{"id":90676,"date":"2015-10-12T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=90676"},"modified":"2015-10-12T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:07:21","slug":"gamelife-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/12\/gamelife-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Gamelife<\/i>: The Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Clune\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/gamelife\/michaelwclune\" target=\"_blank\">Gamelife<\/a><\/i> is an excellent new memoir about computer games. We could tell you all about it, but there are better means\u00a0of description: as Clune writes, \u201ccomputer games taught me how to imagine something so it lasts, so it <em>feels real<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we\u2019ve gotten together with Farrar, Straus and Giroux to present <em>Gamelife<\/em>,\u00a0the world\u2019s first computer game about a memoir about computer\u00a0games. No floppy disk required\u2014simply click below to begin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90680\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/gamelife\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90680\" class=\"wp-image-90680 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/gamelifegif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to play.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019d rather hear more about the book the old-fashioned way, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcnallyjackson.com\/event\/fsg-presents-michael-clune-conversation-dan-piepenbring\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019ll be talking to Clune tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 13, at McNally Jackson<\/a>. The event begins at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Clune\u2019s Gamelife is an excellent new memoir about computer games. 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