I love video game books. Books about video games are more common than you might think. In hopes of spreading the good word about video game books, I list half of my collection (part 1 can be viewed here). In this video I talk about criticism & analysis, interviews, and reference video game books that I own, including: 0:51 How To Do Things With Videogames by Ian Bogost 2:16 What Video Games Have to Teach us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee 2:35 A Profound Waste of Time 3:00 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games are Made by Jason Schreier 3:35 The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers by Patrick Hickey Jr. 4:05 The Ultimate History of Video Games: the Story Behind the Craze that Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven L. Kent…
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I love video game books. Books about video games are more common than you might think. In hopes of spreading the good word about video game books, I list off half of my collection (part 2 can be viewed here). Here I talk about the narrative nonfiction video game books that I own, including: 0:54 A bunch of Boss Fight Books 2:01 Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack by Andrew Schartmann 2:48 Shigeru Miyamoto by Jennifer Dewinter 2:59 Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation by Blake J. Harris 3:33 Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan 4:18 The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World by Dan Ackerman 4:53 Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell Gamelife: A Memoir by Michael W. Clune Significant…