12 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond (Hardcover)

Review “Comprehensive in scope, this book chronicles the development and technical aspects of video games and also profiles major video game companies….In 42 chapters, Wolf (communications, Concordia Univ.) and his fellow contributors detail 40 years of video game history, providing information that is invaluable (if sometimes overlapping). The essays look [...]

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03 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time (Paperback)

Review “They say you can’t go back again, but reading Vintage Games comes close. Open the book, and I’m back in the video arcades of my youth. Turn the page, and I’m in college again, discovering the secret joys of the early PC games. Turn the page again, and I’m back in my living room, [...]

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