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A Casual RevolutionHandmade Pixels: Independent Video Games and the Quest for Authenticity

The history and meaning of independent video games.

MIT Press 2019.

 

 

A Casual RevolutionThe Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games

Why do we play video games even though they make us unhappy?

MIT Press 2013.

     

A Casual RevolutionA Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players

On casual games, the Wii, and other games for "the rest of us".

MIT Press 2010.

 

Half-Real bookHalf-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds

A theory of video games.

MIT Press 2005.