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How a Game Lives

By (author) Jacob Geller





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Over his illustrious career, Jacob Geller has written and produced a sprawling collection of video essays. Deftly interweaving video game analysis with complex narratives about art, politics and history, Geller’s work positions games as vital tools for understanding each other and ourselves. How a Game Lives re-examines ten of Geller’s most iconic essays accompanied by his brand-new commentary, afterwords on each piece by some of the industry’s best writers and stunning original artwork by Kilian Eng and other exceptional artists. With videos like “Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?”, “Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda”, and “The Legacy of the Haunted House”, Geller has taught audiences how to think about the art that’s affected them. How a Game Lives immortalises those works and more and provides boundless insight into the construction, philosophy, and afterlife of each essay. Featuring original scripts and new industry analysis of the following works: Who’s Afraid of Modern Art? Returnal is a Hell of Our Own Creation Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything? The Decade-Long Quest for Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Great Secret Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda Art in the Pre-Apocalypse The Golem and the Jewish Superhero The Future of Writing about Games Fear of Cold

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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 20 Nov 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 208
Dimensions | 247 x 196 x 16mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 270g
ISBN | 978-0-0087-5229-3
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BISAC | games / reference


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