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The Edge calls Trigger Happy a "seminal piece of work." For the first time ever, an aficionado with a knowledge of art, culture, and a real love of gaming takes a critical look at the future of our videogames, and compares their aesthetic and economic impact on society to that of film. Thirty years after the invention of the simplest of games, more videogames are played by adults than children. This revolutionary book is the first-ever academically worthy and deeply engaging critique of one of today's most popular forms of play: videogames are on track to supersede movies as the most innovative form of entertainment in the new century. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 RESISTANCE IS FUTILE Our virtual history Pixel generation Meme machines The shock of the new 2 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES Beginnings Art types Happiness is a warm gun In my mind and in my car Might as well jump Sometimes you kick Heaven in here Two tribes Running up that hill It’s a kind of magic We can work it out Family fortunes 3 UNREAL CITIES Let’s get physical Let’s stick together Life in plastic Out of control 4 ELECTRIC SHEEP The gift of sound and vision Ciné qua non? Camera obscura You’ve been framed 5 NEVER-ENDING STORIES A tale of two cities Back to the future How many roads must a man walk down . . . Erase and rewind Cracked actors Talking it over The play’s the thing Tie me up, tie me down 6 SOLID GEOMETRY Vector class The art of the new Pushing the boundaries Points of view Being there The user illusion The third way Brave new worlds 7 FALSE IDOLS Dress code Virtual megalocephaly Gender genres Character building Some say life’s the thing . . . 8 THE PLAYER OF GAMES Tiny silver balls Power tools Veni, vidi, lusi Get into the groove You win again 9 SIGNS OF LIFE I am what I eat Deep in conversation Time, gentlemen, please Say something else Information overlord Drawing you in 10 THE PROMETHEUS ENGINE God’s gift Burn this Bad company Genesis The final frontier In an ideal world Virtual justice The moral maze Ashes to ashes AFTERWORD BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR