PRESS & REVIEWS!
CURRENT:
Beth Gallaway posted a rocking rave of GAMERS at the very cool Hip Librarians Blog! (2/27/05)
ON THE RADIO! GAMERS on NPR! Listen in the weekend of January 27th (Thursday-Sunday) to hear an interview with contributor Marc Nesbitt on Studio 360! (Click link for play schedule in your area.) UPDATE: Here's the link to the archived show, so you can listen online! (1/27/05)
Curve Magazine includes a review of GAMERS with emphasis on the essay by Shannon Holman in their current issue: "Gamers: Writers, Artists and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels is a new anthology on video games (and the $10 billion-a-year industry that makes 'em) that features at least one lesbian voice among its contributors. Though New York poet Shannon Holman's essay on gender identity in relation to gaming weighs in at an anemic three pages, its candor and insight are well worth checking out the volume. ...[Holman's] artful piece will, we hope, open the door to more lesbian perspectives on gaming."
Check out the review of GAMERS in the Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL), and don't miss their profile of champion gamer Todd Rogers, who is also the subject of Daniel Nester's GAMERS essay. (1/03/05)
Don Lee reviews GAMERS with special praise for Mark Lamoureux and Ernest Hilbert in Digital Producer Magazine. (And that same article is syndicated in Animation Artist, Consumer Electronics Net, Digital Game Developer, Digital Producer, Oceania, and Siggraph News! (12/28/04)
Chris Ulbrich reviews the book in the East Bay Express (Emeryville, CA). (12/22/04)
An abbreviated version of Shelley Jackson's essay from GAMERS appeared in the Village Voice! Read it online here (or pick up a hardcopy this week). (12/16/04)
Alt weekly Free Times (Columbia, SC) says "All told, Gamers is a fascinating collection that cracks open an underappreciated art form to reveal its history, its pleasures and — most strikingly — its dangers." (12/15/04)
Bruce Rutledge of Chin Music Press recommends GAMERS as worthy of your wish lists, spotlighting Roland Kelts's writing here. (12/16/04)
Woot! A fab new review in the Detroit Metrotimes by Jeff Parker. (12/15/04)
Forever Geek includes GAMERS in their holiday gift guide. (12/10/04)
The Seattle Weekly admires the essays which "bravely face the hairy palms and failing eyesight of the addicted gamer's world. Marc Nesbitt, for instance, writes of being a chronically hungover game tester for a bottom-shelf developer, eventually fired for turning in bug reports like this: 'The goddamn sparkle balloons keep drifting too high for the little bitch to jump.'" (12/8/04)
The Philadelphia Weekly's Chris Cummins reviews GAMERS in the December 1-7 issue! [Scroll down.] (12/7/04)
Contributor and Gravitar fanatic Drew Gardner checks in on his fellow gamers in this enthusiastic report! (12/2/04)
FORTHCOMING:
[TBA]
RECENT:
Flavorpill gave our launch event at KGB a terrific little write-up here! (11/30/04)
GAMERS is featured in Joshua Glenn's Ideas column in the Boston Globe! (11/28/04)
Nick Montfort at Grand Text Auto reviews GAMERS here. (11/27/04)
Library Journal (a trade magazine) had this to say in their November 1 issue: "In this anthology of original essays, contributors commissioned from a field of writers, artists, poets, programmers, and scholars discuss the growing impact of video games on our culture and what gaming means to them. Some wax nostalgic about their first experiences with games, while others write about the present and future aspects of a burgeoning gaming culture. The essays themselves range from intriguing to entertaining." (11/01/04)
Ludologica includes GAMERS at the top of a list of recommended gaming books.
Look for a review of GAMERS in the October Wired, p. 98. It's also online here. [Scroll down.] (10/01/04)
Electronic Gaming Business included GAMERS in its recent list of must-reads. (7/01/04)
Beth Gallaway posted a rocking rave of GAMERS at the very cool Hip Librarians Blog! (2/27/05)
ON THE RADIO! GAMERS on NPR! Listen in the weekend of January 27th (Thursday-Sunday) to hear an interview with contributor Marc Nesbitt on Studio 360! (Click link for play schedule in your area.) UPDATE: Here's the link to the archived show, so you can listen online! (1/27/05)
Curve Magazine includes a review of GAMERS with emphasis on the essay by Shannon Holman in their current issue: "Gamers: Writers, Artists and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels is a new anthology on video games (and the $10 billion-a-year industry that makes 'em) that features at least one lesbian voice among its contributors. Though New York poet Shannon Holman's essay on gender identity in relation to gaming weighs in at an anemic three pages, its candor and insight are well worth checking out the volume. ...[Holman's] artful piece will, we hope, open the door to more lesbian perspectives on gaming."
Check out the review of GAMERS in the Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL), and don't miss their profile of champion gamer Todd Rogers, who is also the subject of Daniel Nester's GAMERS essay. (1/03/05)
Don Lee reviews GAMERS with special praise for Mark Lamoureux and Ernest Hilbert in Digital Producer Magazine. (And that same article is syndicated in Animation Artist, Consumer Electronics Net, Digital Game Developer, Digital Producer, Oceania, and Siggraph News! (12/28/04)
Chris Ulbrich reviews the book in the East Bay Express (Emeryville, CA). (12/22/04)
An abbreviated version of Shelley Jackson's essay from GAMERS appeared in the Village Voice! Read it online here (or pick up a hardcopy this week). (12/16/04)
Alt weekly Free Times (Columbia, SC) says "All told, Gamers is a fascinating collection that cracks open an underappreciated art form to reveal its history, its pleasures and — most strikingly — its dangers." (12/15/04)
Bruce Rutledge of Chin Music Press recommends GAMERS as worthy of your wish lists, spotlighting Roland Kelts's writing here. (12/16/04)
Woot! A fab new review in the Detroit Metrotimes by Jeff Parker. (12/15/04)
Forever Geek includes GAMERS in their holiday gift guide. (12/10/04)
The Seattle Weekly admires the essays which "bravely face the hairy palms and failing eyesight of the addicted gamer's world. Marc Nesbitt, for instance, writes of being a chronically hungover game tester for a bottom-shelf developer, eventually fired for turning in bug reports like this: 'The goddamn sparkle balloons keep drifting too high for the little bitch to jump.'" (12/8/04)
The Philadelphia Weekly's Chris Cummins reviews GAMERS in the December 1-7 issue! [Scroll down.] (12/7/04)
Contributor and Gravitar fanatic Drew Gardner checks in on his fellow gamers in this enthusiastic report! (12/2/04)
FORTHCOMING:
[TBA]
RECENT:
Flavorpill gave our launch event at KGB a terrific little write-up here! (11/30/04)
GAMERS is featured in Joshua Glenn's Ideas column in the Boston Globe! (11/28/04)
Nick Montfort at Grand Text Auto reviews GAMERS here. (11/27/04)
Library Journal (a trade magazine) had this to say in their November 1 issue: "In this anthology of original essays, contributors commissioned from a field of writers, artists, poets, programmers, and scholars discuss the growing impact of video games on our culture and what gaming means to them. Some wax nostalgic about their first experiences with games, while others write about the present and future aspects of a burgeoning gaming culture. The essays themselves range from intriguing to entertaining." (11/01/04)
Ludologica includes GAMERS at the top of a list of recommended gaming books.
Look for a review of GAMERS in the October Wired, p. 98. It's also online here. [Scroll down.] (10/01/04)
Electronic Gaming Business included GAMERS in its recent list of must-reads. (7/01/04)
