This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities

Review

“We need more writers like Jim Rossignol, writers who are intimately familiar with gaming, conversant in the latest research surrounding games, and able to write cogently and interestingly about the experience of playing as well as the deeper significance of games.”—Chris Baker, Wired

“In May 2000 I was fired from my job as a reporter on a finance newsletter because of an obsession with a video game.It was the best thing that ever happened to me.”So begins this story of personal redemption through the unlikely medium of electronic games. Quake, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, and other online games not only offered author Jim Rossignol an excellent escape from the tedium of office life. They (more…)

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