Extra lives : why video games matter /

Synopsis: Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for,...

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Main Author: Bissell, Tom, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Pantheon Books, [2010]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Author's note
  • 1: Fallout
  • 2: Headshots
  • 3: Unbearable lightness of games
  • 4: Grammar of fun
  • 5: Littlebigproblems
  • 6: Braided
  • 7: Mass effects
  • 8: Far cries
  • 9: Grand thefts
  • Appendix: Interview with Sir Peter Molyneux
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.