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The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life: Or, the Video Game as Existential Metaphor

by Christopher Monks

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Synopsis:

For anyone who has ever felt as though life is like a video game comes this faux game guide for a fictional adventure video game titled "Your Life." Readers can find out how to win such challenges as "Navigating the School Cafeteria on the First Day of High School" and "Temp Job Derby."

Synopsis:

For anyone who has ever felt that life is like a video game comes this fauxgame guide for a fictional role-playing adventure video game titled YourLife. The main character is You, an assuming everyman with a good heart who, despite trying his best, often gets the short end of the stick. The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life walks players through each stage of You's life, from his early childhood all the way to his final year in an assisted living facility, offering informative tips and tricks along the way.Discover the best ways to master Your Life's greatest challenges, likelearning how to walk, surviving the prom, getting a job, and enduring amidlife-crisis. Comes complete with navigation strategies, locations ofhidden items, and secret cheat codes. Game controller not included.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781582975344
Subtitle:
Or, the Video Game as Existential Metaphor
Author:
Monks, Christopher
Publisher:
TOW Books
Subject:
Form - Parodies
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Video games
Subject:
American - General
Copyright:
2008
Publication Date:
November 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
238
Dimensions:
9.10x7.04x.63 in. 1.07 lbs.
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