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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

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  • 256

    Pages
  • 9780307474315

    ISBN
  • 136 mm

    Width
  • 215 mm

    Height
  • 263 gram

    Weight
  • PAPERBACK

    Binding
  • 14 6 2011

    Publish Date
  • 18 mm

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    Description

    In Extra Lives, acclaimed writer and life-long video game enthusiast Tom Bissell takes the reader on an insightful and entertaining tour of the art and meaning of video games. In just a few decades, video games have grown increasingly complex and sophisticated, and the companies that produce them are now among the most profitable in the entertainment industry. Yet few outside this world have thought deeply about how these games work, why they are so appealing, and what they are capable of artistically. Blending memoir, criticism, and first-rate reportage, Extra Lives is a milestone work about what might be the dominant...  Read More

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    Tom Bissell

    Tom Bissell (born 1974) is a journalist, critic, and fiction writer.

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