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A review by sonofthe
Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games by David L. Craddock
4.0
Picked this up with a Humble Bundle and am glad I did. I started playing roguelikes in the early 90s and have kept up with them on and off since. This history runs through the classic, giving fun details, both personal and technical, about the games.
I loved hearing how these games came from such an exuberant, creative place, regardless of the creators. There's a contagious sort of energy coming from these stories. My biggest beef is that there's not enough to them. I wish the author had gone deeper and included some of the roguelikes he left out (I know he mentions it, and why, but I really wanted to hear about T.o.M.E.).
The narrator was good, for the most part. A couple of his pronunciations pulled me out of the book, but those were few and far between. Still very understandable. Didn't have the problem of droning on.
I loved hearing how these games came from such an exuberant, creative place, regardless of the creators. There's a contagious sort of energy coming from these stories. My biggest beef is that there's not enough to them. I wish the author had gone deeper and included some of the roguelikes he left out (I know he mentions it, and why, but I really wanted to hear about T.o.M.E.).
The narrator was good, for the most part. A couple of his pronunciations pulled me out of the book, but those were few and far between. Still very understandable. Didn't have the problem of droning on.