Colin Harvey

"The joy of Regened is that it’s a proper all-ages thing, something for young and old" - Comicon.com **{::} 2000 AD*'s all ages science fiction anthology series returns with a fourth thrill-powered collection of epic, action packed stories featuring all of your favourite characters and a brand new, exclusive *Harlem Heroes strip! Cadet Dredd goes undercover as a renegade runaway! It's the Harlem Heroes versus the Harlem Hellcats in the most dangerous - and deadly - aeroball game Mega-City One's ever seen! Does Chopper have what it takes to evade the Judges and win the Sky Surfing competition? Travel to other dimensions with Jaina and Jacen in 'Splorers! It's the Galaxy's best and brightest all-ages comic - it's 2000 AD Regened!

The critically acclaimed all ages comic from 2000 AD returns! "A fantastic introduction to 2000 AD... 9/10" - Comicsthegathering The galaxy’s favourite thrill-powered science fiction comic is back with another line up of electrifying stories aimed at all ages! Reimagined versions of classic 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd, star alongside brand new characters, specially created for a younger audience.In this, the third smashing volume, follow the action packed adventures of Cadet Dredd as he battles robots! Save the world from aliens with Judge Anderson! Meet the mightiest cat burglar of Mega-City One! Marvel at the brain-busting and jaw dropping Future Shocks! Plus, in an exclusive new strip, classic 2000 AD characters the Harlem Heroes return! Critically acclaimed and beloved by old and new fans alike, 2000 AD Regened storms into its third brilliant collection. Can you handle the awesomeness of 2000 AD Regened?

Imagine joining a team of heroic warriors to defeat a monstrous king in a sword and sorcery- themed fantasy realm. Imagine being a Wild West cowboy and robbing a steam train, or a samurai battling the Mongol hordes in feudal Japan. Imagine becoming a cat and fending for yourself in a sprawling urban environment, or shepherding a group of survivors through a wartime fictional city. Imagine, too, if you could build your own character to explore these new realms, or even create your own world. From collaborative raids with people you’ll never meet in real life to intimate, character-based dramas where you get to inhabit a completely different personality, video games are transforming how we tell stories. It’s a medium that’s always in flux, exploring the capabilities of ever-changing technology and coming up with new ways to engage, immerse and surprise by putting you in the story. When Worlds Collide speaks to leading writers and narrative designers in the video game industry to look at how video games are taking age-old storytelling techniques and twisting them into new shapes, as well as establishing fresh ways of telling tales unique to the medium. From genre to character, from dialogue to performance, from emergent narrative to transmedia storytelling and the Metaverse, video game writer and academic Colin Harvey explores the particular challenges and manifold possibilities this new medium offers storytellers and worldbuilders. Interactive, spatial and connected, the influence of game storytelling is spreading way beyond the screen, into wider culture and society, throwing up new ethical challenges in its wake. Colin Harvey takes us on a journey through these myriad compelling domains, tracking their evolution through pixels and polygons to a future in which the real and virtual are increasingly entwined.

Human rights based budget analysis projects have emerged at a time when the United Nations has asserted the indivisibility of all human rights and attention is increasingly focused on the role of non-judicial bodies in promoting and protecting human rights. This book seeks to develop the human rights framework for such budget analyses, by exploring the international law obligations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to budgetary processes. The book outlines international experiences and comparative practice in relation to economic and social rights budget analysis and budgeting.The book sets out an ICESCR-based methodology for analysing budget and resource allocations and focuses on the legal obligation imposed on state parties by article 2(1) of ICESCR to progressively realise economic and social rights to 'the maximum of available resources'. Taking Northern Ireland as a key case study, the book demonstrates and promotes the use of a ‘rights-based’ approach in budgetary decision-making.The book will be relevant to a global audience currently considering how to engage in the budget process from a human rights perspective. It will be of interest to students and researchers of international human rights law and public law, as well as economic and social rights advocacy and lobbying groups.

Human rights based budget analysis projects have emerged at a time when the United Nations has asserted the indivisibility of all human rights and attention is increasingly focused on the role of non-judicial bodies in promoting and protecting human rights. This book seeks to develop the human rights framework for such budget analyses, by exploring the international law obligations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to budgetary processes. The book outlines international experiences and comparative practice in relation to economic and social rights budget analysis and budgeting.The book sets out an ICESCR-based methodology for analysing budget and resource allocations and focuses on the legal obligation imposed on state parties by article 2(1) of ICESCR to progressively realise economic and social rights to 'the maximum of available resources'. Taking Northern Ireland as a key case study, the book demonstrates and promotes the use of a ‘rights-based’ approach in budgetary decision-making.The book will be relevant to a global audience currently considering how to engage in the budget process from a human rights perspective. It will be of interest to students and researchers of international human rights law and public law, as well as economic and social rights advocacy and lobbying groups.