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Video games like Modern Warfare, America's Army, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield are part of an exploding market of war games whose revenues now far outpace even the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The sophistication of these games is undeniable, offering users a stunningly realistic experience of ground combat and a glimpse into the increasingly virtual world of long-distance, push-button warfare. Far less clear, though, is what these games are doing...
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"Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits--not on her transness. But there's no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the Sibyls, an old-fashioned Ainsley sisterhood complete with code names and special privileges, she's thrust into the center of a larger argument about what girlhood means and whether the club should exist at all"--
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14 international creators--all renowned and all unique--present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. Some of the world's greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another,...
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14 international creators--all renowned and all unique--present 13 short stories in this love letter to the endless possibilities of sequential art in all its forms. PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. Some of the world's greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another,...
28) Tehran taboo
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In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation. Nevertheless, women invariably end up on the bottom rung of the...
40) Quarantine 19
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Eight people from all over the world participate in a reality tv show. Hoping to win the $1 million prize, the contestants completely break their ties with the outside world and enter a house full of cameras. When dramatic events happen, the contestants are forced to leave the house. But when they return to real life, the contestants face a completely different world than the one they left.