The Video Games Guide Author:Matt Fox Ever dipped into a film guide and thought you might love to own something comparable for video games? Then this is the book for you. Over the last three years, dedicated game player Matt Fox has lovingly compiled nothing less than a gamers bible, a comprehensive overview of every significant game from 1962s Spacewar to the present. Written with ... more »intelligence, erudition, clear-eyed judgement and a real passion for every facet of the gaming experience, these reviews offer fascinating nuggets of trivia and a historical overview of the major breakthroughs in gaming technology. Fully cross-referenced, The Video Games Guide also contains exhaustive information about games sequels, their conversion to other systems, biographies of legendary programmers, and appendices listing major game and console releases chronologically. Video games, old and new, are starting to become recognized for their cultural properties instead of as merely disposable amusements. As important a part of our youth as the records we bought, the films we saw, and the books we read, astonishingly there exists no literary archiveuntil now.« less