Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

Bissell, Tom

ISBN 10: 0307474313 / ISBN 13: 9780307474315

Published by Vintage, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307474313
• ISBN 13: 9780307474315
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In 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.

About the Author

Tom 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.