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Post subject: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Wed October 10, 2018 9:01 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
Any good articles or pieces you've read about games recently? The Ringer has been doing a series all year that looks at groundbreaking games that came out 20 years ago (1998). StarCraft, Banjo-Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon, Gran Turismo, Grim Fandango, and others. Worth a look: https://www.theringer.com/2018/8/29/177 ... ideo-games
Post subject: Re: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Tue October 16, 2018 1:37 pm
AnalLog
Joined: Thu January 31, 2013 9:44 pm Posts: 1855
Polygon is good about posting articles on video game topics. You can usually find some good stuff every week.
"Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made" is a great book on the incredible amount of labor and grinding game companies require their employees to under go.
Post subject: Re: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Tue October 16, 2018 3:31 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
Console Wars was the one I was going to recommend. For as much as I know about that period of gaming, I still found things in it that I didn't know. For example, there was a brief period of time where we almost got a Sega PlayStation but Sega of Japan couldn't be bothered to partner with Sony.
Sega of Japan come off as idiots throughout the book but that one takes the cake and throws it on the ground.
Post subject: Re: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Tue October 23, 2018 2:44 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
Simple Torture wrote:
The Ringer has been doing a series all year that looks at groundbreaking games that came out 20 years ago (1998). StarCraft, Banjo-Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon, Gran Turismo, Grim Fandango, and others. Worth a look: https://www.theringer.com/2018/8/29/177 ... ideo-games
Post subject: Re: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Sun November 25, 2018 9:56 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14542 Location: Space City
There's a great anecdote by Ad-Rock about a game I'd never heard of in the new Beastie Boys book. It's about a voice activated call-in game on WPIX. What a trip this must have been to watch live.
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Post subject: Re: What are you currently reading (about video games)?
Posted: Thu November 29, 2018 1:50 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19724 Location: Cumberland, RI
Simple Torture wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
The Ringer has been doing a series all year that looks at groundbreaking games that came out 20 years ago (1998). StarCraft, Banjo-Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon, Gran Turismo, Grim Fandango, and others. Worth a look: https://www.theringer.com/2018/8/29/177 ... ideo-games
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