Resident Evil: City of the Dead is based on the events of the second video game. It loosely follows the plot of both the Leon and Claire stories. We also get a few POVs from other characters, which is a nice touch. Perry did a nice job of working with the two separate stories andContinue reading “The Great Resident Evil: City of the Dead”
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy, a Great Book by S.D. Perry
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy is a novelization of the first video game. The book was written in 1998 by S.D. Perry. She wrote all of the books in this series, and I like the way she tells this story. Just like the other book I read from this series, several viewpoints are used toContinue reading “Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy, a Great Book by S.D. Perry”
DDR: A Spectacular History of an Arcade Game
When I first heard that Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) was going to be the subject of a book from Boss Fight Books, I was a little skeptical. I was only familiar with a handful of the games, and assumed the series was a fad. What I was expecting from the book wasn’t what I got.Continue reading “DDR: A Spectacular History of an Arcade Game”
An Update to the Landmark Video Game Series
The Landmark series comprises six books about video games. The University of Michigan publishes these books. The series started in 2013, and new instalments have been infrequently published. In theory, this is an excellent idea! Take a few games and write about their impact on culture or how they were influenced by the culture ofContinue reading “An Update to the Landmark Video Game Series”
Beginners Guide to Books about Video Games
Thousands of books about video games have been published in the last forty years. It’s not just history books. Social Commentary, Psychology, novelizations, strategy guides, and autobiographies have flooded the market, especially in the last ten years. So many books have been released that it might be hard to know where to start. Things canContinue reading “Beginners Guide to Books about Video Games”
A Review of the 7th Guest Novel
This novel is very close to the story in the video game. The 7th Guest is one of the many games I didn’t play when I was a kid. I don’t even remember hearing about it. This is one of the instances where if you didn’t see a game in the store, have access toContinue reading “A Review of the 7th Guest Novel”
Myst: The Book of D’ni is an Excellent Book
The third Myst novel is my favorite. It was a wild ride, and I loved how the story unfolded. This book has a lot going on, and I like how it ties back into the first and second books. I wasn’t sure where the story was going, but this picked up quickly in the lastContinue reading “Myst: The Book of D’ni is an Excellent Book”
The Second Myst Book: a Slow but Good Book
The second book in the Myst series is a strange one. It is a prequel to the first book and the games. This book tells the story of Anna, Aitrus, and the fall of D’ni. It is a slow-moving story that saves all of the exciting parts until the end. For most of it, nothingContinue reading “The Second Myst Book: a Slow but Good Book”
Play Nice, A Spectacular Book by Jason Schreier
This is a fantastic book! In Play Nice, Jason explains Blizzard’s history and how it became part of Activision. The success of Blizzard is explained, along with how the company lost its identity and was largely absorbed by Activision. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to write this review, as many of the things inContinue reading “Play Nice, A Spectacular Book by Jason Schreier”
The Best Book I’ve Read this Year, Red Dead’s History by Tore Olsson
Red Dead Redemption 2 became the center of a lawsuit between Rockstar and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. It sounds a little wild, but the Pinkertons didn’t like the idea that they were accurately being portrayed as the villains in the game. Rockstar said the game was historically accurate in countering this claim, and the lawsuitContinue reading “The Best Book I’ve Read this Year, Red Dead’s History by Tore Olsson”