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jawafour wrote:

HSH28 wrote:The Art of the Pixel is a current SE, available to order online if you want it...

Thanks for the heads-up, HSH. I might try and see if my local WHSmiths has a copy so that I can take a look before buying it.

EDIT: Just realised I can look inside the book via that link :) .

Worth noting that you might be able to use the code 48HOURS to get 20% off until the 1st of September.

HSH28 wrote:Worth noting that you might be able to use the code 48HOURS to get 20% off until the 1st of September.

That's great - thanks, dude - I'm not certain about getting it as I blew some cash on Witcher 3 today... but I will take a look .

Witcher 3 is definitely a good thing to spend your money on. You won't need a new game for months.

Clarkman wrote:Some friends of mine run an excellent imprint called Boss Fight Books - https://bossfightbooks.com/

The Jagged Alliance one was top notch.

Does anybody have this?



Thinking of buying it for a mate and would like to know if it's any good.

Lotus wrote:...would like to know if (Zelda Art and Artifacts is) any good.

It gained positive reviews and I believe that Mafro picked it up... but personally I have held off from it. There is no doubting that you get plenty of cool artwork to look at, but description and explanation is on the light side.

Hey, you can take a look at every page right now, dude:

twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883284130548649986

I come back after 5 years in the wilderness to find a thread on video gaming books and in 3 pages nobody mentions Trigger Happy by Steven Poole? Along with Game Over it’s practically mandatory reading!

jawafour wrote:

twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/883284130548649986

Missed that announcement. That's getting bought. There was and official Mario Encyclopedia thing that was mean to come out soon similar to Hyrule Hystoria. Can't remember what it's called but it seems to have been delayed till late this year.

Carlos Returns wrote:I come back after 5 years in the wilderness to find a thread on video gaming books and in 3 pages nobody mentions Trigger Happy by Steven Poole? Along with Game Over it’s practically mandatory reading!

Welcome back!

Death by Video Game is not a bad read, either.

The kickstarter for Sega Master System: A Visual Compendium is now live!

I've already got my support in for this project. I have the C64 and Amiga books in Bitmap Books' Visual Compendium series and they were both of excellent quality. I'm hugely fond of the Master System and I hope that many of the stretch goals can be hit (extra pages, more features, special ink printing and more). Press your finger here to take a look.

I don't have many videogame books (more magazines and guides), but I did pick this up about 15 years ago:

jawafour wrote:

The kickstarter for Sega Master System: A Visual Compendium is now live!

I've already got my support in for this project. I have the C64 and Amiga books in Bitmap Books' Visual Compendium series and they were both of excellent quality. I'm hugely fond of the Master System and I hope that many of the stretch goals can be hit (extra pages, more features, special ink printing and more). Press your finger here to take a look.

Going by all the previous ones they've done it'll hit all the stretch goals no problem.

My favourite video game books:








I am Error is the absolute best mind.

Mafro wrote:Going by all the previous ones they've done it'll hit all the stretch goals no problem.

I really hope so, Maf, albeit the Master System possibly doesn't quite have the fanbase that some of the previous editons did. I would *love* for that £200k lenticular cover goal to be hit!

I have a few of the books from Bitmap Books and they're super quality. Gamers of a certain age (i.e. folk who gamed on computers through the 80s) may find their Gremlin Graphics book to be worth a look; it's a lavish double-hardback boxed set that has amazing depth and lots of great pictures and interesting anecdotes.

Great to see that a few GRcadians have just posted some more of their favourite gaming books in the thread - I will take a look! I like that "I Am Error" title, suzz!

I prefer ones that provide background on a game's development, interspersed with artwork and such. The few that I own are Art of Naughty Dog, both Zelda encyclopedias (Hyrule Historia + Art and Artifacts) and my favourite: Blood, Sweat and Pixels.

The latter is a well balanced, fascinating insight into the games industry. An essential read.

I tend to get the new Guinness world Records Gamers edition and the Assassin's Creed Novels every year when the new ones come out.

My sister got me Hyrule Historia. I've owned several gaming guiness world record books. As a kid I had novelised version of Pokémon Yellow (or red/blue, can't remember), which had some screenshots from the games in it. Bit weird but I liked it back then, and would get into trouble when I tried reading it at school.

Not too crazy about Hyrule Historia, even as a big-ish Zelda fan. But I appreciate the attempt at an official 'timeline' (in quotes since it splits into 3). Have read some of the criticisms of it but I still think it was a bit too harshly received.

jawafour wrote:

Mafro wrote:Going by all the previous ones they've done it'll hit all the stretch goals no problem.

I really hope so, Maf, albeit the Master System possibly doesn't quite have the fanbase that some of the previous editons did. I would *love* for that £200k lenticular cover goal to be hit!

I have a few of the books from Bitmap Books and they're super quality. Gamers of a certain age (i.e. folk who gamed on computers through the 80s) may find their Gremlin Graphics book to be worth a look; it's a lavish double-hardback boxed set that has amazing depth and lots of great pictures and interesting anecdotes.

Great to see that a few GRcadians have just posted some more of their favourite gaming books in the thread - I will take a look! I like that "I Am Error" title, suzz!

I am Error is a fantastic read about the ins and outs of the NES/Famicom.

I’m a history nerd so for me it’s all about learning when it comes to books and games are no different I’d much rather read books on the history of games or how a game or console was made and why it was made than actually play a game.

I have the N64 Anthology book which has reviews of every n64 game ever released, as well as interviews, adverts, a collectors list, artwork and much more. its a pretty fun read.