You’ve heard the stories about the dark side of the internet–hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn–but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you. Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry to the online hordes to go after her. They answered in the form of a so-called movement known […]

A debut coloring book for all ages from Swedish artist Emelie Lidehall Oberg. Reminiscent of classic Swedish fairy tales, Emelie Lidehall Oberg’s debut coloring book fills 96 pages of sweetly sleeping animals, dolls come to life, and whimsical abodes. This paperback edition makes coloring-on-the-go a breeze. Gold foil accents on the cover and enticing colorable French flaps make this a beautiful gift. The Fairy Tales Coloring Book will capture the imagination of the young and the young at heart. Emelie Lidehall Oberg is a freelance illustrator. She […]

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Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this book considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling. In a carefully organized study, Barry Atkins discusses questions of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: Tomb Raider, Half-Life, Close Combat and SimCity. This is a work for both the student of contemporary culture and those game-players who are interested in how computer games tell their stories. GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“dxMLnayXwTQC”, 500,400);