Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
nonfiction · First published 2024
Author guide
Jason Schreier Books in Order
Jason Schreier is an American journalist and nonfiction author who writes about video game development, industry economics, labor, and corporate culture. He has worked at Kotaku and Bloomberg News and has contributed to publications including Wired and The New York Times. His books are reported narrative nonfiction focused on how games are made and the people and companies behind them.
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Jason Schreier's Newest Book
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
Best introduction to Schreier's reported narrative nonfiction and his examination of video game development.
Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
A standalone corporate history focused on Blizzard Entertainment and the wider video game industry.
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Novels (3)
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
nonfiction · 2017
Behind every video game is a development process more harrowing than the game itself — a maze of artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, corporate interference, and brutal crunch culture. A tribute to the unsung heroes who somehow…
- Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
nonfiction · 2021
Based on dozens of firsthand interviews and covering the development of landmark games including Bioshock: Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more, and through the studios' shocking closures, this book will tell the stories of how…
- Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
nonfiction · 2024
Frequently asked questions about Jason Schreier
Who is Jason Schreier?
Jason Schreier is a journalist and nonfiction author who covers the video-game industry for Bloomberg News. His publisher identifies him as a New York Times bestselling author.
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Where does Jason Schreier live?
His publisher biography says that he lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and two children.
How did Jason Schreier start his journalism career?
He began by covering video games for WIRED Magazine. In 2011, Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo recruited him to join Kotaku as a reporter.
What subjects shape Jason Schreier’s reporting?
His work focuses especially on labor practices, crunch culture, overwork, and the experiences of workers who feel underrepresented or underserved in the games industry. Schreier has said that labor reporting is among the work he is proudest of.
What recognition has Jason Schreier received?
His publisher describes him as a New York Times bestselling author, and the publisher’s page for Play Nice identifies that book as an NPR Best Book of 2024.
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