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games, but I’d love to have What percentage of research older games on clearance and
enough time and energy to goes into your books vs. how at garage sales, flea markets,
pick up a PS3 and play much you just know off the and thrift stores. Despite my
through God of War III and top of your head? familiarity with old games, I
Batman: Arkham Asylum. On still do tons of research to
the other hand, I love I wouldn’t quite say that the make sure I get everything as
discovering obscure gems that books wrote themselves, but I accurate as possible, and to
I had never played before, have been playing these games refresh my memory for games
such as the wildly inventive nonstop since they came out. I haven’t played in a long
and hugely entertaining Killer The first system I actually time.
Bees! for the Odyssey2. That owned was a ColecoVision
was the last game I wrote when I was 15, but prior to the Do you use any magazines or
about for my first book—I had release of the ColecoVision, I sites for research? Which
to buy the game on eBay. was constantly going over to ones?
friends’ and relatives’ houses
What was their reasoning for to play their systems. In fact, Thanks to their instruction
wanting to release the books manual scans, AtariAge and
in hardcover? Did you try to " Despi te my Nintendo Age were absolutely
convince them otherwise? Do invaluable when I was writing
you think the decision has fami l i ari ty wi th my first two books. As
helped or hurt sales? ol d g ames, I sti l l everyone knows, it’s much
tougher to find manuals than
d o ton s of
I had absolutely no say in the game cartridges. I also used
matter. I was flattered that the research to gamefaqs walkthroughs a few
books were published in make su re I g et times when I had trouble
hardcover, but I have met everyth i n g as getting past a certain area or
resistance by some potential level in a particularly hard or
buyers because of the accu rate as confusing game. Digital Press
hardcover pricing. On the possi bl e. " has been helpful as well.
other hand, everyone I’ve When a game’s manual or title
talked to who has bought my two best friends each had a screen doesn’t mention who
either book is very happy with Fairchild Channel F of all the developer is, and when
their purchase(s). People tell things. After I got my various websites have
me they refer to my books ColecoVision for Christmas of conflicting information, I
again and again, and that’s the 1982 (I actually had to kick in sometimes ask on the Digital
best compliment I could ever $100 of my lawn mowing Press message boards, and I
get. I’m also frequently told money to make it happen), I usually get a response. Of
that the books are well began collecting games like course, I will then do more
written, which is always good crazy (my second system was research to determine if the
to hear. an Atari 2600 with 10 games information they gave me is
that I bought off a classmate accurate.
Is there talk about making for the incredibly low price of
these books available in $10.00). I would get new Just to get inside your head a
paperback? systems as they would come little bit, can you tell us about
out, but I never got rid of my what goes into your writing
Nothing yet, but hopefully older systems. I simply kept process?
some day. adding to them as I would find
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