Anyone who wants to know anything about geek culture and the history of computer games development should want to read: Dungeons and Dreamers by Brad King and John Borland.

G. K. Chesterton: "Tremendous Trifles", Chapter 4: The Perfect Game
G. K. Chesterton: Christmas and the first games

It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground