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This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities

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This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0472033972

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Torn between unabashed optimism about the future of games and lingering doubts about whether they are just a waste of time, the book 'This Gaming Life' raises some important questions about this new and vital cultural form.

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