{"product_id":"mogworld-isbn-9781506706351","title":"Mogworld","description":"This humorous parody of the fantasy genre and the world of MMORPG comes a story about the death and resurrection of a minor video game character by \u003ci\u003eZero Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e writer Yahtzee Croshaw (\u003ci\u003eWill Save the Galaxy for Food, J\u003c\/i\u003eam)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams--and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor lovers of bizarre horror, absurdist British humor, and unforgettable characters, only some of them human!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory.\"-\u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eMogworld,\u003c\/i\u003e Croshaw has shown his razor sharp humor can stay intact for 400 pages and, more importantly, he's proven he has the chops to tell an interesting, unique and utterly entertaining narrative that moves along at a quick clip and never loses its charm.\" -\u003ci\u003eJoystick Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Croshaw is] able to pull off slapstick comedy in print, and that's no easy feat.\" -Chris Sims, \u003ci\u003eComics Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eYahtzee Croshaw\u003c\/b\u003e is a British-Australian comedic writer, video game journalist, author, and video game developer. He is best known for his acerbic video game review series, \u003ci\u003eZero Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e, for \u003ci\u003eThe Escapist\u003c\/i\u003e. Before this, Croshaw gained attention in the Adventure Game Studio community for his video games. Croshaw also writes a weekly supplementary column for \u003ci\u003eThe Escapist, Extra Punctuation\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the video series \u003ci\u003eJudging by the Cover\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCroshaw has published two novels through Dark Horse Comics. The first was \u003ci\u003eMogworld\u003c\/i\u003e, published in August 2010.The second, \u003ci\u003eJam, \u003c\/i\u003ewas released in October 2012. A third is forthcoming. He also cohosts a weekly podcast\/Let's Play hybrid series, \u003ci\u003eLet's Drown Out\u003c\/i\u003e, along with cohost Gabriel Morton.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304608223461,"sku":"NP9781506706351","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506706351.jpg?v=1767732883","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mogworld-isbn-9781506706351","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}