Visionary game designer Jane McGonigal shows how we can harness the power of computer games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness, since her research suggests that gamers are expert problem solvers and collaborators because they regularly cooperate with other players to overcome daunting virtual challenges.

When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.

The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and Kaine grows stronger by the day. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the monster back in the box--if Michael can figure out who his friends really are.

"Oliver and Audrey learn there's a reward for tracking creepers and cracking cases. From secrets in the swamp to bungles in the jungle, there are mysterious happenings in every block of the biome. But with Oliver's eye for detail, Audrey's courage, and their wolf-dog's super-sniffing nose, no case is too tough for these twins to crack"--provided by publisher

When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.

"Scratch, the colorful drag-and-drop programming language, is used by millions of first-time learners, and in Scratch Programming Playground, you'll learn to program by making cool games. Get ready to destroy asteroids, shoot hoops, and slice and dice fruit!"--Amazon.com.

"A disarming chalk artist who thinks nothing of erasing his dazzling work and an idealistic teacher who believes that things are meant to last forge an unlikely romance marked by her powerful father's virtual reality company and a brilliant but unstable student who is obsessed with video games." --Novelist.

This guide to Pokémon evolution features the ability to flip pages to see Pokémon in their first forms, once they start to evolve, and in their powerful final incarnations. Features pictures of Pokemon evolving through their forms.

After repeated boundary attacks by the Griefer Imperial Army, Captain Rob and the rest of Battalion Zero have made it their mission to create and defend a United Biomes of the Overworld capital. They must form a standing army, build housing, supply food, and rally the support of neighboring villages to their cause. As hostile mobs continue to pose a threat and the Griefer Imperial Army promises revenge, Rob asks his troops for a significant sacrifice--change...

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