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  • A Review of Baldur’s Gate 2 by Matt Bell from Boss Fight Books

    A Review of Baldur’s Gate 2 by Matt Bell from Boss Fight Books

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    I’m a fan of Matt Bell’s work, so when I found out that one of the Boss Fight Books I’d be reading and reviewing was written by Matt Bell, I had to investigate to confirm that the Matt Bells in question were the same. Matt Bell’s fiction style is what I would call clinically emotional. He’s precise with his words, hyperfocusing on specific details without giving way to unnecessary exposition. He’ll offer a few terse lines that bloom into a story more affecting than what other writers could do with 100 times as many words.

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  • The Secrets of Super Mario Bros. 2. A review of Jon Irwin’s Boss Fight Books release.

    The Secrets of Super Mario Bros. 2. A review of Jon Irwin’s Boss Fight Books release.

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    Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb, and today I’m continuing my mission to review every book in the Boss Fight Books catalog. I believe that by learning more about the video games we love, we will discover ways to love those games even more. Join me on this journey, won’t you. Subscribe by clicking that red button. (more…)

  • Want to be a video game developer? This book may help. A review of Jagged Alliance 2.

    Want to be a video game developer? This book may help. A review of Jagged Alliance 2.

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    I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews.

    Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb, and I want to help you love video games even more. I do that with editorials about video games, funny skits about video games, and reviews that tend to highlight items that help support what makes games so great. For example, this video, part of my ongoing series where I review all of the books from the Boss Fight Books catalog. Today’s review is of Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi, a game I’ve never played by an author I’ve never heard of. But as you’ll find out, this book scratches a very particular itch and may scratch that same itch if you have it. Stay tuned. (more…)

  • Things I Learned about Galaga While Reading Galaga by Michael Kimball

    Things I Learned about Galaga While Reading Galaga by Michael Kimball

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    I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews.

    Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb, and I want to help you love video games even more. Today I’m continuing to review all of the Boss Fight Books releases. Subscribe and click the bell icon so you don’t miss future reviews. As for past reviews, check the description below for a link to my playlist of all the Boss Fight Books reviews so far.

    Today’s book: Galaga by Michael Kimball. Did you know there’s a way to cheat in Galaga by allowing enemy shots to stack, occupying the game’s allotted enemy fire memory, ultimately rendering the enemies unable to shoot at all. But as Michael Kimball tells us, real Galaga players are ethically opposed to using the cheat. (more…)

  • Video games can help struggling transgender teens. A review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy

    Video games can help struggling transgender teens. A review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy

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    I’ve never played ZZT. I’m not transgender. And for a book that aims to enlighten the reader on both fronts, it’s got some problems. (more…)

  • Can you love a video game you’ve never played? A review of Chrono Trigger from Boss Fight Books.

    Can you love a video game you’ve never played? A review of Chrono Trigger from Boss Fight Books.

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    Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb and I want to help you love video games even more than you already do. It’s a tall order, I understand, but for someone as short as I am, I welcome any challenge that makes me feel tall. Today I’m continuing my mission to review all of the Boss Fight Books releases. There’s a link to BossFightBooks.com below in case you are not familiar with this publisher. The short version: they publish books about video games, with each book being an in-depth exploration of a single game. Such a proposition scratches all of my nerdy itches.

    Today’s book: Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams. I’ve never played Chrono Trigger. But I loved this book. What? How is that possible? (more…)

  • Shadow of the Colossus book review, book opinion

    Shadow of the Colossus book review, book opinion

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    Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner from Boss Fight Books is a play-by-play walkthrough of the game Shadow of the Colossus with personal anecdotes and developer correspondence interspersed throughout. It’s exactly that and nothing more. If that doesn’t sound interesting to you, then this book isn’t for you. If it does sound interesting to you–as it definitely does to me–then you will get a lot of enjoyment out of this book. (more…)