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Cover image for Death by video game : danger, pleasure, and obsession on the virtual frontline
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First Melville House paperback [edition]
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Parkin, Simon,
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794.8 PARKIN SIMON
Publication Date 
2017 2015
Physical Description 
xvi, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Summary 
On January 31, 2012, in an internet cafe on the outskirts of New Taipei City, Taiwan, 23-year-old student Chen Rong-yu was found dead at his keyboard while the video game he had been playing for three days straight continued to flash on the screen in front of his corpse. As Simon Parkin reconstructs what happened that night, he begins a journey that takes him around the world in search of answers: What is it about video games that inspires such tremendous acts of endurance and obsession? Why do we lose our sense of time and reality within this medium, arguably more than any other? And what is it about video games that often proves compelling, comforting and irresistible to the human mind? In Death by Video Game, Simon Parkin meets the players and game developers at the frontline of virtual extremism, including the New York surgeon attempting to break the Donkey Kong world record; the Minecraft player three years into an epic journey toward the edge of the game's vast virtual world, and the German hacker who risked prison to discover the secrets behind Half-Life 2. A riveting and wildly entertaining look at the impact of video games on our lives, Death by Video Game will change the way we think about our virtual playgrounds"--
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Sankakuhead, 1986-
Call Number 
HIMOUTO SANKAKU
Publication Date 
2019
Physical Description 
172 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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"VIDEO GAME MANIA! Taihei knows Umaru is just a liiiittle obsessed with video games. But when a new game drops and her obsession reaches unexpected heights, he starts getting worried. Can he run interference before things get out of hand?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Himouto! Umaru-chan. 5 Himouto! Umaruchan Himouto! Umaru-Chan Himouto! Umaru-Chan ;
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Cover image for Himouto! Umaru-chan. 6
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Sankakuhead, 1986-
Call Number 
HIMOUTO SANKAKU
Publication Date 
2019
Physical Description 
174 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Summary 
"It's time for Umaru's New Year's allowance! What will she do when Taihei accidentally gives her two allowances? It's time for a battle of right vs. wrong!"--Provided by publisher.
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Seven Seas Entertainment presents
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Sankakuhead, 1986-
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HIMOUTO SANKAKU
Publication Date 
2020
Physical Description 
173 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Summary 
"Hands off my Oni-san! Umaru finds her comfy himouto life thrown for a loop when Hikari, a smart, reclusive girl (and Kanau's little sister) takes an interest in her big brother/personal slave, Taihei. Hikari even manages to worm her way into Umaru and Taihei's precious bread days! Can Umaru keep Taihei all to herself, or is sharing written in the stars?"--Provided by publisher..
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Himouto! Umaru-chan. Volume 8 Seven Seas Entertainment presents
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Sankakuhead, 1986-
Call Number 
SANKAKU HIMOUTO
Publication Date 
2019
Physical Description 
171 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Summary 
"Alex has been spying on Umaru! Just who set him to this dubious task? And why did he agree to take on the job? Umaru is spearheading some suspicious activities, too--like a confession and a plan to abstain from her lazy life. Could her slothful days really be over?"--Provided by publisher.
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