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Extra lives : why video games matter  Cover Image Book Book

Extra lives : why video games matter / Tom Bissell.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307378705 (hc.) :
  • Physical Description: 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.
Subject: Video games > History.
Video games > Social aspects.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Sitka. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Public Libraries.

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


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