Extra lives : why video games matter /
Bissell, Tom, 1974-
Extra lives : why video games matter / Tom Bissell. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, c2011. - xiv, 242 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Fallout -- Headshots -- The unbearable lightness of games -- The grammar of fun -- Littlebigproblems -- Braided -- Mass effects -- Far cries -- Grand thefts.
A personal assessment of the author's addiction to video games explores his favorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art, and their habit-forming appeal while considering how he has neglected his professional and social responsibilities in favor of gaming activities.
9780307474315 (pbk.)
2009039602
Video games--History.
Video games--Social aspects.
GV1469.3 / .B55 2010
Extra lives : why video games matter / Tom Bissell. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, c2011. - xiv, 242 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Fallout -- Headshots -- The unbearable lightness of games -- The grammar of fun -- Littlebigproblems -- Braided -- Mass effects -- Far cries -- Grand thefts.
A personal assessment of the author's addiction to video games explores his favorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art, and their habit-forming appeal while considering how he has neglected his professional and social responsibilities in favor of gaming activities.
9780307474315 (pbk.)
2009039602
Video games--History.
Video games--Social aspects.
GV1469.3 / .B55 2010