Tom Bissell was born on January 9,1974 and is an American journalist, critic, and writer, best known for his extensive work as a writer of video games, including The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Battlefield Hardline, and Gears 5.
15 Facts About Tom Bissell
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Tom Bissell's work has been adapted into films by Julia Loktev, Werner Herzog and James Franco.
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In 1996, when he was 22 years old, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a volunteer for the Peace Corps.
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Tom Bissell was there for seven months before returning home.
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Tom Bissell worked as a book editor in New York City and edited, among other books, The Collected Stories of Richard Yates and Paula Fox's memoir Borrowed Finery.
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Tom Bissell is a frequent reviewer for The New York Times Book Review.
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Tom Bissell's father served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, alongside author and journalist Philip Caputo.
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Tom Bissell has written for Harper's Magazine, Slate, The New Republic, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, where he is a contributing editor.
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Tom Bissell's book in collaboration with Jeff Alexander, "Speak, Commentary", is a collection of fake DVD commentaries for popular films by political figures and pundits such as Noam Chomsky, Dinesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter.
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Tom Bissell's journalism has been anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Science Writing.
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In Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Tom Bissell explored the subject of the video game industry.
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That year, Tom Bissell was recognized as one of the video game industry's most influential voices opening the door to more opportunities in video games.
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Tom Bissell went on to write for many hit game franchises, and in 2019, would become the lead writer and an executive producer for an anthology television series based on the non-fiction book Masters of Doom based on the industry's early days.
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Tom Bissell wrote about the cult film The Room in a 2010 article published in Harper's Magazine.
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Tom Bissell has cited Philip Caputo as a major influence, along with Michigan writers Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane.