Postal (Boss Fight Books)

By: Nathan Rabin and Brock Wilbur

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Synopsis: Just as the video game console market was about to crash into the New Mexico desert in 1983, professor and sociologist David Sudnow was unearthing the secrets of &“eye, mind, and the essence of video skill&” through an exploration of Atari&’s Breakout, one of the earliest hits of the arcade world. Originally released under the title Pilgrim in the Microworld, Sudnow&’s groundbreaking longform criticism of a single game predates the rise of game studies by decades. While its earliest critics often scorned the idea of a serious book about an object of play, the book&’s modern readers remain fascinated by an obsessive, brilliant, and often hilarious quest to learn to play Breakout just as one would learn the piano. Featuring a new foreword and freshly edited text, Breakout makes a perfect addition to Boss Fight&’s lineup of critical, historical, and personal looks at single video games. We&’re proud to restore this classic to print and share with new audiences Sudnow&’s wild pilgrimage into the limitless microworld of play.