''Trigger Happy'' is a book by

Steven Poole Steven Poole (born 1972) is a British author and journalist. He particularly concerns himself with the abuse of language and has written two books on the subject: ''Unspeak'' (2006) and ''Who Touched Base In My Thought Shower?'' (2013). Biograph ...

, examining

videogame Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedb ...

s in terms of their aesthetic appeal - what makes certain games more fun to play than others. It covers aspects such as the effective use of

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and perspective in videogames, rewards and progression through games, the

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of an appealing video game character and the debate over violence in games. In different editions (published by Fourth Estate () and

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(), it has had the subtitles ''The Inner Life of Videogames'' and ''Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution''. ''Trigger Happy'' was released for free in pdf format under a Creative Commons license in 2007. The book may be downloaded from the author's website.

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''Trigger Happy''
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Steven Poole official website
2000 non-fiction books Books about video games Creative Commons-licensed books {{videogame-book-stub

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