This book is ANCIENT. We established that this book has been in the library for at least 10 years. despite its age it still manages to always pull in the readers (probably due to the scantily clad women inside!)
If you're looking for a gorgeous coffee table book to page though, 1000 Game Heroes might fit the bill if you enjoy games at all!
This massive tome has over 600 pages of glossy images and information on games from Ghost Recon to Tomb Raider, Ecco to Virtua Cop to Dungeon Siege. Most of the games featured are newer ones, and the graphics they choose to highlight are truly spectacular.
Each title lists its platform, release date, developer and editor. A paragraph about each game is given in English, French and German. This means that you don't get a huge amount of depth for each game. But the book is already 600 pages long. If they had in depth information on each game, it would have turned into 2,000 pages and would have cost over $100. Instead, there's just enough about the game for you to see if you're interested in it, at which point you simply go to the web and learn everything you could possibly hope to know about it.
The organization of the book is a bit strange. You have "Kings of Action" which includes Metal Gear Solid. You have "Legends of Video Games" which puts Diablo next to Rayman? Then you have Sexy Heroes full of slinky women, and Strange Heroes which holds the wonderful female hero in Syberia.
Still, many of these games are blasts from the past, and it's fun to look through screenshots of Diablo and Dungeon Siege and remember the hours and hours we spent playing these games. I do warn that some of the graphics involve sexily clad (or topless) female characters, as one might expect from an industry that at least until recently pushed primarily towards teenage boys as its target audience.
Highly recommended for any gamer!
Book details
Book: 1000 Game Heroes (Midi)
Author: David Choquet
ISBN: 3822816337
ISBN-13: 9783822816332, 978-3822816332
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher: Taschen
Number of Pages: 608
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I knew this was Jake's choice as soon as I started to read the review! I'm sure it hasn't been in the library for that long.
ReplyDeleteHope all exams are now coming to an end and you've had time to read the Carnegie books.
Awards Day today! I have just looked up the Carnegie winner on the website and am rather surprised - I don't think this would have been Turnford's choice!
Have a good celebration
Mrs King
It's definitely been there as long as I have been there and Mrs S said the same so it must have been there at least 10 years.
ReplyDeleteHow time flies when your having fun...!
I'm so glad to have broken the ten-win barrier, it's taken a long time... But totally worth the wait!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your support guys and gals!