游戏改变者：玩游戏如何改变世界并改变你 The Game Changers : How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

基本信息

Format:Hardback 256 pages

Publisher:Canongate Books

Imprint:Canongate Books

Edition:Main

ISBN:9781805301349

Published:7 Nov 2024

Dimensions:220 x 159 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“这是我多年来读过的关于游戏的出色的书” G.T. KARBER，《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书《MURDLE》的作者

“Clare 是桌游历史的一位出色的导游” Tom Brewster，《Shut Up & Sit Down》节目主持人

为什么玩游戏是人类的普遍本能？

为什么相同的游戏会在截然不同的文明中演变？

这些游戏如何让你的生活更快乐、更健康、更充实？

棋盘游戏的历史实际上是人类文明的历史。通过它，我们看到了人类如何学会与他人相处、做交易、扮演不同的角色以及应对运气的起伏。

在这部有趣且发人深省的跨时代游戏回顾中，Tim Clare 探索了掷骰子带来的合法快感、掠夺性竞赛游戏的刺激以及伴随我们一生的游戏带来的触觉乐趣，以发现我们如何通过游戏成为完全的自我。

《游戏改变者》借鉴了罗马的反作弊装置、有组织的犯罪卡牌集团和大富翁游戏中好斗的家庭联谊仪式，解释了为什么游戏现在比以往任何时候都更受欢迎，以及玩游戏如何帮助我们学会更好地接受失败，做出更明智的决定，变得更有人性。

'The best book on games I've read in years' G.T. KARBER, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of MURDLE

'Clare is a fabulous tour guide through the history of table games' Tom Brewster, presenter of Shut Up & Sit Down

Why is playing games a universal human instinct?

Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?

And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?

The history of board games is really the history of human civilisation. Through it we see how our species has learned to live with one another, make deals, take on different roles and manage the ups and downs of luck.

In this entertaining and thought-provoking look at games through the ages, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives to discover how, through play, we become fully ourselves.

Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card syndicates and the combative domestic bonding ritual of Monopoly, The Game Changers explains why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us learn to be better losers, make smarter decisions and become more human.

作者简介

蒂姆·克莱尔是一名作家、诗人和音乐家。他的第1本书《我们不可能都是宇航员》获得了东英吉利图书奖传记/回忆录奖，而他的小说处女作《荣誉》则入围了德斯蒙德·埃利奥特奖的候选名单。他曾在世界各地的节日和俱乐部、英国广播公司的电视和广播中表演过自己的作品。蒂姆还为《卫报》、《泰晤士报》、《独立报》和《大志》撰稿，并主持小说写作播客《1000 次割伤的死亡》。

Tim Clare is a writer, poet and musician. He won Best Biography/Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards for his first book, We Can't All Be Astronauts, while his fiction debut, The Honours, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. He has performed his work at festivals and clubs across the world, on BBC TV and radio. Tim has also written for the Guardian, The Times, the Independent, and the Big Issue, and presents the fiction writing podcast Death Of 1000 Cuts.