A review by mrericmendez
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell

3.0

Has good examples throughout the book of the importance of the video game culture using actual games as examples. It's a bit of a disconnect for those of us who refuse to use Xbox so that may be on me for not understanding the left4dead references. The principles laid out throughout the book have been placed seemingly haphazardly and without much conscious thought, it seems. With a bit more organized effort, a revised edition would probably contain more golden nuggets of information for readers. Overall, I'm grateful for the book in this field, which is a newer genre (one of the principles discussed in the book using the Flower game, which i absolutely adore). I'd say 3/5 stars for the current edition