Bissell, Tom,  1974- <br/><br/>
Extra lives :  why video games matter / 
Tom Bissell. 
 - 1st Vintage Books ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 242 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Fallout -- Headshots -- The unbearable lightness of games -- The grammar of fun -- Littlebigproblems -- Braided -- Mass effects -- Far cries -- Grand thefts. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307474315 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009039602 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Video games--History.<br/>Video games--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1469.3  / .B55 2010