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