This collection of essays came from the work of many years of writing and discussing video games online. Using a blogging platform and the pseudonym “the gaming muse”, these essays were published to explore aspects of video games which are rarely addressed. From Mass Effect to Silent Hill, Pokemon to LittleBigPlanet, dozens of games are addressed in these works, which span over thirty essays. Part literary critique, part social examination, entirely focused on the beauty and wonder of gaming.