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Gamers: Writers, Artists, and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels

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I love this book. Or, better, I love some chapters of it, and with few exceptions, I like the rest. It's a collection of essays by writers, artists, poets, etc. that describe how playing videogames has influenced them, or some particular moments in their lives. The essays are ordered to guide the reader through the history of videogames, form the very beginning to the golden age of the late eighties, with some spots on contemporary videogames. Some of the writings are perhaps too technical, but most of them are really fresh, enjoyable and - of course- well written.
I was born in 1972, and I have spent a good fraction of my high school years playing wonderful videogames on a Commodore 64. This book gave me the chance to recollect some feelings of this teenager experience and it confirmed my feeling that videogames are much more than just entertainment.

Nic Kelman's article "Yes, but is it a game?" it's the main reason to read part of the book (the reason I gave 2 stars rate). I think that Gamers - Writters, Artists & Programmers On The Pleasures of Pixels failed on some aspects. Too many writters = few pages per article.