pbForty original contributions on games and gaming culture bppWhat does Pok mon Go tell us about globalization What does Tetris teach us about rules Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian Hollywood How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate world-building From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving technological reality. Unlike other media technologies, video games demand engagement like no other, which begs the question--what is the role that video games play in our lives, from our homes, to our phones, and on global culture writ large How to Play Video Games brings together forty original essays from today's leading scholars on video game culture, writing about the games they know best and what they mean in broader social and cultural contexts. Read about avatars in Grand Theft Auto V, or music in The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. See how Age of Empires taught a generation about postcoloni