Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Bissell (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
786 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter is an audiobook by Tom Bissell: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Bissell, released June 8, 2010, on the Social Science and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Bissell
- Released
- June 8, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9780307736987
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter audiobook?
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter?
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter is narrated by Tom Bissell.