The stadium, adorned with flags from throughout the world, is packed. On a central arena, thousands of performers present a rich, colorful spectacle to spectators both present and the millions throughout the planet watching it on television. At last, the parade of nations starts, beginning with the Greek delegation and continuing with those of every nation in the world, with that of the host co…
Getting a little bored with easy sudokus? Or fed up with sudokus that require you to guess the solution? Or sudokus that have more than one solution? Or sudokus of which the degree of difficulty is given in very inflated terms like excruciating or extreme? In this book we have none of that. We have proper difficult sudokus with only one solution, that can be solved by direct reasoning. It is ju…
A series of graphic patterns inspired by geometry from the field of play. Courts, jumps, fields, tracks and lanes. Lines that guide and transform the lives of athletes around the globe. Each is divided into and filled with Olympic colours to create a playful and artful interpretation of the Olympic stage. A visual representation of all nations coming together at the Games?–?the world united o…
These are just a few of the many highlights of the tangible results of Olympic Agenda 2020. The achievements demonstrate that we have reached the objectives that we have set for ourselves in 2014. With the whole picture now in full view, we can say with satisfaction: we have changed. We have strengthened the IOC and the Olympic Movement by making the Olympic Games fit for the future; we have sa…
Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "gamification of extremism." Editors Linda Schlegel and Rachel Kowert bring together a range of insights from world-leading experts in the field to provide the first comprehensive overview of gaming and extremism. The potential nexus betw…
The Eiffel Tower (La tour Eiffel) is the famous, iron lattice structure located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer, Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower as the entrance to the 1889 Exposition Universelle, or World’s Fair. The tower is one of the most recognizable structures in the world and has become an iconic symbol of both Paris and …
A skateboard is a four wheel mode of transportation made of multiple components. It has a wooden deck with grip tape applied to the top for better traction. This deck is mounted to two trucks. Trucks are the turning mechanisms of the skateboard that allow the skater to lean on one side of the deck or the other to turn the skateboard. Bearings are installed into the wheels, which are then applie…
This book is for all teachers for English as a Foreign Language working with young childern between the ages of four and twelve. It can be used by pre-school and primary school teachers as an extension of the general school curriculum as well as by parents in an informal private atmosphere. The games presented can stand alone or be used to complement an existing coursebook or syllabus. Games ca…
As the dominant narrative forms in the age of media convergence, films and games call for a transmedial perspective in narratology. Games allow a participatory reception of the story, bringing the transgression of the ontological boundary between the narrated world and the world of the recipient into focus. These diverse transgressions - medial and ontological - are the subject of this transdis…
Game studies, formalism, game analysis, aesthetic theory of games.