عنوان

Extra lives :

شابک

0307378705

شابک

0307474313

شابک

9780307378705

شابک

9780307474315

شماره

b776940

عنوان اصلي

Extra lives :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

why video games matter /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Tom Bissell.

وضعيت ويراست

1st ed.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York, NY :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Pantheon Books,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2010.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 218 pages ;

ابعاد

22 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes index.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Author's note -- 1: Fallout -- 2: Headshots -- 3: The unbearable lightness of games -- 4: The grammar of fun -- 5: Littlebigproblems -- 6: Braided -- 7: Mass effects -- 8: Far cries -- 9: Grand thefts -- Appendix: Interview with Sir Peter Molyneux -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

Synopsis: Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four. He is also an obsessive gamer who has spent untold hours in front of his various video game consoles, playing titles such as Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, BioShock, and Oblivion for, literally, days. If you are reading this flap copy, the same thing can probably be said of you, or of someone you know. Until recently, Bissell was somewhat reluctant to admit to his passion for games. In this, he is not alone. Millions of adults spend hours every week playing video games, and the industry itself now reliably out earns Hollywood. But the wider culture seems to regard video games as, at best, well designed if mindless entertainment. Extra Lives is an impassioned defense of this assailed and misunderstood art form. Bissell argues that we are in a golden age of gaming-but he also believes games could be even better. He offers a fascinating and often hilarious critique of the ways video games dazzle and, just as often, frustrate. Along the way, we get firsthand portraits of some of the best minds (Jonathan Blow, Clint Hocking, Cliff Bleszinski, Peter Molyneux) at work in video game design today, as well as a shattering and deeply moving final chapter that describes, in searing detail, Bissell's descent into the world of Grand Theft Auto IV, a game whose themes mirror his own increasingly self-destructive compulsions. Blending memoir, criticism, and first-rate reportage, Extra Lives is like no other book on the subject ever published. Whether you love video games, loathe video games, or are merely curious about why they are becoming the dominant popular art form of our time, Extra Lives is required reading.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Why video games matter

موضوع مستند نشده

Video games-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Video games-- Social aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Computerspiel

موضوع مستند نشده

Datorspel.

موضوع مستند نشده

TV-spel.

موضوع مستند نشده

Video games-- Social aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Video games.

موضوع مستند نشده

Videospiel

موضوع مستند نشده

Wirkung

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bissell, Tom,1974-

تاريخ عمليات

20201203100236.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y