UNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL! With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide to storytelling basics and how they can be applied at every stage of the development process—by all members of the team. This clear, concise reference pairs relevant examples from top games and other media with a breakdown of the key roles in game development, showing how a team’s shared understanding and application of core storytelling principles can deepen the player experience. Understanding story and why it matters is no longer just for writers or narrative designers. From team leadership to game design and beyond, Skolnick reveals how each member of the development team can do his or her part to help produce gripping, truly memorable narratives that will enhance gameplay and bring today’s savvy gamers back time and time again.

Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques

Computers & Technology

Skolnick, Evan

Games & Strategy Guides

Watson/Guptill

There's a new Spider-Man in town: Ben Reilly! But a new web-slinger doesn't mean fewer problems - or any less danger! Just ask the Punisher, Mysterio, the New Warriors, the Black Cat, Tombstone, Poison, Silver Sable, the Human Torch, the Sandman and Venom! It's the continuing adventures of the clone of Spider-Man! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1962) #407-408, NEW WARRIORS (1990) #67, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN (1996) #1, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #230, SPIDER-MAN (1990) #64-65, SPIDER-MAN/PUNISHER: FAMILY PLOT #1-2, WEB OF SCARLET SPIDER #3-4, and material from SPIDER-MAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL and VENOM: ALONG CAME A SPIDER #1-4.

Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 2

Comics & Graphic Novels

DEFALCO, TOM

DeZago, Todd

MacKie, Howard

Lyle, Tom

Graphic Novels

Marvel Enterprises

Miguel O'Hara, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man of the year 2099, returns! When Spider-Man clashes with the Public Eye, he finds himself at a disadvantage - but is suddenly saved by the mysterious Thanatos. Has Downtown found a new hero, or does Thanatos have a more sinister agenda? And what is his connection to the mysterious Net Prophet, who arrives in 2099 through a portal from a strange and new universe? When Thanatos reveals his true colors, Spider-Man must battle for survival in a virtual unreality world! Plus: who is Mutagen, and why is he targeting people born with genetic impurities? COLLECTING: Spider-Man 2099 11-14, material from 2099 Unlimited 1-3, Spider-Man 2099 Annual 1

Spider-Man 2099 2

Edginton, Ian

DAVID,Peter

It's Venom vs. Spider-Man once again...for the first time! Eddie Brock takes on a very different web-slinger: Ben Reilly! With Venom a wanted man and Eddie's ex-wife Anne Weying caught in the middle, a deadly rivalry is reborn! And when the symbiote-hunting alien Xenophage targets Venom, this time it's Eddie's brain in danger of being eaten! Meanwhile, four imprisoned symbiotes join together to become Hybrid - but how will this unstable new hero be judged by the Jury? And as Venom's hunger threatens to overwhelm him, can Eddie keep his "other" in check - or will everyone's favorite symbiote become a crazed cannibal killer? Either way, Venom's in for a world of hurt - courtesy of Dr. Paine! COLLECTING: VENOM: ALONG CAME A SPIDER 1-4, VENOM: THE HUNTED 1-3, VENOM: THE HUNGER 1-4, MATERIAL FROM SPIDER-MAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1995

VENOM: ALONG CAME A SPIDER...

Hama, Larry

Kaminski, Len

Marvel Universe

There's a new wall-crawler in town! Meet Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider, who recently learned he's not a clone of Peter Parker after all -- he's the original! And when Pete decides to hang up his web-shooters, Ben retakes the job...as Spider-Man! There's no shortage of foes to fight -- including the new Doctor Octopus, Venom, Mysterio, Tombstone, Sandman, Kaine, Carnage and more! But while Ben wears the revamped red-and-blues as Spider-Man, what does that ol' Parker luck have in store for Peter and Mary Jane? Collecting: WEB OF SCARLET SPIDER #1-4, AMAZING SCARLET SPIDER #1-2, SCARLET SPIDER (1995) #1-2, SPECTACULAR SCARLET SPIDER #1-2, SCARLET SPIDER UNLIMITED #1, GREEN GOBLIN #3, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN (1996) #0-3 and WIZARD MINI-COMIC, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #407-410 and ANNUAL '96, SPIDER-MAN (1990) #64-67, NEW WARRIORS (1990) #67, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #230-233, SPIDER-MAN/PUNISHER: FAMILY PLOT #1-2, SPIDER-MAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1995, SPIDER-MAN: THE FINAL ADVENTURE #1-4, SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) #11, SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #2-3 and material from VENOM: ALONG CAME A SPIDER #1-4.Written by TOM DeFALCO, TODD DeZAGO, EVAN SKOLNICK, HOWARD MACKIE, GLENN HERDLING, DAN JURGENS, FABIAN NICIEZA, TOM LYLE, GEORGE PEREZ, ROGER STERN, LARRY HAMA &amp; MOREPenciled by PARIS KAROUNOS, TOM MORGAN, MARK BAGLEY, GIL KANE, JOHN ROMITA JR., SAL BUSCEMA, TOD SMITH, SCOTT McDANIEL, DAN JURGENS, RON FRENZ, STEVE LIGHTLE, PAT ZIRCHER, JOE BENNETT, DARICK ROBERTSON, DAVE HOOVER, TOM GRINDBERG, BOB McLEOD, JOE ST. PIERRE &amp; MORECover by TOD SMITH

Spider-man - Ben Reilly 1: Omnibus (Spider-man: Ben Reilly Omnibus, 1)

The next installment of the New Warriors series of omnibuses! A new era for the Warriors! When super-powered terrorists capture Namorita, Nova's push to rescue her is derailed when he loses his powers to Garthan Saal, the former Supernova! Amidst all this chaos, the Warriors become embroiled in Spider-Man's Clone Saga - and soon welcome the Scarlet Spider into their ranks! But as Night Thrasher pursues a separate agenda and the team deals with Helix and Eugenix, they meet a woman who foresees a terrible fate for Speedball. Can the New Warriors handle a future shock? It all comes together when the insidious Volx targets Turbo, and the Warriors face a final reckoning! Collecting: New Warriors (1990) 54-75; Justice: Four Balance (1994) 1-4; Nova (1994) 17-18; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 228; Web of Spider-Man (1985) 129; Web of Scarlet Spider (1995) 3-4; material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 155-158, 166-167; Venom: Along Came a Spider (1996) 1-4; Venom: The Hunted (1996) 1-3

NEW WARRIORS CLASSIC OMNIBUS VOL. 3 ZIRCHER SCARLET SPIDER COVER (New Warriors Classic Omnibus, 3)

Marvel Various

Manga

The new Power Rangers Turbo must do as "Simple Simon Says" in the lead story, while Masked Rider and Samurai Pizza Cats appear in their own back-up features.

Beauty Beast the Book Crook (Disney's Enchanting Stories)

Acclaim Books

Hercules learns that it takes more than feats of physical strength to become a true hero

Disney's Hercules: Official Comics Movie Adaptation

Nicieza,Fabian

D'Orazio, Valerie

Children's Books

Superhero Turok is featured in a new adventure in the lead story, while Ninjak, Punx, Bad Eggs and the Troublemakers appear in their own back-up features.

Turok: Extinction and Other Stories (Acclaim Adventure Zone)

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