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Title:
Press start to play
Author:
Wilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard), 1978- , editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, 2015.
Physical Description:
xix, 507 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:
A groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide. From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be-and what they can become-in smart and singular ways.
General Note:
"A Vintage Original"
Language:
English
Contents:
God mode / Daniel H. Wilson -- NPC / Charles Yu -- Respawn / Hiroshi Sakurazaka -- Desert walk / S. R. Mastrantone -- Rat catcher's yellows / Charlie Jane Anders -- 1UP / Holly Black -- Survival horror / Seanan McGuire -- Real / Django Wexler -- Outliers / Nicole Feldringer -- <endgames> / Chris Avellone -- Save me plz / David Barr Kirtley -- The believe box / T. C. Boyle -- Roguelike / Marc Laidlaw -- All of the people in your party have died / Robin Wasserman -- Recoli! / Mickey Neilson -- Anda's game / Cory Doctrow -- Coma Kings / Jessica Barber -- Stats / Marguerite K. Bennett -- Please continue / Chris Kluwe -- Creation screen / Rhianna Pratchett -- The fresh prince of gamma world / Austin Grossman -- Gamer's end / Yoon Ha Lee -- The clockwork soldier / Ken Liu -- Killswitch / Catherynne M. Valente -- Twarrior / Andy Weir -- Select character / Hugh Howey.
ISBN:
9781101873304
Format :
Book