Extra Lives

Why Video Games Matter

von Tom Bissell

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften Populäre Kultur
• ISBN: 9780307474315
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2011
• Größe: 204 x 131 mm
• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group