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Bit by Bit : How Video Games Transformed Our World by Andrew Ervin (2017, Hardcover, Revised edition)

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An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four years old and spends eight hours each week playing--and there is a 40 percent chance this person is a woman. In Bit by Bit , Andrew Ervin sets out to understand the explosive popularity of video games. He travels to government laboratories, junk shops, and arcades. He interviews scientists and game designers, both old and young. In charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present, he suggests that their appeal starts and ends with the sense of creativity they instill in gamers. As Ervin argues, games are art because they are beautiful, moving, and even political--and because they turn players into artists themselves.

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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465039707
ISBN-13
9780465039708
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234890475

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bit by Bit : How Video Games Transformed Our World
Author
Andrew Ervin
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Television & Video, Popular Culture, Video & Electronic
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Art, Games & Activities
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Gv1469.3.E78 2017
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Not many books about video games allow Denis Johnson to rub shoulders with Monkey Island or Vladimir Nabokov with Peter Molyneux. Ervin's taste in games is excellent, his points are thought-provoking, and his cultural omnivorousness (take note, aspiring game journalists) is thrilling. A terrific book." -Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives and Apostle "Like spaceships or skyscrapers, video games are a collaboration of humans and machines, of art and commerce. One part flesh, one part metal, one part markets, one part truth. Andrew Ervin composes a winsome but measured portrait of games from all these pieces, bit by bit." -Ian Bogost, author of Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games, PRAISE FOR BIT BY BIT "A fun and insightful analysis of the cultural, educational, and historical value of video games. Ervin deftly traces the evolution of our most interactive art form from Adventure to Minecraft, while offering riveting first-hand accounts from many of the men and women who made it all happen. Bit by Bit is an essential addition to every video game lover's library. " -Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One and Armada " Bit by Bit is the perfect video game book: it's part gamers' history, part history of games, and by a writer inclined to philosophical insight and literary reference. Extra hearts for a history that actually includes the contributions of women, too!" -Amber Sparks, author of The Unfinished World: And Other Stories and May We Shed These Human Bodies, "Burning Down George Orwell's House is really most enjoyable, a witty, original turn on the life and memory of the Sage of Jura, taking place on the island where he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four. Eric Blair serves as the McGuffin in this story, which is one part black comedy and one part a meditation on modern life. It is well written and truly original." --Robert Stone, author of Dog Soldiers
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-002165
Dewey Decimal
794.8
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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