Extra lives : why video games matter / Tom Bissell.
Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, c2011.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xiv, 242 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780307474315 (pbk.)
- GV1469.3 .B55 2010
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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.
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