Finally, us pseudo-indie rockin', zombie lovin' video game geeks have something to look forward to with the March 15th, 2005 release of Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse. Aspyr Media, makers of the video game, have petitioned such favorites as Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips, The Walkmen, and others, to cover 1950s standards for the Stubbs soundtrack, which is set in a futuristic city from 1959.

Gamers is probably best characterized as collection of personal essays, with a handful of rather impersonal ones thrown in to keep them company. The personal essay genre is not my favorite, and a video gaming theme doesn’t necessarily make the genre more palatable.

It is found in Aaron McCollough’s essay, about two-thirds of the way through the book:
“When I attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, playing Madden was one of the few things that helped me briefly forget about being a fraud.”

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