Finding Something To Believe In
A SNES Bible In 2014, author Brett Weiss wrote The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 published by Schiffer Publishing (read my full review here). No easy task, narrowing down the best games of that decade is not only daunting but also proved informative and insightful. Now, four year later, Brett Weiss released The SNES …
In celebration of a console that brought wonder into the lives of so many, and a brand that reshaped the whole entertainment industry, the authors and Geeks-Line retrace Sony’s incredible journey. Read about the creation of the company following World War II, to the machine’s retirement in the early 2000s. Featuring 26 interviews with important …
An American Tale Chris Kohler’s book on Final Fantasy V is a snapshot into the gaming passion of a teenage boy growing up in America in the 1990s. I’d like to share a quote found on the beginning pages of this latest publication by Boss Fight Books. “Poring over more issues of magazines like Electronic …
Reviving the Past Back in mid-2015, Nintendo re-released their Legend of Zelda Nintendo Power comics as one visual novel. You can read our full review of this book HERE. While it is nice to see the effort put forth to preserve this forgotten ephemera, the quality of the story and visual art style do not …
VIZ Media will delight POKÉMON fans with a pair of notable upcoming releases that includes the publication of THE POKÉMON COOKBOOK: EASY & FUN RECIPES and POKÉMON X•Y POCKET COMICS, the third volume in the series. Both new books will debut on December 6th. Created by Maki Kudo, THE POKÉMON COOKBOOK: EASY & FUN RECIPES …
Falling Into Place Tetris. Most people have probably played this game at some point in their life. Whether it was on an internet connected PC, a pea-green colored handheld system, a graphing calculator, an illegal version on an 8-bit system, the side of a building, or even on a t-shirt, Tetris is a phenomenon known …
VIZ Media announced the return of SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES as the long out-of-print graphic novel receives an October 11th release. Presented in full color and inspired by the bestselling Nintendo video game franchise, SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES is a riotous and wacky tale featuring beloved characters Mario and Luigi (and Yoshi!), with a story by Kentaro …
Tetris the Games People Play by Box Brown is a new book that launches in October 2016 about how Tetris leaked its way out of Russia with some crazy business deals. The last time a book went into great detail about how Tetris came to be was in 1993 with David Sheff’s Game Over: Press …
VIZ Media is set to deliver a brand new manga action inspired by Capcom’s Monster Hunter. MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER is a manga (graphic novel) series written by Keiichi Hikami, with artwork by Shin Yamamoto, and is set to launch in print on April 12th. The fantasy action series is rated ‘T’ for Teens and …
Sandbox Interactive, the developer of cross-platform medieval MMORPG, Albion Online, announced that the fantasy book based on the lore of their sandbox game, entitled ‘Landfall’, is now available in paperback and ebook for $10.99 and $6.99, respectively. Written by Peter Newman, the acclaimed English author of “The Vagrant” series, ‘Landfall’ not only reveals the story …