Paperback. From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike. Business and entertainment, health and medicine, politics and war, social interaction and education, all fall under its influence. Virtual Ascendance tells the story of a formerly fringe enterprise that, when few were paying attention, exploded into a multi-billion dollar industry affecting the very way we live. Griffiths paints a thorough and vivid picture of the video game industry, illuminating the various, and often bizarre, ways its changing how we work, play and live. He brings readers along on his own journey of discovery, from the back room of a small Irish pub where members of the second-largest industry enclave meet each month, to a university clinic where the Wii is being used to treat Parkinsons sufferers and everywhere in between.Virtual Ascendance is more than just a story about video games, though. Its the story of an awakening, of a realization that a childhood pastime has exploded into a thriving enterprise one rooted in entertainment but whose tendrils reach into virtually all aspects of life and society. Video gaming is wildly popular and getting even more so as interfaces and devices improve. This popular account of the rise of gaming offers insight into its popularity and place in our culture as well as the impact it has on our daily lives from the doctors office to the family room sofa. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Virtual Ascendance (Paperback)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1442216956
ISBN 13: 9781442216952
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Video gaming is wildly popular and getting even more so as interfaces and devices improve. This popular account of the rise of gaming offers insight into its popularity and place in our culture as well as the impact it has on our daily lives – from the doctor’s office to the family room sofa.

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Devin C. Griffiths is a professional writer. He started his own communications company, Catamount Communications, in 2001. He writes corporate communications for various clients.

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