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Press start to play / edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams ; foreword by Ernest Cline.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2015Description: xix, 507 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1101873302
  • 9781101873304
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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 -- end game / Chris Avellone -- Save me plz / David Barr Kirtley -- Relive box / T.C. Boyle -- Roguelike / Marc Laidlaw -- All of the people in your party have died / Robin Wasserman -- Recoil / Micky Neilson -- Anda's game / Cory Doctorow -- Coma kings / Jessica Barber -- Stats / Marguerite K. Bennett -- Please continue / Chris Kluwe -- Creation screen / Rhianna Pratchett -- Fresh prince of gamma world / Austin Grossman -- Gamer's end / Yoon Ha Lee -- Clockwork soldier / Ken Liu -- Killswitch / Catherynne M. Valente -- Twarrior / Andy Weir -- Select character / Hugh Howey.
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Game On!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Wilson Daniel Available 33111008043776
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.

You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is 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. With a foreword from Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One , Press Start to Play includes work from: Daniel H. Wilson, Charles Yu, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, S.R. Mastrantone, Charlie Jane Anders, Holly Black, Seanan McGuire, Django Wexler, Nicole Feldringer, Chris Avellone, David Barr Kirtley,T.C. Boyle, Marc Laidlaw, Robin Wasserman, Micky Neilson, Cory Doctorow, Jessica Barber, Chris Kluwe, Marguerite K. Bennett, Rhianna Pratchett, Austin Grossman, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Catherynne M. Valente, Andy Weir, and Hugh Howey.

Your inventory includes keys, a cell phone, and a wallet. What would you like to do?

"A Vintage Original"

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 -- end game / Chris Avellone -- Save me plz / David Barr Kirtley -- Relive box / T.C. Boyle -- Roguelike / Marc Laidlaw -- All of the people in your party have died / Robin Wasserman -- Recoil / Micky Neilson -- Anda's game / Cory Doctorow -- Coma kings / Jessica Barber -- Stats / Marguerite K. Bennett -- Please continue / Chris Kluwe -- Creation screen / Rhianna Pratchett -- Fresh prince of gamma world / Austin Grossman -- Gamer's end / Yoon Ha Lee -- Clockwork soldier / Ken Liu -- Killswitch / Catherynne M. Valente -- Twarrior / Andy Weir -- Select character / Hugh Howey.

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.

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