@Damo Agreed, the first Volume is an impressive and incredibly niche read, an important one too as it helps archive information that could have been lost to the ether. Good on you guys for showing it some love!
Do you plan on getting HG101's 200 Best Games in for review? Love their output; very honest and enthusiastic... quite like Nintendolife!
@Damo exactly, it seems to have gotten totally out of control and he now blames it as the main reason the first volume didn't sell as well as he would have expected. There was also some ludicrous controversy over the cover for the 'Platinum' version of Volume 1.
@Humphries90 Volume 1 could be had in Kindle form, perhaps this will one day be on too. The physical copies are well worth it though, absolutely bursting at the seams with content... 400 pages worth of small print for £25 is a bargain! The first volume has over 500 pages if you want even more bang for your buck.
I think the reason people didn't buy Volume 1 was due to the ridiculous controversy that surrounded Szczepaniak at the time. Nobody wanted to cover the book and so word of how magnificent it was didn't get out... the controversy also tainted the book's content and by extension the contrent of Volume 2 and 3...
I really feel for Szczepaniak, I absolutely love Volume 1 and cannot wait to get my hands on this one day, I just hope that his unique research finds its right audience one day.
Looking forward to reading this, love the game. It's not perfect but it has a unique personality and it's an unusual exclusive for the underrated GameCube.
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Re: Book Review: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2
@Damo Agreed, the first Volume is an impressive and incredibly niche read, an important one too as it helps archive information that could have been lost to the ether. Good on you guys for showing it some love!
Do you plan on getting HG101's 200 Best Games in for review? Love their output; very honest and enthusiastic... quite like Nintendolife!
Re: Book Review: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2
@Damo exactly, it seems to have gotten totally out of control and he now blames it as the main reason the first volume didn't sell as well as he would have expected. There was also some ludicrous controversy over the cover for the 'Platinum' version of Volume 1.
Re: Book Review: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2
@Humphries90 Volume 1 could be had in Kindle form, perhaps this will one day be on too. The physical copies are well worth it though, absolutely bursting at the seams with content... 400 pages worth of small print for £25 is a bargain! The first volume has over 500 pages if you want even more bang for your buck.
Re: Book Review: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 2
I think the reason people didn't buy Volume 1 was due to the ridiculous controversy that surrounded Szczepaniak at the time. Nobody wanted to cover the book and so word of how magnificent it was didn't get out... the controversy also tainted the book's content and by extension the contrent of Volume 2 and 3...
I really feel for Szczepaniak, I absolutely love Volume 1 and cannot wait to get my hands on this one day, I just hope that his unique research finds its right audience one day.
Re: Feature: The Making Of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Looking forward to reading this, love the game. It's not perfect but it has a unique personality and it's an unusual exclusive for the underrated GameCube.