{"product_id":"gamelife-9780374536381","title":"Gamelife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In telling the story of his youth through seven computer games, critically acclaimed author Michael W. Clune (\u003ci\u003eWhite Out\u003c\/i\u003e) captures the part of childhood we live alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e You have been awakened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFloppy disk inserted, computer turned on, a whirring, and then this sentence, followed by a blinking cursor. So begins \u003ci\u003eSuspended\u003c\/i\u003e, the first computer game to obsess seven-year-old Michael, to worm into his head and change his sense of reality. Thirty years later he will write: \"Computer games have taught me the things you can't learn from people.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGamelife \u003c\/i\u003eis the memoir of a childhood transformed by technology. Afternoons spent gazing at pixelated maps and mazes train Michael's eyes for the uncanny side of 1980s suburban Illinois. A game about pirates yields clues to the drama of cafeteria politics and locker-room hazing. And in the year of his parents' divorce, a spaceflight simulator opens a hole in reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael W. Clune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374536381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael W. Clune\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eWhite Out: The Secret Life of Heroin\u003c\/i\u003e and of two scholarly books, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature in the Free Market \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWriting Against Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43781804425331,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":28.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_43e682d3-17db-4aab-9f0f-4a4df2e3776e.jpg?v=1757595612","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gamelife-9780374536381","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}