Game Development

In Hunting Girls, Kelly Oliver examines popular culture's fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence - especially sexual violence - is an inevitable, perhaps even celebrated, part of a woman's maturity. In such films as Kick-Ass (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and Maleficent (2014), power, control, and danger drive the story, but traditional relationships of care constrict the narrative. Even the protagonist's love interest adds to her suffering.

Facing a divorce, and the life that comes after it, isn't easy. If you are struggling to figure out how to get through your divorce emotionally, physically, practically, or mentally, or you have been divorced for some time yet still find yourself bitter, sad, angry or resentful, If Divorce Is a Game, These Are the Rules provides the road map to turn your divorce into your personal breakthrough and design the new life of your choosing.

Growing Up Gamer follows one gamer's relationship with video game consoles over the span of 30+ years, from the NES to the Nintendo Switch and everything in between. Relive fighting with siblings, joining local video game tournaments, and making new friends thanks to a mutual interest in Mario Kart. Explore the frustrations of trying to get into the game industry and then ultimately going at it alone as an indie developer on the Xbox 360 and Steam. Journey to China to teach English, where a Game Boy or Nintendo DS is sometimes the only thing keeping a lonely expat sane. Real and digital ...

Acclaimed essayist Mark Edmundson reflects on his own rite of passage as a high school football player to get to larger truths about the ways America's Game shapes its men. Football teaches young men self-discipline and teamwork. But football celebrates violence. Football is a showcase for athletic beauty and physical excellence. But football damages young bodies and minds, sometimes permanently. Football inspires confidence and direction. But football instills cockiness, a false sense of superiority.

The aim of this audiobook is to use those amazing video games that we love to play and show you how they are similar to dating. This audiobook will show you all the moves, lessons, and special counterattacks that will help you understand the rules of dating and how you can play the game better than anyone else...just like a video game. So are you ready to win? Are you ready to learn how to move, play, and dominate the dating game like a pro championship player on a speed run challenge through hot chick castle?

Einleitung: Die Masken der Manipulation – Ein erster Blick auf das narzisstische Spiel. Stell dir vor, du betrittst einen Raum voller Menschen. Gespräche schwirren durch die Luft, das Lachen ist herzlich und du fühlst dich von der lebendigen Atmosphäre umgeben. Dann begegnet dir eine Person, die sich von der Menge abhebt – selbstsicher, charismatisch und auf eine Weise charmant, die fast schon magisch wirkt. Du bist fasziniert, vielleicht sogar ein wenig inspiriert.

Your mother-in-law is driving you stark-raving mad! She is stepping on your boundaries! You can't throw her off the nearest cliff, but you can beat her at her own games!

Harvard psychologist Robert Livingston contends that racism operates like an addiction for so many White people: hard to admit, and even harder to quit. Given their unwillingness to kick the habit, where does this leave Black people? In this provocative book, Livingston has flipped the script, asking: How can Black people attain prosperity and peace of mind despite the enduring presence of racism?

The Hidden Game takes you deep into the world of dark psychology, revealing the tactics used to influence, manipulate, and control without your awareness. Whether it's in personal relationships, work, or social settings, you'll learn how to recognize and defend yourself from these subtle manipulations. But this isn’t just about protection—it’s about empowerment. This book will equip you with the knowledge to rebuild your confidence, trust your instincts, and take control of your life once again.

For centuries, elite barons and institutions have pooled funds to buy, manage and then sell large commercial real estate properties, accumulating income and vast wealth along the way. A prosperous endeavor indeed but limited to the few. Hidden behind closed doors until now, the unique income and wealth generating benefits of real estate investing are finally within easy reach of everyone, and in this book you will learn how you can access them too. This book is written by an investor for other investors who want to build their wealth, replace their salary with passive income, learn another ...

The fourth book in Sarah Levi's controversial "Secrets of Pimpology Applied to the Seduction Game" series, "Alpha Male Strategies: How to Meet, Date & Attract Women Who Will Serve You," may be her most divisive to yet. Levi continues his investigation into the dynamics of power and attraction in this volume, this time concentrating on techniques ostensibly meant to guarantee men not only succeed in the dating scene but also land partnerships in which their partners are committed to meeting their demands.

Can you really improve your communication skills? You already know that public speaking and presentation skills are essential for your business and personal success, but what can you do if you don't feel comfortable making presentations? With this audio book, not only can you improve your presentation skills, but you'll enjoy doing so, and it'll be easy and fun!

"Dans ce best-seller classique, Florence Scovel Shinn a contribué à définir le genre de la réussite personnelle. Écrit dans la tradition de la nouvelle pensée, son message est simple et transformateur : nous recevons en retour ce que nous créons dans le monde par le biais de nos pensées, de nos paroles, de nos actions, de notre énergie et de notre attitude. La négativité et le pessimisme nous sont rendus en nature, mais en changeant le scénario en faveur d'attitudes et d'affirmations positives, nous sommes capables de manifester le succès et la joie dans tout ce que nous entreprenons.

So, you’ve had enough of charming smooth-talkers who leave you on read after one perfect date? You’re done wasting time on boys who love the chase but disappear the moment things get real? Darling, it’s time to level up your game. In "Playing the Game: How to Outsmart Players and Win in Dating", you’ll learn exactly how to flip the script, take control, and have fun while doing it—without ever losing your sparkle.

Discover the strategies and tactics to maximize the value of your laboratory as you prepare to sell. Melissa Butterworth explains the process, as she teaches you how to become far wealthier than you could have ever dreamed. Don’t leave money on the table.

On a hot August night on Cape Cod, when Adrienne was 14, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention; from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved.

Worrying is for the weak. Worry is the habit of fearful people who seek something to stress about. Worry is misused energy that creates exactly what it focuses on. Focus on fear, stress, anxiety and unwanted outcomes, you get it. Worry is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Listeners of Take Back Your Family were moved by Jefferson Bethke's eye-opening insights about the harm caused by idealizing the "nuclear family" in our culture. He challenged listeners to discover and live by God's original and better plan for families as described in the Bible. Now, in the accompanying Take Back Your Family Handbook, he provides inspirational exercises and interactive tools for families to put that biblical truth into real-life practice.

Ever feel sick and tired of being sick and tired? This book is about me, a motivational speaker and trainer who has coached thousands of clients in the process of emotional energy management. I am honored to share my story as a young woman who felt this way many years ago.

In "America's Embarrassing Reading Crisis: What We Learned From COVID," Dr. Lisa Hassler delves into pivotal data supporting the efficacy of online learning, particularly when integrated with the Theory of Transactional Distance (TD), to bolster literacy rates. As a leading researcher, Dr. Hassler not only spearheaded this award-winning study but also applied TD theory in her own second-grade classroom, across various learning environments, yielding remarkable success.