The life of a modern person is closely connected with video games. Even if you don't play games yourself, there are probably avid gamers in your circle, and news from the gaming industry often affects you too. This state of affairs leads to the questions: what are video games and what place do they occupy in a person’s life? The discipline of game studies is looking for answers to them. Alexander Vetushinsky is one of the leading Russian representatives of this area of research. His book “Igrodrome” is a philosophical understanding of the stages of development of the gaming industry, analysis