Death by Video Game: Tales of Obsession From the Virtual Frontline [Audiobook] download free by Simon Parkin
- Listen audiobook: Death by Video Game: Tales of Obsession From the Virtual Frontline
- Author: Simon Parkin
- Release date: 2015/12/25
- Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9781781254219
- Rating: 8.64 of 10
- Votes: 113
- Review by: Evangeline Clifford
- Review rating: 7.71 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/17
- Duration: 3H32M7S in 256 kbps (57.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-31
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: Musepack, WAV, Vorbis, FLAC, Apple Lossless, MP3, MPEG4, WMA (compression TAR.Z, IMG, TBZ2, RAR, ZIP, RPM)
- Total pages original book: 288
- Includes a PDF summary of 34 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 24M35S (6.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Whether it's Space Invaders, Candy Crush Saga or Grand Theft Auto, video games draw us in and don't let go. In Taiwan, a spate of deaths at gaming cafes is raising a question: why is it that some of us are playing games beyond the limits of our physical wellbeing?Death by Video Game uncovers the real stories behind our video game obsession. Along the way, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin meets the players and game developers at the frontline of virtual extremism, including the New York surgeon attempting to break the Donkey Kong world record; the Minecraft player three years into an epic journey towards the edge of the game's vast virtual world and the German hacker who risked prison to discover the secrets behind Half-Life 2.Investigating the impact of video games on our lives, Death by Video Game will change the way we think about our virtual playgrounds.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Games Strategy Guides, Travel Writing, Popular Culture
- Download servers: FileServe, MEGA, Send U It, 4Shared, Hotfile. Compressed in TAR.Z, IMG, TBZ2, RAR, ZIP, RPM
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 15.31 USD
- Dimensions: 135x216x23mm
- Weight: 356g
- Printed by: Serpent's Tail
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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