Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds

Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds

Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds

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Amazon.com
This is a look at the revolution that changed the way we play video games. From the prototypical Space Wars, Hunt the Wumpus, and Adventure to modern shoot-em- ups, brain-busters and simulations. J. C. Herz examines what has kept us glued to screens and joysticks. It also explores how video games shaped the way those raised on them (like Herz herself) interact with their world. Joystick Nation gives an overview of video game history, interviews with the brains behind the most influential games, explorations of what makes various types of games work for various people, and even a peek into a major game development company during the critical countdown to a major release. Herz is a witty writer whose personal approach to the topic can resemble a riff by a stand-up comic. You'll find yourself nodding along with her reactions and smiling--maybe even laughing out loud.

The New Yorker, John Seabrook
... an amused but nonjudgmental book of reportage about the video-game industry.

Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds

Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds,J. C. Herz,Little Brown & Co (T),0316360074,Computer Games,Games,History,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture,Sociology,Sociology - General,Video & Electronic,Video & Electronic - General,Video games

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