Extra lives
Subtitle: why video games matter
By: Tom Bissell
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780307378705
Subjects: Social aspects; Video games; History
Description: 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 favorof gaming activities.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Fallout; title: Headshots; title: The unbearable lightness of games; title: The grammar of fun; title: Littlebigproblems; title: Braided; title: Mass effects; title: Far cries; title: Grand thefts