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Art of Failure, The: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games

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Item Number: 978-0-262-01905-7
Barcode: 9780262019057
Release Date: September 2016
Description: EAN-5: 90000
Box Text: "I can think of no other medium that so constantly forces its participants to contemplate their own demise. The act of playing games is one dotted with near-endless failure. Yet we plow on. Jesper Juul's book is exactly the sharp examination of failure I need to keep myself from stabbing my eyes out when I get frustrated."
—Jamin Warren, Founder, Kill Screen

"In The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul explores an interesting idea and asks provoca-tive questions. This book will be of interest to developers, players or athletes."
—Henry Lowood, Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections, Stan-ford University

"Frankly, I hadn't expected to enjoy a book about failure nearly as much as I did. Jesper Juul brings many different fields of study to the table and provides an an engaging learning experience."
—Brenda Brathwaite Romero, game designer, COO and Co-Found of Loot Drop

Cover art: Characters and textures from Track & Field 1983 Konami.
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07-26-2024 dhaabi Box Text "I can think of no other medium that so constantly forces its participants to contemplate their own demise. The act of playing games is one dotted with near-endless failure. Yet we plow on. Jesper Juul's book is exactly the sharp examination of failure I need to keep myself from stabbing my eyes out when I get frustrated." —Jamin Warren, Founder, Kill Screen "In The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul explores an interesting idea and asks provoca-tive questions. This book will be of interest to developers, players or athletes." —Henry Lowood, Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections, Stan-ford University "Frankly, I hadn't expected to enjoy a book about failure nearly as much as I did. Jesper Juul brings many different fields of study to the table and provides an an engaging learning experience." —Brenda Brathwaite Romero, game designer, COO and Co-Found of Loot Drop Cover art: Characters and textures from Track & Field 1983 Konami.
07-26-2024 dhaabi Front Box Art new
07-26-2024 dhaabi Description EAN-5: 90000
07-26-2024 dhaabi Barcode 9780262019057
07-26-2024 dhaabi Item Number 978-0-262-01905-7
07-26-2024 dhaabi Genre
07-26-2024 dhaabi Name Art of Failure, The: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
06-11-2020 tripredacus Name Feeling of Failure, The: A Bit of The Art of Failure
09-09-2018 jjfly Name Art of Failure, The: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
07-29-2018 dhaabi Created

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