How a Game Lives (HarperPop)
Friday, 12 December 2025

This is an artfully packaged book for the devoted and casual fans of gaming, inviting readers to look at gaming and video games from an intellectual, psychological, and emotional perspective as a major part of our cultural fabric.

Jacob Geller has 1 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, where he shares in-depth videos on modern gaming and analysis of the games themselves-- interwoven with conversations about politics, art, history and popular culture. 

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The book takes Geller’s most popular YouTube essays, puts them into print, and updates them with full annotation by Geller himself and commentary by other writers. Illustrated throughout with original artwork inspired by the games, The games covered in this volume include The Legend of Zelda series; Shadow of the Colossus; Returnal; Control and Call of Duty.

Author: Jacob Geller
Publisher: HarperPop
Date: November 2025
Pages: 208
ISBN: 978-0063483194
Print: 006348319X
Kindle: B0FG831BS3
Audience: General
Level: Introductory
Category: General interest and Graphics & Games

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