Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

What really blew me away about this book was the following realization:  even given the thousands of hours I’ve wasted in my life playing video games, I have never played a single game Tom Bissell covers in this entire book. Clearly, I need to buy an X-Box and play more first person shooters.

An interesting (if quick) read, but ultimately the book didn’t convince me that video games really do matter.

Read more from the Times and Wired.

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