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Extra lives : why video games matter  Cover Image Book Book

Extra lives : why video games matter

Bissell, Tom. (Author).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 9780307378705 (hc.) :
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 218 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Fallout -- Headshots -- The unbearable lightness of games -- The grammar of fun -- Littlebigproblems -- Braided -- Mass effects -- Far cries -- Grand thefts.
Subject: Video games -- History
Video games -- Social aspects

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Castlegar Public Library 794.8 BIS (Text) 35146001631456 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

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