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  • [VIDEO] Books About Video Games Are Great! Part 2 of 2: 16 More Video Game Books.

    [VIDEO] Books About Video Games Are Great! Part 2 of 2: 16 More Video Game Books.

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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 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
    • 5:12 Ultimate Nintendo Guide to the NES Library edited by Pat Contri
    • 5:38 How to Make a Video Game Review Show that Doesn’t Suck by Mark Bussler
    • 6:17 Playing with Power Nintendo NES Classics
    • 6:41 The Unofficial NES/Famicom: a Visual Compendium by Steve Jarratt and Damien McFerran
    • 7:01 Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide
    • 7:20 A History of Video Games in 64 Objects produced by the World Video Game Hall of Fame
    • 7:44 Game On: from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen
    • 8:10 How to Win at Nintendo Games #3, How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games, and How to Win at Game Boy Games by Jeff Rovin
    • 8:38 NiER Automata Long Story Short by Jun Eishima and Yoko Taro

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  • [VIDEO] Books About Video Games Are Great! Part 1 of 2: 27 Video Game Books.

    [VIDEO] Books About Video Games Are Great! Part 1 of 2: 27 Video Game Books.

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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 Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games by Walt Williams
    • 6:40 Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoë Quinn

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  • This Company of Atheists Made Bible Video Games | A Review of Bible Adventures by Gabe Durham

    This Company of Atheists Made Bible Video Games | A Review of Bible Adventures by Gabe Durham

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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.

    A development team comprised mainly of atheists and agnostics making a Bible themed video game aimed at the then-untapped Christian market. It seems blasphemous. And it may be. But more relevantly, as Gabe Durham reminds us in his book Bible Adventures, it’s business. So how did this game based on Christian stories and icons make its way onto a Nintendo console? And should you read or should you avoid this book?

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