Full name: The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture

Authors: Daniel Goldberg, Linus Larsson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: video games, Computer Science, Essays, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781609806392 1609806395

The State of Play is a call to consider the high stakes of video game culture and how our digital and real lives collide. Here, video games are not hobbies or pure recreation; they are vehicles for art, sex, and race and class politics. The sixteen contributors are entrenched--they are the video game creators themselves, media critics, and Internet celebrities. They share one thing: they are all players at heart, handpicked to form a superstar roster by Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, the authors of the bestselling Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game that Changed Everything. The State of Play is essential reading for anyone interested in what may well be the defining form of cultural expression of our time.