How a Game Lives: The Annotated Essays of Jacob Geller
Deluxe Edition
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This Deluxe Edition was limited to 500 copies and exclusive to a 60-day campaign.
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The Deluxe Edition contains:

Hardcover book with section sewn binding in a die-cut and embossed slipcase, 256+ pages
Deluxe box with holo foil detail
7" vinyl record with original tracks by Seth Boyer, Katie Dey, Kilian Flowers, and the Parasitoid Wasps
Bookmark with holo foil detail
A4 "Kilian Eng" art print
3 A5 art prints

The Book
How a Game Lives is an annotated anthology of essays spanning Jacob Geller’s body of work. This is the first time the text of his videos has been publicly available – but the book contains far more than scripts. Each essay is accompanied by additional context on Geller’s writing process, additional analysis of the original topic, and reflections on how he and the culture have changed in the months or years since its initial video release.

The annotated essays are introduced by original thematic artwork in a range of mediums including collage, canvas, and photography. Punctuating the book are afterwords from a slate of renowned authors including award-winning novelist Jamil Jan Kochai, who contemplates “Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?”; esteemed YouTube essayist Noah Caldwell-Gervais, who weighs in on “Fear of Cold”; and Gareth Damian Martin, designer of the hit game Citizen Sleeper, who unravels “The Legacy of the Haunted House.”

The book also features a foreword by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, the National Book Award-nominated author of “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and “Friday Black”.

Deluxe Edition

The hardcover Deluxe Edition of How a Game Lives is sheathed in a beautiful red slipcase with embossed details from Kilian Eng’s cover landscape and die-cut slots reminiscent of ancient runes. The Deluxe Edition comes with a 7-inch vinyl record featuring four songs written specifically for Geller’s video essays, including “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Kraken.”

Also included in the edition is a bookmark with holo foil details, an A4 Art Print of Eng’s phenomenal cover art, and three additional A5 Art Prints showing off uniquely commissioned illustrations from inside the book. All of these exclusive extras will be enclosed within a deluxe box with runic holo foil detailing.


Slipcase
Our red card slipcase features both embossed detailing taken from Kilian Eng’s craggy, apocalyptic landscapes as well as die-cut slots – beneath which Eng’s vibrant panorama peers out – which mimic the kind of ancient runes seen in the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Fumito Ueda.

Deluxe Box
The deluxe How A Game Lives box with lift-off lid houses the hardcase book and slipcase as well as all other extras included with the Deluxe Edition. Echoing our slipcase design, we have holographic foil details on the box front.

7-inch Vinyl Record
Continuing with the runic motif, the Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive 7-inch Vinyl Record that comes in a vibrant red die-cut sleeve. With tracks written specifically for Geller’s video essays by artists including Katie Dey and Seth Boyer, this is the first time these songs have been available on physical media.

Kilian Eng A4 Print
Proudly display artist Kilian Eng’s beautiful apocalyptic landscape – inspired by the crumbling and ruined worlds of Hayao Miyazaki and Fumito Ueda, and produced for our How A Game Lives book cover.

Bookmark
Checkpoint your place in How A Game Lives with this campaign-exclusive bookmark with runic holographic foil details.
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