(Book) Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell

[Icarus]

I'm not going to talk about $10 (Kindle)Extra Lives because better people than I have already said it. I'm just going to say that every "Gamer" needs to read this book.

(Edit) Listen to the author's interview now.

Look to here for intelligent reviews...

New York Times

The Washington Post

Los Angeles Times

National Public Radio

Entertainment Weekly

Even Christian Science Monitor




<span mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Go read a book!> Or at least fall asleep to one. ;-)

[kajota]

Look to here for intelligent reviews...

I wonder what video game type people think of this book. All those reviews are from non-gaming sources.

[Icarus]

I wonder what video game type people think of this book. All those reviews are from non-gaming sources.

I haven't sean it reviewed on any of the gaming sites I read; I have never sean a book reviewed on those sites. In some ways I put more value in the above reviews because they are not video game enthusiasts. A gamer reviewing a gaming book will tend to agree/like the book. A mainstream reviewer liking a gaming book says something.

Any ways, you can download an interview from one of my favorite gaming podcasts on itunes under "The Brainy Gamer Podcast" episode 29. Or here directly.

I consider myself a video game type person, and I think it is a must read. Hell, you can even get an audible version hereor MP3 version here and listen to it during your commute. ;-)