In this book, Mark J.P. Wolf and four other scholars conduct the first thorough investigation of the video game as an artistic medium.

This entry in the BEA Electronic Media Research Series, born out of the April 2017 BEA Research Symposium, takes a look at video games, outlining the characteri

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Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash of 1983 that ended the medium’s golden age. Following the first appearance

In Extra Lives, acclaimed writer and life-long video game enthusiast Tom Bissell takes the reader on an insightful and entertaining tour of the art and meaning