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A review by loudgls89
Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us by Pete Etchells
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
I found this book absolutely fascinating.
I play a few video games but I wouldn’t necessarily label myself a gamer, but I loved the amount of passion about gaming that came through from the author.
Part history of video gaming, part deep dive into video game research and part memoir of the authors experience of gaming, including some incredibly touching stories about the loss of his father, I enjoyed this way more than I had originally anticipated.
Every chapter had been well thought out and rather than being a one sided defence of gaming, was presented in a very balanced way and making clear the flaws in the research presented.
If you like gaming, or even just tech in general, or even just human behaviour, then I think you’d find this book very informative.
I play a few video games but I wouldn’t necessarily label myself a gamer, but I loved the amount of passion about gaming that came through from the author.
Part history of video gaming, part deep dive into video game research and part memoir of the authors experience of gaming, including some incredibly touching stories about the loss of his father, I enjoyed this way more than I had originally anticipated.
Every chapter had been well thought out and rather than being a one sided defence of gaming, was presented in a very balanced way and making clear the flaws in the research presented.
If you like gaming, or even just tech in general, or even just human behaviour, then I think you’d find this book very informative.