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Matt Margini
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What kind of game is Red Dead? You wouldn’t be wrong if you said it’s a video game that plays like every other…
Apr 8 2019
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Alex Kane
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For their groundbreaking Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic, BioWare and LucasArts made the…
Oct 16 2018
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David L. Craddock
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The 2014 indie hit Shovel Knight paid homage to the Nintendo Entertainment System’s pixel art and game design, but…
Aug 17 2017
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Reyan Ali
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In this early excerpt from NBA Jam, a book from Boss Fight Books and author Reyan Ali coming in 2018, we learn…
May 12 2014
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Blake J. Harris
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Blake J. Harris' book Console Wars, out tomorrow, takes readers behind enemy lines to meet the men and women who…
Nov 10 2012
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Roger Ma
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Before there was The Vampire Combat Manual, there was The Zombie Combat Manual. In the excerpt below, author Roger…
Oct 26 2012
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Roger Ma
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The author of The Zombie Combat Manual Roger Ma is back with a new guidebook: The Vampire Combat Manual, which…
Apr 23 2012
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Jamie Russell
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Editor's note: Hollywood seems to have a penchant for shitty video game adaptations, don't they? But the utter…
Nov 4 2011
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Valve Presents: The Sacrifice And Other Steam-Powered Stories goes on sale later this month. The 208-page hardcover…
Oct 25 2011
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The road to 343 Industries' Halo 4 begins today with the release of Halo: Glasslands, the beginning of a new series…
Oct 19 2011
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Jordan Mechner
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In 1985 Jordan Mechner was a student at Yale riding high on a mix of euphoria over the surprise success of his first…
May 23 2011
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Hannu Rajaniemi
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The Quantum Thief, released in the UK last year and in the U.S. this month, is a heist story set in a future of…
Jan 10 2011
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Greg Bear
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THE FORERUNNER STORY-the history of my people-has been told many times, with greater and greater idealization,…
Nov 18 2010
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Greg Bear
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Author Greg Bear isn't just a one-time Kotaku guest columnist and a prize-winning science fiction author. He's also…
Nov 10 2010
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The former head of the Game Developers Conference and current Electronic Arts indie headhunter just published his…
Jul 28 2010
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In the new book Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential, our very own Kotaku Senior Contributing Editor Brian Ashcraft and…
Mar 26 2010
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Excerpts from the book The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11 1/2 Anniversary Edition. Reprinted with express…
Mar 25 2010
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Noah Wardrip-Fruin
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Excerpts from the book Expressive Processing. Reprinted with express permission of the author.
Dec 16 2009
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Jesper
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Excerpts from A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games And Their Players by Jesper Juul
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Mar 20 2009
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