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My copy of CSPLY EU arrived last week. It’s a hardcover book specifically about European cosplayers that was successfully Kickstarted a little while ago (though you can also buy it from a store). Read more
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Like reading behind-the-scenes stories about what it’s like to make games? Good news: I’m writing a book full of them! The book, which will be published by HarperCollins in the fall of 2017, will be a compilation of stories not unlike the Destiny piece we ran in October. You’ll hear much more about it next year!
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I got done reading The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Volume 2 the other day, and it was awesome, full of stories like yakuza links to 80s studios, a video game kidnapping and a ton of fascinating interviews with Japanese developers. You can take a look here (or get it in a rad bundle here).
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Stores around the world are overflowing this week with official Star Wars merch. A new book, The Extremely…
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Oh, this looks cool. Translator Clyde Mandelin (Attack on Titan, Summer Wars) has turned his website into a book…
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Ashly & Anthony Burch (you know, from HAWP and Borderlands) have just written a book. It’s all about Metal Gear Solid…
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“It was the first time I had ever controlled anything on a video screen,” Ernest Cline, the author of Ready Player…