Download or read book The Babylon Game written by Katherine Roberts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When one of Babylon's fabled dragons licks Tiamat's hand, her luck begins to change. A humble perfume-maker's daughter from the outer city, she is chosen to play in the Twenty Squares championships in the blue and gold palace against the best teams in the country. But with a mad king on the throne and the Persian army at the gates, Tiamat's gift is in demand for much higher stakes. Her lucky hand holds the key to the magical gateways that can get the Persians into the heart of the palace without a drop of blood being shed. When the writing is on the wall for the Babylonians, can Tiamat and her friends save the dragons from extinction? Book 2 of the action-packed Seven Fabulous Wonders series by award-winning author Katherine Roberts.
Download or read book The Babylon Project written by Joseph Cochran and published by . This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Role Playing Game written by J. Michael Straczynski and published by Mongoose Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the space station that changed the destiny of an entire galaxy, the Babylon 5 RPG from Mongoose Publishing allows players to take on the role of characters from the award-winning TV series. This all new edition revisits one of the most successful sci-fi roleplaying games of recent years, bringing the game to an all new group of fans! Existing fans will not be disappointed, the rules have been tweaked so that the game is even better than before, and most importantly, is a stand-alone rulebook in its own right with no requirement for the use of another rulebook!
Download or read book Enter the Babylon System written by Rodrigo Bascunan and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A docu-style investigation of our fascination with the gun, from the perspective of the hip-hop generation. The 2003 shooting death of Toronto community-centre worker Kempton Howard put the spotlight on hip hop’s fixation with guns. Media and police soon blamed rap music and its tales of gang life on bullet-ridden US streets for the rising use of firearms in Canadian crime. Were these songs artful accounts of a terrible truth, or a self-fulfilling prophecy? Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce have interviewed many of the major players in the hip-hop world. As publishers of an award-winning magazine of urban culture, they’d watched rap music become a scapegoat for society’s much older and widely spread fascination with guns. What follows is their international adventure to deconstruct modern gun culture in all its manifestations. Bascunan and Pearce seek out hip-hop artists, illegal gun runners, firearms aficionados and manufacturers, museum curators, academics, politicians, video-game creators, activists, victims of gun violence and the family and friends left behind. Somewhere between Fast Food Nation, No Logo and a Michael Moore documentary, featuring sly sidebar material and original artwork, Enter the Babylon System is part outrageous journalistic pursuit and part passionate cri de coeur for sanity in the face of a society’s obsession.
Download or read book The Babylon Project written by Joseph Cochran and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning Babylon Js written by Julian Chenard and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book description Do you want to start creating games with WebGL? The purpose of this book is to explain the creation of a complete little game. For each chapter, you will first see a small part of theory relatived to a concept of Babylon.js, then you will put it in practice at the end of the chapter.Book fully compatible to babylon.js v2.5 ! Book details 200 color pages with source code, illustrations, examples, and a beautiful cover :) Concepts explained in this book : - Basics of the framework - Game architecture - How to use meshes, cameras and lights - Detailed description of materials - How to use animations with skeletons - Interact with user inputs (gamepad, keyboard and mouse) - Handle interaction and collisions - How to use particles and shaders - Improve your game with physics - And more ! What they say about it David Catuhe, creator of Babylon.js "Julian completely understood the foundation of Babylon.js. He wrote his book with the same goal: Let's keep things simple!" David Rousset, co-creator of Babylon.js"Really loved the workflow of it. Babylon.js has been made with simplicity in mind but still be very powerful. You will perfectly feel this philosophy while reading this book!" Etienne Margraff, co-creator of Vorlon.js, HTML5 Evangelist"It's awesome! For a newcomer, it is hundreds of hours of internet research that are compiled into a single book!"
Download or read book The Babylon Project Game Resource Kit written by J Michael Straczynski and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baseball Babylon written by Dan Gutman and published by Penguin Group USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the real stories behind baseball's most infamous scandals discusses the 1919 Chicago White Sox, Babe Ruth's huge sexual appetite, Joe DiMaggio's jealousy, and others
Download or read book It s All a Game written by Tristan Donovan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games--from chess to Monopoly to Settlers of Catan, and more--have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.
Download or read book Wilds Of Babylon Or Word Game written by Zinaida Levchenko and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: style='font-family: "Times New Roman,""serif"'>
Download or read book Babylon on Which Fame and Jubilation Are Bestowed written by G. P. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 3,700 years ago, Hammu-rapi reigned in Babylon. Known today for his law code, this Amorite king took a minor city-state located on a branch of the Euphrates and created an empire rivaling any the world had yet seen.Babylon On Which Fame and Jubilation Are Bestowed is a roleplaying game set in the world of Hammu-rapi, specifically the 25th year of his reign. Whether players choose to locate their game in historic Mesopotamia, or in some fantastic variant, BFJB gives players and gamemasters the tools needed to experience the cultural milieu and personalities of Babylon in the Eighteenth Century BC.Included in this volume is a complete rule system, along with detailed entries on the peoples, cities and gods of the Kingdom of Babylon. In addition to this book, a group needs only paper, dice and their imagination to play.
Download or read book Earth Force Sourcebook written by Joseph Cochran and published by . This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Babylon 5 RPG and Fact Book written by Matthew Sprange and published by Mongoose Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game & Fact Book is a brand new d20-based roleplaying game based on the award-winning science fiction series created by J. Micheal Straczynski. Featuring full color pictures and film stills throughout, the Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game & Fact Book is the most detailed exploration into the world of Babylon 5. Newly developed combat systems including both deep space skirmishes and personal combat serve to heighten the dangers of life in and around the infamous diplomatic station. This game allows players to take the role of characters on board Babylon 5 and travel to the many stars and planets seen in the television series. The possibilities available to players are limitless, taking such characters as lowly lurkers and smugglers or brave Earthforce Officers and members of the Minbari warrior caste. Featuring exclusive never-before-seen official background material, the Babylon 5 roleplaying game is the most comprehensive information resource available for the award-winning television series! This 304-page d20 sourcebook details the entire Babylon 5 space station, along with the characters and personalities to be found onboard.
Download or read book WebGL Insights written by Patrick Cozzi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given its ubiquity, plugin-free deployment, and ease of development, the adoption of WebGL is on the rise. Skilled WebGL developers provide organizations with the ability to develop and implement efficient and robust solutions-creating a growing demand for skilled WebGL developers.WebGL Insights shares experience-backed lessons learned by the WebGL
Download or read book Babylon js Essentials written by Julien Moreau-Mathis and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand, train, and be ready to develop 3D Web applications/video games using the Babylon.js framework, even for beginners About This Book Understand the basics of 3D (along with the theory) before practicing Each mini-project provides previous features, alongside the new feature you are learning, to supply the examples Learn from the best of the best, a developer at Microsoft, France Who This Book Is For Babylon.JS Essentials is intended for developers who want to enter the world of 3D development for the Web, or developers who want to add the Babylon.js framework to their skill set. The notion of Oriented Object Programming would be helpful to understand the architecture of the Babylon.js framework. Also, a familiarity with Web development would be useful, to understand the principles used. What You Will Learn Understand what the TypeScript language is and its benefits (compared to JavaScript) in large projects such as 3D engines Learn the basics of 3D using Babylon.js without too much theory but with an emphasis on practice, for a better understanding of the architecture Know the usage of Material—a fundamental principle of 3D engines in Babylon.js—and then customize the appearance of 3D objects Integrate collisions and physics in gameplay. Understand the notion of impostor for physics simulation Manage, create, and spatialize audio tracks in 3D scenes Go further with the Babylon.js framework to create actions on events Create rendering effects provided by the Babylon.js framework, such as post-processes In Detail Are you familiar with HTML5? Do you want to build exciting games and Web applications? Then explore the exciting world of game and Web development with one of the best frameworks out there: Babylon.JS. Starting from the beginning, the book introduces the required basics for 3D development and the knowledge you need to use the Babylon.js framework. It focuses on the simplicity provided by Babylon.js and uses a combination of theory and practice. All the chapters are provided with example files ready to run; each example file provides the previously learned features of the framework. Finally, developers will be ready to easily understand new features added to the framework in the future. Style and approach The book is a comprehensive guide packed with ready-to-run examples with a mix of theory and practice.
Download or read book Skin in the Game written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life. As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights: • For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations. • Ethical rules aren’t universal. You’re part of a group larger than you, but it’s still smaller than humanity in general. • Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others. • You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. “Educated philistines” have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets. • Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines. • True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what you’re willing to risk for it. The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it’s also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. As Taleb says, “The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that’s necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster,” and “Never trust anyone who doesn’t have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them.”
Download or read book The Techno Mages Fact Book written by Bruce Graw and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next book in the massively successful Babylon 5 series, detailing the mysterious group known as The Technomages. Blending a subtle mix of science and sorcery, Technomages are regarded with equal amounts of fear and awe where they are encountered, and wherever they congregate, cataclysmic events are never far behind. This book introduces these enigmatic individuals, providing games masters and players with invaluable information on dealing with them in the Babylon 5 universe.
