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http://www.amazon.com/Video-Game-Art-Ni ... 204&sr=8-2

Video Game Art, interesting book about game design and art stuff.

Luke wrote:The Worlds of Power series, if you can find them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Compl ... _books.JPG

LOL I have the Simon's Quest one and boy did they change the story Very easy read though I think I was in the 6th grade when I read it.

May I suggest a few books written by your fellow gamers about their personal experiences?

Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie: A collection of stories and memoirs by Rob O'Hara that took place during the classic computer Bulletin Board era. Even if you didn't participate in the BBS scene, it's quite a good read.

Invading Spaces: A Beginner's Guide to Collecting Arcade Games: Rob O'Hara's second book, this one covering the basics of arcade collecting. It also has dozens of arcade-related anecdotes as gathered by Rob during his fifteen years of arcade collecting. Again, even if you don't collect arcade cabs, it's a great read.

Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman: A book about growing up during the "golden age" of videogaming, from the Atari 2600 to the PS1 and all points in between. I'd say it's a great read, but I'm biased - I wrote it. I've gotten pretty good feedback on it, though. Everyone's that's bought a copy and told me about it has enjoyed it. It also has anecdotes from friends of mine as well.

dire51 wrote:May I suggest a few books written by your fellow gamers about their personal experiences?

Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie: A collection of stories and memoirs by Rob O'Hara that took place during the classic computer Bulletin Board era. Even if you didn't participate in the BBS scene, it's quite a good read.

Invading Spaces: A Beginner's Guide to Collecting Arcade Games: Rob O'Hara's second book, this one covering the basics of arcade collecting. It also has dozens of arcade-related anecdotes as gathered by Rob during his fifteen years of arcade collecting. Again, even if you don't collect arcade cabs, it's a great read.

Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman: A book about growing up during the "golden age" of videogaming, from the Atari 2600 to the PS1 and all points in between. I'd say it's a great read, but I'm biased - I wrote it. I've gotten pretty good feedback on it, though. Everyone's that's bought a copy and told me about it has enjoyed it. It also has anecdotes from friends of mine as well.

I just ordered a copy of your book from Amazon! I'll let you know what I think.

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I put a lot of these on my Amazon wishlist, so my wife might pick up a few for me as Christmas gifts.

jfe2 wrote:I just ordered a copy of your book from Amazon! I'll let you know what I think.

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it.

Saw someone post this on DP. This looks good but expensive. Well, the looks good part is based on the clips I saw of his previous documentary, BBS the Documentary, which I want but do not want $40 bucks bad. So not a book but a documentary on text adventures.

http://www.getlamp.com/

Maybe Ill go to PAX East and watch it.

dire51 wrote:

jfe2 wrote:I just ordered a copy of your book from Amazon! I'll let you know what I think.

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it.

I came home for lunch today and it had just arrived in the mail. Just skimming over the chapter listing got me excited to read it.

Cool. Let me know what you think.

I got this for Christmas:



...a couple of chapters in, and I'm really enjoying it.

A great read.