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Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter Tom Bissell ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Page: 256
ISBN: 9780307474315

Jun 29, 2012 - In his book, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Bissell gave praise to the Gears of War setting, the chapter of which was written sometime after the release of the second game. May 16, 2011 - Here is my review of the Audible audio book version of Tom Bissell's book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Jan 24, 2012 - (More on the game lab below.) In this course we will consider video games as a technology, industry, cultural form, and set of social practices. We will also survey game studies as an emergent academic field with backgrounds in many disciplines. Feb 12, 2010 - I just finished Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by my fellow former Yooper, Tom Bissell. Could they provide narratives that books, movies, and other vehicles for story delivery can't? Aug 16, 2010 - It is that, at times, but it is also often so much more. Jun 17, 2010 - Must video games remain mere entertainment. In Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Tom Bissell makes this case without ever really arguing for it explicitly. Jun 10, 2010 - EXTRA LIVES: Why Video Games Matter - Tom Bissell It's possible one of the reasons I enjoyed this book so much was to learn that I am not alone. May 24, 2012 - While many of the questions posed in this Extra Lives are unanswerable, one point will be abundantly clear once you've reached the end: videogames do matter, so long as they matter to you. Mar 6, 2013 - The game interface is very simple/intuitive and the only thing you need to do is trace a path, match the tiles to collect the treasure, buy and upgrade weapons and defeat monsters. Extra lives: why video games matter. Tom Bissell, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter (Random House, 2011). As amazing as I expected it to be, and then quite suddenly personal and moving and a touch harrowing. Students will be expected to play a variety of games, to read extensively in . Aug 14, 2010 - Recently I'd been hearing a lot about Tom Bissell's gaming memoir/critique Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter.