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The writer, who learned her craft playing 90s adventure games, on her love letter to a lifelong passion, the problematic aspects of the industry and the transformative power of play\nGames have always been a part of writer Gabrielle Zevin\u2019s life. Her first experience, she recalls, was playing Pac-Man at the Honolulu hotel where her grandmother ran a jewellery store. \u201cI was about three years old at the time and I remember thinking, wouldn\u2019t it just be perfect if I wasn\u2019t limited to a single quarter \u2026 if I could just keep playing this game for ever and ever?\u201d Now 44, the veteran author has written her first novel about games. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the story of two programmers, Sam and Sadie, who set up a studio in the mid-1990s and over the course of a decade, make interesting games while their lives and relationships entwine in complex, often heartbreaking ways.
\nIt is a k\u00fcnstlerroman for the digital age, an engrossing meditation on creativity and love and perhaps the first novel to wrestle with the culture and meaning of this often-misunderstood medium. It\u2019s also been a resounding success, shooting straight into the New York Times bestseller list and earning her an interview on Jimmy Fallon. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The writer, who learned her craft playing 90s adventure games, on her love letter to a lifelong passion, the problematic aspects of the industry and the transformative power of play Games have always been a part of writer Gabrielle Zevin\u2019s life. Her first experience, she recalls, was playing Pac-Man at the Honolulu hotel where her …<\/p>\n