Critical Hits
Writers on Gaming and the Alternate Worlds We Inhabit
by Edited by Carmen Maria Machado and J. Robert Lennon
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Pub Date Nov 23 2023 | Archive Date Nov 22 2023
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Description
Whether you're an avid gamer, a Twitch subscriber, or just an incidental Subway Surfer, video games have changed the way you interact with the world, and have been part of our lives for over fifty years. Critical Hits is a celebration of play and playfulness, and the lasting impact of videogames.
Composed of sharp, impassioned, and inquisitive essays, this collection begins with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado and presents video games through the eyes of eighteen writer-gamers as they straddle real and artificial worlds. In games, they find solace from illness and grief, test ideas about language, bodies, race, and technology, and see their experiences and identities reflected in-or complicated by-the interactive virtual realities they inhabit.
From a deep dive into "portal fantasy" games by Charlie Jane Anders and a comic by MariNaomi about her time as a video game producer, to the overlaps in gaming and poetry by Stephen Sexton, Critical Hits illuminates fragments of an industry that is wildly popular, grossly misunderstood, and absolutely spellbinding.
Advance Praise
These fun, funny, occasionally cutting but often affirming essays celebrate the surprising potency of video games and virtual experiences. With any luck, this book will find a place of honour on every literary gamer's bookshelf - Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
A loot drop of brilliance, and a hugely satisfying and entirely convincing literary salvo on the artistic worth of games in our lives - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power
Marketing Plan
- Critical Hits will make an exclusive appearance at MCM London Comicon on 27-29 October at Forbidden Planet’s stall (N800) alongside our authors! And if you absolutely cannot wait to dive in, Critical Hits will also be freely available to read on Netgalley during MCM weekend – but better request it fast, as there are only 50 copies up for grabs!
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781800814561 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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