{"product_id":"2940169079449","title":"Gamelife: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou have been awakened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFloppy disk inserted, computer turned on, a whirring, and then this sentence, followed by a blinking cursor. So begins \u003ci\u003eSuspended\u003c\/i\u003e, the first computer game to obsess seven-year-old Michael, to worm into his head and change his sense of reality. Thirty years later he will write: \"Computer games have taught me the things you can't learn from people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGamelife \u003c\/i\u003eis the memoir of a childhood transformed by technology. Afternoons spent gazing at pixelated maps and mazes train Michael's eyes for the uncanny side of 1980s suburban Illinois. A game about pirates yields clues to the drama of cafeteria politics and locker-room hazing. And in the year of his parents' divorce, a spaceflight simulator opens a hole in reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn telling the story of his youth through seven computer games, Michael W. Clune captures the part of childhood we live alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Macmillan Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116278825200,"sku":"2940169079449","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169079449_p0.jpg?v=1763671445","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169079449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}