Ask anyone who's ever worked at Microsoft: Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs captures the culture wonderfully. Now he's delivered JPod, a spiritual sequel that similarly skewers the videogame industry with its dissection of what it's like to develop games. Set at a large fictional game company in Vancouver, the book examines the lives of several cubicle-adjacent coders who happen to all have last names starting with the letter J. Early reviews suggest the plot is gimmicky (Coupland himself makes an appearance!) and lacks some of the depth of his earlier works, but it might help you decide whether you really want to make games for a living...
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