0262539764 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262539760 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 29290.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
A study of the relationship between platform and creative expression in the Atari VCS.
The Atari Video Computer System dominated the home video game market so completely that "Atari" became the generic term for a video game console. The Atari VCS was affordable and offered the flexibility of changeable cartridges. Nearly a thousand of these were created, the most significant of which established new techniques, mechanics, and even entire genres. This book offers a detailed and accessible study of this influential video game console from both computational and cultural perspectives.
Studies of digital media have rarely investigated platforms--the systems underlying computing. This book (the first in a series of Platform Studies) does so, developing a critical approach that examines the relationship between platforms and creative expression. Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost discuss the Atari VCS itself and examine in detail six game cartridges: Combat, Adventure, Pac-Man, Yars' Revenge, Pitfall , and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. They describe the technical constraints and affordances of the system and track developments in programming, gameplay, interface, and aesthetics. Adventure, for example, was the first game to represent a virtual space larger than the screen (anticipating the boundless virtual spaces of such later games as World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto), by allowing the player to walk off one side into another space; and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was an early instance of interaction between media properties and video games. Montfort and Bogost show that the Atari VCS--often considered merely a retro fetish object--is an essential part of the history of video games.
Автор: Baker Darren Название: Crusaders and Revolutionaries of the Thirteenth Century: de Montfort ISBN: 1526745496 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526745491 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: First book ever written on the de Montfort family as a whole.
Автор: Cooper O`Boyle Donna-Maria Название: Family Consecration to Jesus Through Mary: 33-Days of Preparation with Saint Louis Marie de Montfort ISBN: 164413263X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644132630 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Saint Faustina warned parents that praying for their children is not enough. That's why so many conscientious parents take the further step of consecrating their children to Jesus through Mary, thereby defending them from evil and paving their way to Heaven.
This book walks you through the simple process of doing just that. Its informed pages give you detailed instructions to help you lead your family (ages seven and up) through each of the 33 mini-retreat days recommended by Saint Louis de Montfort, the beloved eighteenth-century priest and confessor who tirelessly preached that Jesus is not known well enough because Mary is not known well enough.
Adapted for the often less-than-ideal prayer circumstances of families "€" particularly those with young children "€" these 33 brief, stress-free daily spiritual exercises and family activities bring adults and children greater knowledge of Jesus through Mary, and a more fervent love of both.
Автор: De Montfort, Abi Название: Broken cat ISBN: 1528977173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528977173 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16010.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Cat has a lovely life. She likes to jump and play. But then she has an accident. It's scary when you hurt yourself and it can feel like a long time until you are better again and can do all the things you love doing.
Автор: de Montfort Abi Название: Broken Cat ISBN: 1528977165 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528977166 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Cat has a lovely life. She likes to jump and play. But then she has an accident. It's scary when you hurt yourself and it can feel like a long time until you are better again and can do all the things you love doing.
Автор: Saint Louis De Montfort Название: True Devotion to Mary ISBN: 1420962337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781420962338 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16000.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Written in 1712 by Saint Louis de Montfort, this influential Catholic treatise remained virtually unknown until it was discovered in France in 1842. Finally published in 1843 in its original French, the work became an instant success and would later have a profound impact on many Catholic popes. Pope John Paul II, a most devout believer in the importance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said reading "True Devotion to Mary" was a "decisive turning point" in his life. Montfort believed that the easiest and most perfect path to Jesus Christ lay in worship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through devout dedication to Mary, one could find salvation and eternal life with Jesus Christ. By praising, loving and honoring Mary, one was truly loving and honoring God and Jesus Christ. This devotion to Mary was the most pure and true devotion, showed a profound love and commitment to Jesus Christ, and would bring about wonderful spiritual effects in the worshipper. The greatest book on Marian spirituality ever written, "True Devotion to Mary" continues to inspire and guide the faithful to this day. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
Автор: Montfort, Nick Название: Twisty little passages ISBN: 0262633183 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262633185 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 28210.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A critical approach to interactive fiction, as literature and game.
Interactive fiction -- the best-known form of which is the text game or text adventure -- has not received as much critical attention as have such other forms of electronic literature as hypertext fiction and the conversational programs known as chatterbots. Twisty Little Passages (the title refers to a maze in Adventure, the first interactive fiction) is the first book-length consideration of this form, examining it from gaming and literary perspectives. Nick Montfort, an interactive fiction author himself, offers both aficionados and first-time users a way to approach interactive fiction that will lead to a more pleasurable and meaningful experience of it.
Twisty Little Passages looks at interactive fiction beginning with its most important literary ancestor, the riddle. Montfort then discusses Adventure and its precursors (including the I Ching and Dungeons and Dragons), and follows this with an examination of mainframe text games developed in response, focusing on the most influential work of that era, Zork. He then considers the introduction of commercial interactive fiction for home computers, particularly that produced by Infocom. Commercial works inspired an independent reaction, and Montfort describes the emergence of independent creators and the development of an online interactive fiction community in the 1990s. Finally, he considers the influence of interactive fiction on other literary and gaming forms. With Twisty Little Passages, Nick Montfort places interactive fiction in its computational and literary contexts, opening up this still-developing form to new consideration.
Автор: Montfort Nick Название: Riddle & Bind ISBN: 0980139279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780980139273 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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