Why Video Games Matter

Author and literature professor Tom Bissell spends three years playing video games and interviewing the people who’ve dreamed up and designed them. He tells all in his book "Extra Lives. Why Video Games Matter".

Giuseppe Romano, expert in video games and literature, explains why this book sheds light on understanding the two keys that hook children and adults: the ludic-narrative combination. The problem, when it exists (and sometimes it does), is not in the games but in the players.

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