2007年的新版本

This book is for a wide range of individuals who are looking to shoot aerial footage with a multicopter. No previous flying experience is assumed, but even the most expert flyers will find unexpected and interesting information.

This book is for a wide range of individuals who are looking to shoot aerial footage with a multicopter. No previous flying experience is assumed, but even the most expert flyers will find unexpected and interesting information.

What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story? How much control should players be given? Do they really want that control in the first place? Do they even know what they want-or are their stated desires at odds with the unconscious preferences? All of these questions and more are examined in this definitive book on inter...(展开全部)

First published in 2003

康拉德•科塔克(Conrad Kottak) (生于1942年10月6日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大)是一位美国人类学家。科塔克从事田野工作的地点遍及世界各地，包括巴西（1962年起）、马达加斯加（1966年起）与美国。他的主要研究兴趣，在于地方文化如何被整合（以及抗拒整合）进入较大的体系中。这项兴趣将他早年对非洲与马达加斯加的生态与国家形成的研究，连结到最近关于全球化变迁、国家与国际文化，以及大众传播媒体的研究。他目前是密歇根大学的人类学教授，他从1968年起在该校任教。他相信许多美国的传说故事，例如星舰奇航记、星际大战与感恩节的故事，已发展成一种神话，有朝一日可与希腊神话、罗马神话相提并论，或者是现在的一些故事被认为是神话。 科塔克因其学术工作成就，获颁多项殊荣：1992年他荣获密歇根大学文学、科学与艺术学院的杰出教学奖。1999年，美国人类学会颁给科...(展开全部)

In Extra Lives, acclaimed writer and life-long video game enthusiast Tom Bissell takes the reader on an insightful and entertaining tour of the art and meaning of video games. In just a few decades, video games have grown increasingly complex and sophisticated, and the companies that produce them are now among the most profitable in the entertainment industry. Yet few outside t...(展开全部)

Over a mere three decades, the video game has become the entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games or game-playing equipment, such as the PlayStation 2, generates great excitement and even buying frenzies. Yet, until now, th...(展开全部)

Video games may be fun and immersive diversions from daily life, but can they go beyond the realm of entertainment to do something serious—like help us save the planet? As one of the signature issues of the twenty-first century, ecological deterioration is seemingly everywhere, but it is rarely considered via the realm of interactive digital play. In Playing Nature, Alenda Y. C...(展开全部)

" What happens when we turn the camera on ourselves? This question has long plagued documentary filmmakers concerned with issues of reflexivity, subject participation, and self-consciousness. Documenting Ourselves includes interviews with filmmakers Les Blank, Pat Ferrero, Jorge Preloran, Bill Ferris, and others, who discuss the ways their own productions and subjects have infl...(展开全部)