Video Game Fantasy

UNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL! With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and...

Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you’d think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this bestselling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games—and the people making those games—can be.

Steve likes to spend his mornings in the NCP village and trade his wheat for emeralds, armor, books, swords, and food. One morning, he finds that Zombies have attacked the villagers. The Zombies have also turned the village blacksmith into a Zombie, leaving Steve without a place to get swords. To protect himself and the few villagers that remain, Steve goes on a quest to mine for 40 diamonds, which are the most powerful mineral in the Overworld.

Meet Mulder and Scully, FBI - the agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job is to investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro-psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. These are the cases the Bureau wants handled quietly but quickly, before the public finds out what's really out there...and panics - the cases filed under "X".

Rostislav Grokhotov, an ordinary clerk working for a privately-owned company, just wanted to earn some extra money in the game. He had no specific plans for his new character. Little did he know that his new nickname Rosgard would become the game's next greatest legend. Even the game's Creche zone may contain items of interest if you're observant enough. Rosgard's find didn't just change his own life drastically - it enveloped an entire game world in turmoil to boot! The adventuring player becomes a valued prize for Waldyra's leading clans. Our hero has to conceal his real name.

Simon, Michael, and Lily are playing on a multiplayer server when a strange lightning storm hits their town. In the middle of an intense game, a bolt of lightning strikes, sucking the three friends into the game! They discover that they've been transformed into their Minecraft characters. They try to escape, but they are trapped in the Overworld.

The prescription for unemployed Wayne McHenry wouldn’t usually be to play more video games. However, something is different about Dark Omega, a VRMMO game so immersive that it’s indistinguishable from real life. This just might be what Wayne needs. Unfortunately, his plans to make a name for himself are derailed when he’s dropped continents away from his friends in the midst of a genocidal war. Even worse, he must play as a fairy. The stakes just got higher. Still want to play? Enjoy the exciting first novel in this six-part Dark Omega LitRPG series, the Gravimancer Chronicles.

Based on manga by Yukito Kishiro, this official audio novelization to the 2018 science-fiction film, Alita: Battle Angel, features a female cyborg rescued from the scrap heap by a scientist in the 26th century.

The ninth floor. Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal ... It all makes for great fun and even greater television. After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war. Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

The zombie apocalypse has driven humanity up into the Adirondacks. Enter Westlake, hardened career criminal on the path of "the Villa", a legendary mafia hideout where he can escape the devastation. When he's ambushed by the undead, an old FBI "friend" and his squad of survivors rescue him...and then force him to reveal his secrets. The jokey myth of the Villa suddenly becomes salvation for the settlements scattered around Saranac Lake. Reluctantly, Westlake is saddled with an oddball team to navigate mine fields, trip wires, and flesh-eating zombies to find their safe haven.

The undead Horde failed to break Zuri’s Walls, but victory came at a cost. The walls stand battered, the people bloodied, though with the determination to survive unbroken. As the second stage of Initialization unfolds, the monsters beyond their crumbling defenses grow more powerful—and more relentless. Darius, unexpectedly thrust into leadership, must do more than simply grow stronger by gaining levels and advancing his Class. He must rise to the challenge of becoming Headman, and eventually, the lord his people desperately need.

Would you be prepared to work for free? How would you like to bust your hump for a large corporation 60-plus hours a week without a wage or a single day off for the vague promise of some mysterious perks in the distant future? You'd refuse point blank, wouldn't you? But what if the job in question was playing a state-of-the-art fantasy MMORPG game? And what if this was the only thing you're really good at? Especially considering that your in-game partner is someone really special to you - and this person already lives a virtual life?

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed, and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win. And she has to, because losing means she'll die, for real this time.

Game Drama: Retro Consoles, Games & The People Who Made Them Matter is a deep, narrative-driven exploration of the era when video games stopped being simple entertainment and started becoming cultural milestones. This book is not a surface-level nostalgia trip. It is a carefully researched, thoughtfully written examination of the games, systems, and creators that reshaped how an entire generation experienced interactive media. Spanning iconic hardware like the Super Nintendo and the original PlayStation, landmark titles such as Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 4, Silent ...

What does it feel like to have the whole world know they owe you their salvation? Is it pride? A realization of your own greatness against the backdrop of anonymity? There are lots of possibilities, only none of them describe what actually happened. Instead of becoming the savior, Leg Ondo was made a mockery. The being governing the planet forbade his totems and chosen people to talk about the battle. And that left the world confused. What did the Brown Bear Clan do to deserve the goodies that came pouring down on it? Should they be knocked off the pedestal they recently climbed atop?

Embrace the game. Can you defy the ultimate evil force and save mankind from extinction? In the real world, he is a famous gamer, but lives a low-profile life in Bali. But in Amarvana, he was the legendary Preserver - burnt alive by evil self-replicating AI overlord Brahm to save humanity from extinction. As rumours float of Lord Brahm hiding in Antarctica, the Preserver returns as the Black Wizard, taking the place of his dead mentor, Thadram the Elder Sage. Welcome to Christmas 2039, where the lines between real and virtual lives blur in the ultimate video game war. Prepare to enter the ...

In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends - Max, Lucy, and Henry - are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve's neighbor, Kyra, is upset because she wasn't chosen as a contestant.

🌙 A Fantasy Romance of Lost Memories, Dangerous Magic, and an Irresistible Bond 🌙 Oliver wakes in darkness with no memory of who he is—only a name and a gut-deep certainty that everything familiar has been ripped away. When he steps through a magical portal into the breathtaking realm of Cindersea, he discovers he’s not alone. Dozens of other memory-less young people stand beside him, each chosen by mysterious forces to become champions in a world teetering on the edge of ruin. To survive, Oliver must join the Royal Scouting Brigade and train in magic, battle, and survival. But ...

Max, a rather plain guy, finds himself inside a post-apocalyptic survival roleplaying videogame. He has no idea how he has ended up in the virtual reality or how to quit it. He has no choice but to play the game. Shortly afterward, he learns that the game is quite harsh and cruel. Max finds out that in order to survive he has to scavenge, gather various resources, craft warm clothes and armor, upgrade weapons and vehicles, and so on. Moreover, the entire game world is a full-on PvP zone. So Max has to not only fight brutal mutants but also protect himself against gamers who have teamed up ...

His vengeance against the gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive...and teach his son to do the same. This startling reimagining of God of War deconstructs the core elements that defined the series - satisfying combat, breathtaking scale, and a powerful narrative - and fuses them anew.