Lost in a Good Game: Why we play video games and what they can do for us

Lost in a Good Game: Why we play video games and what they can do for us

By Pete Etchells | Published by Icon Books (2019)

When Pete Etchells was 14, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. In his book, he journeys through the history and development of video games - from Turing's chess machine to mass multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft - via scientific study, to investigate the highs and lows of playing and get to the bottom of our relationship with games - why we do it, and what they really mean to us.

Why we chose it: “Once in an age, a piece of culture comes along that feels like it was specifically created for you, the beats and words and ideas are there because it is your life the creator is describing. Lost In A Good Game is exactly that. It will touch your heart and mind.” - Adam Rutherford

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