Intellivision!
Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie® was released in November 2024 by MIT Press. Click here to access the MIT Press website, which includes information on ordering the book and how to access the book as a PDF for free!
Coverage of the book
Intellivision was selected as one of the 6 best videogame books of 2024 by Polygon!
“Dr. Tom Boellstorff: Intellivision and Gaming’s Impact on Identity.” Arcade Futures interview (with Jay Goodner), January 20, 2025.
“An Interview with Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman,” by Rudolf Inderst, New Books Network, December 14, 2024.
“Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie®: New Book Co-Authored by UCI Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff Analyzes the Second-Gen Gaming System’s Rise, Fall and Lasting Industry Impact,” by Heather Ashbach. UCI Social Sciences News, November 13, 2024.
“Explore the deep and distant past of Intellivision,” by Bob Knetzger. Boing Boing, November 10, 2024.
“Closer to the ‘Real’ Thing—How an Ad Campaign for a 1980s Video Game Console Helped Shape Our View of Virtual Worlds,” by Wagner James Au. New World Notes, November 5, 2024.
“Episode 48: The Show Must Go On” (interview with Paul Nurminen). Intellivisionaries, October 12, 2023.