This thrilling manga-style role play game adventure finds three friends fighting real, physical monsters in the Dream World. What will it take for them to get home?

Detailed contents listing here: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/the-untold-history-of-japanese-game-developers-volume-2/ Nearly 400 pages and over 30 interviews, with exclusive content on the history of Japanese games. The origins of Hudson, Masaya's epic robot sagas, Nintendo's funding of a PlayStation RTS, detailed history of Westone Entertainment, and a diverse range of unreleased games. Includes exclusive office layout maps, design documents, and archive photos. In a world first - something no other journalist has dared examine - there's candid discussion on the involvement of Japan's yakuza in the industry. Forewords by Retro Gamer founding editor Martyn Carroll and game history professor Martin Picard.

Megan awakens from a dream to find that she is back in Merridiah University, and now attending school in this afterlife as a full time exchange student. It is December 25th and she is told that she will remain a part of the Shutterbox Exchange Programme at Merridiah for a year. But what about her life on Earth? Megan is certain she has completely vanished from her home world and she knows her mother must be hysterical...

Nearly every culture on Earth has myths of dragons. This richly-illustrated book examines dragons in modern culture and the natural world, including the pterodactyl and other saurians, whose fossilized bones were inexplicable and awe-inspiriting discoveries. This is the first book in a series developed from popular courses taught at the online Grey School of Wizardry.

Continuing their journey west and leaving a trail of dead Youkai in their wake, Genjyo Sanzo and company come upon a young woman who has quite a tale to tell. She recounts the story of her long lost lover, a Youkai who succumbed to the madness and for whom she waits faithfully to return. As the story continues, Gojyo has an epiphany that just might be a clue about the source of evil that has been unleashed on the land. In this next volume of Saiyuki, the fantasy adventure becomes a family affair!

An awkward, quiet music student finds himself caught up in an unlikely love triangle in which seemingly opposite personalities are drawn together by their passion for music and their search for their true selves.

Lapis gains new allies and new enemies as he faces his role as the one who will overthrow the tyrannical Habits. Though Lapis' path is preordained, it is also perilous-for him and those he loves. Lapis' parents were slaughtered by the vicious ruler of his former homeland...could Lapis' new quest for a divine artifact cost him the lives of his new friends and family?

When aliens called DearS land on Earth and are sent to random high schools to learn Earth's customs, Takeya helps Ren, a sexy DearS, figure out the wacky customs of this place called Earth.

Celebrating the first twenty-five years of Mana adventures! Since the first game's release in 1991, Square Enix has been dazzling fans worldwide with the fantastical and action-packed world of Mana. More than twenty-five years later, the magic of Mana still lives on and now Dark Horse Books and Square Enix are proud to present The Art of Mana. The first official art book of Square Enix's hit Mana video game series, The Art of Mana collects more than twenty-five years' worth of memories with over 200 pages featuring more than 400 illustrations from the original creative team along with detailed explorations of every character, original sketches, world designs, and much more. Presented in English for the first time, this beautiful collection is not to be missed.

A boy unexpectedly becomes a Rave Master in order to save the world from the evil Demon Card.