Hit Points: An Anthology of Video Game Poetry [Red Edition]

by Aaron Kent (Editor), Matthew Haigh (Editor)

Video games and poetry may be an unlikely seeming match – if video games are one of the most popular imaginative forms in contemporary culture, then poetry could be one of the most neglected. Hit Points, edited by Matthew Haigh and Aaron Kent, shows where these two disparate worlds meet and how good they are for each other. Featuring a selection of the finest voices in contemporary poetry, Hit Points will have you gripped until 'Game Over'.

The Mario Red variant contains a running order decided by Aaron Kent, with two exclusive poems by Aaron at the start. The Luigi Green variant contains a running order decided by Matthew Haigh, with two exclusive poems by Matthew at the start.

102 pages, Paperback

Published May 31, 2021

About the author

Aaron Kent is a working class poet and publisher born and raised in Cornwall. He runs Broken Sleep Books and has had several pamphlets released. J H Prynne called his poetry 'Unicorn flavoured' and how do you top that?

Reviews

[Igo Lubczański · Rating 3 out of 5]

That one was weird. As somebody who loves games and likes poetry, I was pretty keen on reading that after receiving it as a gift. I found it surprising, that there weren't many more submissions from more recent games, based mostly on retro titles and a weird fixation on Sonic. There were a few interesting poems, about Sonic mentioned above, Shenmue, Jet Set Radio. But I found myself struggling with some of the formats chosen for this publication.