# The Art of Failure

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- Book: [The Art of Failure](https://www.bookquiver.com/jesper-juul/the-art-of-failure) ([The Art of Failure.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jesper-juul/the-art-of-failure.md))
- Authors: [Jesper Juul](https://www.bookquiver.com/jesper-juul)
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-995-2
- Pages: 172
- Published: 2016-09-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A gaming academic offers a “fascinating” exploration of why we play video games—despite the unhappiness we feel when we fail at them (Boston Globe) We may think of video games as being “fun,” but...