商品描述
Updated with new chapters and an introduction for the 50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, the fascinating and authoritative history of Dungeons & Dragons that "tracks D&D's turbulent rise, fall, and survival, from its heyday in the 1980s...to the 21st century" (The Wall Street Journal), by award-winning journalist David M. Ewalt.Even if you've never played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know someone who has: the game has had a profound influence on our culture, and 2014 marks the intriguing role-playing phenomenon's 40th anniversary. Released decades before the Internet and social media, Dungeons & Dragons inspired one of the original nerd subcultures and is still revered by more than 30 million fans. Now, the authoritative history and magic of the game are revealed by an award-winning journalist and lifelong D&D player. In Of Dice and Men, David Ewalt describes the development of Dungeons & Dragons from the game's origins on the battlefields of ancient Europe through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides to its apotheosis as father of the modern video-game industry. As he chronicles the surprising history of the game's origins (a history largely unknown even to hardcore players) and examines D&D's lasting impact, Ewalt weaves laser-sharp subculture analysis with his own present-day gaming experiences, "writing about the world of fantasy role-playing junkies with intelligence, dexterity, and even wisdom" (Ken Jennings). An enticing blend of history, journalism, narrative, and memoir, Of Dice and Men sheds light on America's most popular form of collaborative entertainment.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
更新了新章節和引言，以慶祝《龍與地下城》50週年，這本引人入勝且權威的歷史書籍追蹤了《龍與地下城》的動盪興衰與生存，從1980年代的全盛時期...到21世紀（《華爾街日報》），作者是獲獎記者David M. Ewalt。即使你從未玩過《龍與地下城》，你可能也認識玩過的人：這款遊戲對我們的文化產生了深遠的影響，而2014年標誌著這個引人入勝的角色扮演現象的40週年。早在互聯網和社交媒體出現幾十年前，《龍與地下城》啟發了最初的極客亞文化，至今仍受到超過3000萬粉絲的崇敬。現在，這款遊戲的權威歷史和魔力由一位獲獎記者和終身《龍與地下城》玩家揭示。在《骰子與人》中，David Ewalt描述了《龍與地下城》的發展，從遊戲起源於古歐洲的戰場，經歷與撒旦儀式和青少年自殺相關的歇斯底里，直到它成為現代電子遊戲產業的奠基者。他記錄了遊戲起源的驚人歷史（這段歷史對於核心玩家來說仍然大多未知），並檢視了《龍與地下城》的持久影響，Ewalt將尖銳的亞文化分析與他自己當前的遊戲經歷交織在一起，「以智慧、靈巧，甚至智慧來寫作幻想角色扮演迷的世界」（Ken Jennings）。《骰子與人》是一部歷史、新聞、敘事和回憶錄的誘人融合，揭示了美國最受歡迎的合作娛樂形式。
作者簡介
David M. Ewalt is an award-winning journalist, author and speaker and an authority on the intersection of games and technology. He is the author of the books
Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution and
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It. He previously worked as the Editor in Chief of
Gizmodo and wrote for
The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and
Forbes. Find out more at DavidMEwalt.com.
Joe Manganiello holds a BFA in acting from The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. He won critical and popular praise for his role as werewolf Alcide Herveaux on HBO's hit series
True Blood. Joe has appeared in films such as
Magic Mike and
What to Expect When You're Expecting, and played Flash Thompson in the Spiderman film series. He went toe-to-toe with his childhood hero and
Evolution foreword author Arnold Schwarzenegger in David Ayer's film
Sabotage. He can be seen in the highly anticipated
Magic Mike XXL and starring in Ryan Murphy's
Scream Queens on FOX.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
大衛·M·尤瓦特（David M. Ewalt）是一位獲獎的記者、作家和演講者，也是遊戲與科技交集的權威。他是書籍《挑戰現實：虛擬實境革命的內幕故事》（Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution）和《骰子與人：龍與地下城及其玩家的故事》（Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It）的作者。他曾擔任《Gizmodo》的主編，並為《華爾街日報》（The Wall Street Journal）、路透社（Reuters）和《福布斯》（Forbes）撰稿。更多資訊請訪問 DavidMEwalt.com。
喬·曼根尼羅（Joe Manganiello）擁有卡內基梅隆戲劇學院的表演學士學位（BFA）。他因在HBO熱門劇集《真血》（True Blood）中飾演狼人阿爾西德·赫維奧（Alcide Herveaux）而獲得了評論界和觀眾的讚譽。喬曾出現在電影《魔力麥克》（Magic Mike）和《期待中的寶寶》（What to Expect When You're Expecting）中，並在《蜘蛛人》電影系列中飾演弗拉什·湯普森（Flash Thompson）。他在大衛·艾爾的電影《破壞》（Sabotage）中與他的童年英雄、《進化》（Evolution）前言作者阿諾·史瓦辛格（Arnold Schwarzenegger）對峙。他將在備受期待的《魔力麥克XXL》（Magic Mike XXL）中出現，並在福克斯（FOX）的《尖叫女王》（Scream Queens）中主演。
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