Creating Emotion in Games or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed R2 Edition

Creating Emotion in Games: The Art and Craft of Emotioneering

Author: David Freeman

David Freeman brings you the inside scoop on how to apply the Emotioneering™ techniques he's so well known for. These powerful techniques create a breadth and depth of emotion in a game, and induce a player to identify with the role he or she is playing. Mr. Freeman's techniques are so highly sought after because they're the key to mass market success in today's competitive game market. The over 300 distinct Emotioneering techniques in this book include (to name but a few): ways to give emotional depth to an NPC (non-player character), even if the NPC has just one line of dialogue; techniques to bond a player to a game's NPCs; and techniques to transform a game into an intense emotional journey. In a warm and crystal-clear style, Mr. Freeman provides examples which demonstrate exactly how to apply the techniques. He also shows how some of these techniques were utilized in, and contributed greatly to the success of such games as "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"; "Deus Ex"; and "Thief" I & II, among others. The book is packed with striking art by some of today's top concept artists and illustrators, including an eight-page color section and a four-color, fold-out cover. When you've finished this book, you'll be equipped to apply Mr. Freeman's powerful Emotioneering techniques to artfully create emotion in the games you design, build, or produce.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Introduction
Ch. 1.1	Communicate ... Explore ... Help ... Words ... Edge ...	3
Ch. 1.2	An Introduction to Emotioneering	7
Ch. 1.3	Why Put Emotion into Games?	13
Ch. 1.4	17 Things Screenwriters Don't Know About Games	17
Ch. 1.5	Why Game Designers Often Find Writing to Be So Challenging	31
Ch. 1.6	Why "Writing" Is a Bad Word and "Emotioneering" Is a Better One	35
Ch. 1.7	How to Hopefully Be Unappreciated	37
Ch. 1.8	Where Screenwriting Leaves Off and Emotioneering Begins	39
Pt. II	The 32 Categories of Emotioneering Techniques
Ch. 2.1	NPC Interesting Techniques	45
Ch. 2.2	NPC Deepening Techniques	61
Ch. 2.3	Dialogue Interesting Techniques	71
Ch. 2.4	Dialogue Deepening Techniques	79
Ch. 2.5	Group Interesting Techniques	89
Ch. 2.6	Group Deepening Techniques	99
Ch. 2.7	NPC Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques	103
Ch. 2.8	NPC Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques	113
Ch. 2.9	NPC Character Arc Techniques	119
Ch. 2.10	NPC Rooting Interest Techniques	127
Ch. 2.11	Player Toward NPC Chemistry Techniques	139
Ch. 2.12	NPC Toward Player Relationship Deepening Techniques	151
Ch. 2.13	Player Toward NPC Relationship Deepening Techniques	159
Ch. 2.14	Group Bonding Techniques	165
Ch. 2.15	Emotionally Complex Moments and Situations Techniques	173
Ch. 2.16	Plot Interesting Techniques	199
Ch. 2.17	Plot Deeping Techniques	219
Ch. 2.18	World Induction Techniques	231
Ch. 2.19	Role Induction Techniques	243
Ch. 2.20	First-Person Character Arc Techniques	255
Ch. 2.21	First-Person Deepening Techniques	269
Ch. 2.22	Revealing Complex Characters Through Their Actions	295
Ch. 2.23	Enhancing Emotional Depth Through Symbols	303
Ch. 2.24	Self-Created Story Techniques (a.k.a. Agency Techniques)	327
Ch. 2.25	Motivation Techniques	333
Ch. 2.26	Cohesiveness Techniques	347
Ch. 2.27	"True-to-Life" Techniques	355
Ch. 2.28	Cross-Demographic Techniques	359
Ch. 2.29	Injecting Emotion into a Game's Story Elements	367
Ch. 2.30	Tying Story to Gameplay and Mechanics	379
Ch. 2.31	Writing Powerful Pre-Rendered and In-Game Cinematics	389
Ch. 2.32	Opening Cinematic Techniques	411
Pt. III	An Emotioneering Gallery
Ch. 3.1	Introduction	421
Ch. 3.2	Chasm	423
Ch. 3.3	Styx	433
Ch. 3.4	Rough Trade	439
Pt. IV	Magic
Ch. 4	Magic	449
Pt. V	Addenda
Ch. 5.1	Introduction	461
Ch. 5.2	Techniques for Creating Fun	465
Ch. 5.3	Gatherings	475
	Art Credits	497
	Artists' Bios and Contact Information	501
	Glossary	517
	Index	527

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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed R2 Edition

Author: Rand Morimoto

Since the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made many feature packs available that were not in the initial release, including Group Policy Management Console, Windows Resource Manager, File Replication Services, Terminal Services Feature Pack, Timewarp Client, Windows Sharepoint Services, Automatic Deployment Services, Active Directory in Application mode, Identity and Integration Services, Windows Right Management, Directory Services Mark-up Language, Microsoft Audit Collection Service, Security Configuration Wizard, and File Replication Services Monitor.

This book is the second edition of the best seller Windows Server 2003 Unleashed. With Windows Server 2003 being released in April/2003 and the next release of Windows (codename Longhorn) not due out until 2005 / 2006, this second edition will keep the text viable with new updates to the core Windows 2003 code. There have not been changes to the released version of the server, but Microsoft has released approximately 15 features through the release of feature packs. The second edition covers these feature packs along with incorporating reader feedback to make the book an even stronger resource for the IT professional.

Library Journal

Microsoft's April launch of Windows Server 2003 signaled a newer, modular strategy; the company intends to continue delivering additional components for at least six months postlaunch. This means that libraries, though needing to invest in guides to the new server OS, may need to upgrade more quickly than in the past for coverage of newer components. These four titles will help start the collection. Intended for Windows Server 2000 administrators who need to update their skills, Delta Guide eschews the basics for changes in the new OS, beginning with selecting an edition and moving through interface and policy changes, security enhancements, new command line tools, and more. Online sidebars bring users up to speed in areas where their Win2k knowledge is lacking. Buy in conjunction with more thorough guides that also address the needs of beginning administrators. Beginner's Guide and Teach Yourself target beginning administrators, teaching via step-by-step chapters. In Beginner's, the notes and "Ask the Expert" sidebars add useful info, progress checks mid-chapter help break up lengthy prose, and projects and mastery checks close chapters. Teach ends chapters with a summary and Q&A and includes similar notes and asides, falling somewhat short in explaining what to do when its step-by-step instructions fail. Beginner's, for example, goes by degrees through setting up nonplug and play printers, while Teach merely directs readers to the Add Printer Wizard. Both are good bets for all libraries. Meanwhile, Unleashed is a comprehensive reference for intermediate to advanced administrators. Lists of best practices contain tips to keep servers running smoothly, along with rules and recommendations integrated into each chapter; larger libraries can consider. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.