I’m sure everyone has played a game that they barely remember. Something that you might have played as a kid once or twice and only barely remember the game. Well, Star Crusader is one of those games for me. I played the game at a friend’s house and promptly forgot about most of it. TheContinue reading “Well, That Happened: Review of Star Crusader a Novel”
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Silent Hill Lost Memories is a Mess of a Book
Silent Hill Lost Memories by Kim White is a self-published book about the first three games in the Silent Hill series. It makes some big promises about what the author will write about. Unfortunately, this is a case of overpromising and under-delivering. This book is ridiculously overpriced. Even for a hardcover book, there is noContinue reading “Silent Hill Lost Memories is a Mess of a Book”
The Pandora Directive | An Excellent Introduction to Tex Murphy
The Pandora Detective is a novelization of the fourth game in the Tex Murphy series. These are point-and-click adventures about a private investigator. Some of the other games in the series have been turned into books, and I’ll check them out at some point. This story feels like a version of Indiana Jones and theContinue reading “The Pandora Directive | An Excellent Introduction to Tex Murphy”
From Pinballs to Pixels: The Interesting Story of Williams-Bally-Midway
From Pinballs to Pixels is a comprehensive look at Williams and how they became the center of Chicago’s pinball and video game industry for a period of time. Ken Horowitz does an excellent job of documenting the history of Williams, and I like how he tells this story. However, I wish more time had beenContinue reading “From Pinballs to Pixels: The Interesting Story of Williams-Bally-Midway”
Games of Death: David Church’s Mortal Kombat Book
This is the fifth book in the Landmark Video Games series. These are more academic looks at video games and video game series. They’re shorter books that don’t always dig as deep into the games as they could. With Mortal Kombat, David Church does a good job explaining what Mortal Kombat did for video gamesContinue reading “Games of Death: David Church’s Mortal Kombat Book”
PaRappa the Rapper by Mike Sholars | Book Review
PaRappa the Rapper by Mike Sholars has become one of my favorite books from Boss Fight Books. This is one of the more personal stories that includes the game’s history. While this is a look at the history of a video game, Mike includes how PaRappa the Rapper impacted his life. He also talks aboutContinue reading “PaRappa the Rapper by Mike Sholars | Book Review”
Minesweeper by Kyle Orland | A Deep Dive into a Simple Game
Minesweeper is one of those games that you might forget about, especially since it was given away for free in the 90s. If you bought a computer with Windows, you would get a copy of the game. This is a game that I didn’t know much about the history behind it. It was a versionContinue reading “Minesweeper by Kyle Orland | A Deep Dive into a Simple Game”
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller | This is what I think the Metaverse will look like
Having the metaverse being a vision of Hell is somewhat comical to me. I think it is very fitting that this version of something so unnecessary would only be useful as a place to psychologically torture people who hurt someone’s feelings. I hadn’t heard of this game before reading the book, and now I kindContinue reading “Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller | This is what I think the Metaverse will look like”
The X-COM: UFO Defense Novel is Spectacular
This novel is based on the X-COM: UFO Defense video game from 1993. It does a good job of working in the parts of the game, like terror attacks, UFO interceptions, and research. It adds more to the game by bringing up the relationship between X-COM and local governments, personal relationships, and intelligence gathering. DianeContinue reading “The X-COM: UFO Defense Novel is Spectacular”
The Origin of the RPG | An Unpolished Rough Draft
The Origin of the RPG has some good ideas, and the author has a lot of passion for the subject. They put a lot of time into writing this, but it needs more structure and an editor. While reading this, I wondered what I was supposed to take away from it. What were the twoContinue reading “The Origin of the RPG | An Unpolished Rough Draft”