Death by Video Game: Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline by Simon Parkin

Death by Video Game: Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline

Simon Parkin

272 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction psychology video games adventurous challenging slow-paced
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"The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers—which, in fact, he is." —Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games MatterOn January 3...

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