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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307474315)
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xIn 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 popular art form of our time.Author: Tom Bissell
ISBN-10: 0307474313
ISBN-13: 9780307474315
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 06/14/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.77d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/31/2011 pg. 24
By Tom Bissell
xTom Bissell (Xbox Live gamertag: T C Bissell; PlayStation Network gamertag: TCBissell) is the author of Chasing the Sea, God Lives in St. Petersburg, and The Father of All Things. A recipient of the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Bay de Noc Community College Alumnus of the Year Award, he teaches fiction writing at Portland State University and lives in Portland, Oregon.
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