u/Interesting_Charge10

 am currently working on writing essays analyzing video games as both media and cultural artifacts, understanding what goes into them, what makes them work, and what they say about the world they were made in. I want to make sure I have a solid background on the thinking and writing that has been done about video games up to this point. I want to read pieces on video games written with the same seriousness as works of film scholarship like Men Women and Chainsaws and the writing of Laura Mulvey. youtube recommendations are fine, but I feel I have a pretty solid handle on that space, so essays or books are preferred. My focus is on the study of games, not their creation, so while I am interested in books by creators or otherwise on game design, more analytical work is preferred. Hope you have some good recommendations.

I am currently working on writing essays analyzing video games as both media and cultural artifacts, understanding what goes into them, what makes them work, and what they say about the world they were made in. I want to make sure I have a solid background on the thinking and writing that has been done about video games up to this point. I want to read pieces on video games written with the same seriousness as works of film scholarship like Men Women and Chainsaws and the writing of Laura Mulvey. youtube recommendations are fine, but I feel I have a pretty solid handle on that space, so essays or books are preferred. My focus is on the study of games, not their creation, so while I am interested in books by creators or otherwise on game design, more analytical work is preferred. Hope you have some good recommendations.