TY - BOOK AU - Wilson,Daniel H. AU - Adams,John Joseph TI - Press start to play T2 - A Vintage original SN - 9781101873304 (pbk.) : U1 - 813'.01'0806 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Knopf KW - Short stories, American KW - Short stories KW - eflch KW - General KW - ukslc KW - Short Stories N1 - God mode, Daniel H. Wilson; NPC, Charles Yu; Respawn, Hiroshi Sakurazaka; Desert walk, S.R. Mastrantone; Rat catcher's yellows, Charlie Jane Anders; 1UP, Holly Black; Survival horror, Seanan McGuire; Real, Django Wexler; Outliers, Nicole Feldringer; < end="" game="">, Chris Avellone; Save me plz, David Barr Kirtley; The relive box, T.C. Boyle; Roguelike, Marc Laidlaw; All of the people in your party have died, Robin Wasserman; Recoil!, Micky Neilson; Anda's game, Cory Doctorow; Coma kings, Jessica Barber; Stats, Marguerite K. Bennett; Please continue, Chris Kluwe; Creation screen, Rhianna Pratchett; The fresh prince of gamma world, Austin Grossman; Gamer's end, Yoon Ha Lee; The clockwork soldier, Ken Liu; Killswitch, Catherynne M. Valente; Twarrior, Andy Weir; Select character, Hugh Howey N2 - In the spirit of Ernest Cline's 'Ready Player One', here are 21 works of fiction that put video games - and the people who play them - in the spotlight. Whether these authors are tackling the humble pixelated coin-op arcade games of the 70s and 80s, or the vivid, immersive form of entertainment that abounds today, you'll never look at phrases like 'save point', 'first-person shooter', or 'kill screen' again ER -