About the book

(For orders outside Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, please enquire with your favourite local book store.)

Literature as a game. Gaming as literature. How are writers and artists interacting with video games, gaming, and notions of play?

Spanning fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, comics, and multimedia works from an international array of emerging and established voices, Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology is both a love letter to and a bold exploration of what video games and gaming culture are, and can be.

Why read this book?

• Difference Engine’s first multi-medium anthology ranging from comics both fiction and non-fiction, prose fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and works with multimedia elements.
• Featuring creators from Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Lebanon & USA.

Contents

1. No Man Is An Island – Ellie Black
2. The Short, Sweet Life of Commander Brian – Gabriela Lee
3. Side-Scroller – Ken Liu
4. The Last Bonfire – Myle Yan Tay & Natalie M. E. Tan
5. All The Times I was Dragonborn: ‘Alongsideness’ and Memorialisation in Action Role-Playing Games – Nuraliah Norasid
6. Less Than Three Stars – Jack Xi
7. All the Skin(s) You Left Behind – Sarah Mak & Nic Chan
8. Press “Y” to Reboot – Noor Tannir
9. He is You, She’s For You – Hana Luisa Binte Yaacob
10. Dawn of Clarendera – Meihan Boey
11. memory leak – Leong Yi Zhen
12. A Seat at Venba’s Table – Varsha Sivaram
13. God of War – Maya Escobar
14. Boys and Girls Across Dead Worlds – Alex K. Masse
15. Don’t Start Without Me – Kenneth Lam
16. The Writer As Gamer – Alvin Pang
17. It’s Dangerous to Go Alone – Anthony Falleroni
18. snake on a train – judith huang
19. Your Inventory Is Filling Up Again – Wen-Yi Lee
20. Shadow Stone – Erica Eng
21. Fast Travel – Adriana X. Jacobs