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  • A New History of the Future in 100 Objects

    A Fiction

    by Adrian Hon ...
    Science fiction meets alternate history as a curator looks back on the 21st century through 100 of its artifacts—from silent messaging systems to artificial worlds on asteroids.In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the 21st century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about the power of connectivity, which was reinforced by such technologies ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • You've Been Played

    How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All

    by Adrian Hon ...
    How games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation—and what we can do about itWarehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    You've Been Played

    How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All

    by Adrian Hon ...
    Narrated by Damian Lynch ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 49 min

    How games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation—and what we can do about itWarehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Post Apocalyptic Space Shakespeare Book 1: Hamlet

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