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 Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 01:53 Post subject: Gaming books? |
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I've been reading 'Masters of DOOM' for the past few days and I can't put it down. Is there anything else like this out there? This early stuff is awesome.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 01:58 Post subject: |
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"Game Over" by David Sheff. It's not a "game" book, rather its about Nintendo and the gaming industry in general. Fantastic book I would recommend to any gamer.
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Guyver
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 02:20 Post subject: Re: Gaming books? |
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| Interinactive wrote: | I've been reading 'Masters of DOOM' for the past few days and I can't put it down. Is there anything else like this out there? This early stuff is awesome.
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"deus ex - the icarus effect - " wasnt that bad.  |
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tywyn
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 04:41 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 10:28 Post subject: |
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I'll add my voice to Sabin's - Game Over is an amazing book. Out of date now (hell, I think it was out of date when the N64 was released), but still a very worthwhile read.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 10:31 Post subject: |
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Last edited by Interinactive on Tue, 5th Oct 2021 04:32; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:16 Post subject: |
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| Pixieking wrote: | | I'll add my voice to Sabin's - Game Over is an amazing book. Out of date now (hell, I think it was out of date when the N64 was released), but still a very worthwhile read. |
Aye, the original only just goes up to the N64/PS1 era... barely. There has since been a new edition released (Game Over - Press Start To Continue) that carries on even further. Still WELL worth reading though.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:32 Post subject: |
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There was a series of documentaries on Discovery Channel here some months ago, very very informative. I'd recommend those too. I have no idea what the series was called though.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:41 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | There was a series of documentaries on Discovery Channel here some months ago, very very informative. I'd recommend those too. I have no idea what the series was called though. |
Yeah, I saw those series too, a couple of years ago, a "cradle to grave" documentary I'd say. From Pong to the console derp nowadays.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:47 Post subject: |
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The Story of Computer Games?
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:49 Post subject: |
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Thanking ye kindly, huxanomaly!
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 13:51 Post subject: |
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I saw this which is different than the one you posted: Discovery.Channel.The.Story.of.Computer.Games.2003.XviD.mp3.avi
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 14:12 Post subject: |
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Well, that means I watched that one you posted and started watching this in November last year, but I forgot about it lol.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2012 16:52 Post subject: |
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You've available, at usenet at least, the British Gamemaster TV series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GamesMaster
Although this might be of more interest to retro fans.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Jan 2012 18:46 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jan 2012 00:12 Post subject: |
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dammit, out of the corner of my eye i thought this thread said gaming boobs.
at first i was  and then i was 
anyway, carry on.
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jan 2012 01:05 Post subject: |
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hmm that Rise of the Video Game documentary is pretty awesome!!
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Jan 2012 04:31 Post subject: |
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there was an entire series of like... i think 5 or 6 doom books by the way, you may want to try to find those as well, they're extremely rare though from what i can tell, i used to own two of them, they were named after... i think levels in doom II? or maybe difficulty settings, i forget which, they were a lot better than i expected though, honestly... i doubt it's really that great of a series in general, but i enjoyed the heck out of them and tried to find more but couldn't.
they mostly center around the exploits of one "flynn taggart" the marine you play the game as, some decent science fiction ideas thrown around in them too, which... i'm gonna avoid spoiling.
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tonizito
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| Posted: Wed, 14th May 2014 01:10 Post subject: Re: Gaming books? |
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| Interinactive wrote: | I've been reading 'Masters of DOOM' for the past few days and I can't put it down. Is there anything else like this out there? This early stuff is awesome.
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Finished it!
Really good book too, they had it all but then "threw" it all away, starting with romero beginning to slack a bit on the design department
Aaaaaaand now I think I'll go play some doom 
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| Posted: Fri, 16th May 2014 17:15 Post subject: |
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I read Ultimate History of Video Games and while it's informative and entertaining, it is also almost completely US centric. And even at that, it's almost exclusively about arcades and consoles. Gaming on home computers is ignored, Sierra is hardly mentioned, LucasArts are hardly mentioned, and Richard Garriott and Microprose aren't acknowledged at all.
Replay by Tristan Donovan is written in the same manner, but it offers much broader perspective. I'd really recommend it before Ultimate History, but both are entertaining.
Hardcore Gaming has detailed reviews of both and plenty of other gaming books;
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vgbooks/vgbooks.htm
They also have their own series. The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures and one about Sierra games.
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