Critical Hits: Writers on gaming and the alternate worlds we inhabit
Serpent’s Tail, $34.99 pb, 248 pp
Trees as witnesses
Those accustomed to dismissing video games as frivolities may be alarmed to discover that, on a global scale, gaming generates more revenue than the film, music and book industries combined, by an order of magnitude. Games have become the dominant cultural force. We have come a long way since Space Invaders. Despite this prevalence and influence, there is a paucity of writing on gaming. Notable exceptions are Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022) and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (2011), now joined by Carmen Maria Machado and J. Robert Lennon’s welcome collection of essays exploring the societal impact of the form.
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Critical Hits: Writers on gaming and the alternate worlds we inhabit
edited by Carmen Maria Machado and J. Robert Lennon
Serpent’s Tail, $34.99 pb, 248 pp
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