The Ultimate Game Guide To Your Life: Or, The Video Game As Existential Metaphor |
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| Authors: | Monks, Christopher |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | HUM007000, HUM023000, ART064000 |
| ISBN: | 9781599633565, Related ISBNs: 1599633566, 9781599633565 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 256, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: For anyone who has ever felt like life is like a video game comes this faux game guide for a fictional adventure video game titled ''Your Life.''
Fans of videogames or anyone who has ever held a controller will love this romp through life's challenges from the formative Toddler Years all the way to the Retirement Home. Complete with navigation, instructions for which buttons to press on your gamepad, and secret codes for success, you'll find out all the tricks to win such challenges as ''Navigating the School Cafeteria on the First Day of High School'' and ''Temp Job Derby.'' Plus you'll learn the important skill of fending off giant robots. Gamepad not included.
Fans of videogames or anyone who has ever held a controller will love this romp through life's challenges from the formative Toddler Years all the way to the Retirement Home. Complete with navigation, instructions for which buttons to press on your gamepad, and secret codes for success, you'll find out all the tricks to win such challenges as ''Navigating the School Cafeteria on the First Day of High School'' and ''Temp Job Derby.'' Plus you'll learn the important skill of fending off giant robots. Gamepad not included.
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