Casual Game Design: Designing Play for the Gamer in All of Us

The Times Jumbo Cryptic Crossword

Compiled by the editor of London's "The Times" crossword, this original compilation will challenge even the most experienced crossword buff. With unique grids of 23 x 23 squares--larger than the standard 15 x 15 grid--these puzzles require serious word power and brain bending, and are the perfect quizzes for those looking to test their linguistic prowess to its limit. Initially published just four times a year on holidays, "The Times "crossword has appeared on a weekly basis since 1997.

The Times Cryptic Crossword, Book 14

The Times Crossword is the most famous crossword in the world. Tease your brain with this superb collection of puzzles which have been compiled by the Editor of The Times Crossword to test your word power skills. This collection of 80 cryptic puzzles will test your word power to its full. Bend your brain by lateral thought, test your linguistic prowess or simply switch off for a moment or two and see why The Times crossword has become, quite deservedly, the world's most famous crossword. Continuing the enormous success of previous titles in the series - and sporting an eye-catching redesign - The Times Crossword Book 14 will be eagerly snapped up by crossword aficionados everywhere. Previously published as The Times Crossword book 14.

Richard Bartle

Designing Virtual Worlds

Designing Virtual Worlds is the most comprehensive treatment of virtual world design to-date from one of the true pioneers and most sought-after design consultants. It's a tour de force of VW design, stunning in intellectual scope, spanning the literary, economic, sociological, psychological, physical, technological, and ethical underpinnings of design, while providing the reader with a deep, well-grounded understanding of VW design principles. It covers everything from MUDs to MOOs to MMORPGs, from text-based to graphical VWs. Designing Virtual Worlds brings a rich, well-developed approach to the design concepts behind virtual worlds. It is grounded in the earliest approaches to such designs, but the examples discussed in the book run the gamut from the earliest MUDs to the present-day MMORPG games mentioned above. It teaches the reader the actual, underlying design principles that many designers do not understand when they borrow or build from previous games. There is no other design book on the market in the area of online games and virtual worlds that provides the rich detail, historical context, and conceptual depth of Designing Virtual Worlds.