{"product_id":"9780008752293","title":"How a Game Lives","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jacob Geller\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 14 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 November 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Expanse) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 248 x 26 | 900g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver his illustrious career, Jacob Geller has written and produced a sprawling collection of video essays. Deftly interweaving video game analysis with complex narratives about art, politics and history, Geller’s work positions games as vital tools for understanding each other and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How a Game Lives re-examines ten of Geller’s most iconic essays accompanied by his brand-new commentary, afterwords on each piece by some of the industry’s best writers and stunning original artwork by Kilian Eng and other exceptional artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With videos like “Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?”, “Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda”, and “The Legacy of the Haunted House”, Geller has taught audiences how to think about the art that’s affected them. How a Game Lives immortalises those works and more and provides boundless insight into the construction, philosophy, and afterlife of each essay. Featuring original scripts and new industry analysis of the following works:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Returnal is a Hell of Our Own Creation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Decade-Long Quest for Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Great Secret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Art in the Pre-Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Golem and the Jewish Superhero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Future of Writing about Games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Fear of Cold\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56201184346487,"sku":"9780008752293","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008752293.jpg?v=1763473373","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780008752293","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}