How a Game Lives, 9780063483194
Hardcover
Explore video games’ art, culture, and impact in this unique collection.

How a Game Lives

The Annotated Essays of Jacob Geller

$79.72

  • Hardcover

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    18 November 2025

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Summary

The first of two volumes: How a Game Lives, Vol. 1 is an artfully packaged must-have book for the devoted and casual fans alike, 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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780063483194
ISBN-10:006348319X
Author:Jacob Geller
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:Collins
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:18 November 2025
Weight:726g
Dimensions:226mm x 188mm x 20mm
About The Author

Jacob Geller

Jacob Geller is an American video essayist, critic, and writer known for his analysis of video games and popular culture. Geller’s YouTube channel has over 1.2 million subscribers, with videos covering topics like horror, art, frigophobia, thalassophobia, and social justice. He published an annotated print collection of his essays in 2024. Geller’s career has included writing for Polygon, which named his 2019 video essay “Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence” as one of the best in YouTube’s history. He is the host of the podcast Something Rotten.

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