Read: Tom Bissell - Extra Lives, Why Video Games Matter

This was much more of a philosophical treatise on the importance of video games than I had imagined it would be. As well, it was a memoir - apparently light-hearted about the amount of time the author has devoted to playing video games and pondering why they have such a hold on him - until the end, where he reveals that he was hooked on cocaine for his most intense video game binges. I was shocked to find myself suddenly reading what was a dark and troubling memoir. Nonetheless, this was a very interesting book - it both made me want to play these games and experience them myself, and also avoid ever playing them and getting sucked into Bissell's life.