Lost in a Good Game

An exploration of the history and psychological effects of video games, as well as a moving personal memoir.A hot topic- what are the real effects of video games, why are we so consumed by them, and how can we begin to classify them in popular culture? Features interviews with leading game developers such as Tracy King and Naomi Alderman.

'Pete Etchells' debut book Lost in a Good Game takes the reader on a much needed, highly informative, but still intriguingly personal journey through the much maligned yet increasingly beloved and influential world of video games'

Auteur

Dr Pete Etchells is a lecturer in psychology at Bath Spa University, whose field of research is the behavioural effects of videogames on the human brain. He writes the acclaimed Headquarters blog for the *Guardian and blogs for cosmicshambles.com. This is his first book.

Texte du rabat

An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games, and a touching memoir of a dedicated gamer.