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A review by vernip
The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution by Jack McGowan, Jonathan Hennessey
informative
slow-paced
2.0
Good GAWD ALMIGHTY does this dig too far deep into things we don't care about!
Did I want to know how the history of computers were made? No.
Did I want to know the innumerable people who "played" with "electronics" in all their prototype forms? No.
Heck, you can start at Chapter 4 and still be a little overwhelmed by all the precursors us gamers had to deal with before the computer, arcade, and console kids of the 80s ever saw their first pixel.
The only thing that kept my attention throughout were the little cameos from popular video game characters and situations that helped to illustrate the past.
Did I want to know how the history of computers were made? No.
Did I want to know the innumerable people who "played" with "electronics" in all their prototype forms? No.
Heck, you can start at Chapter 4 and still be a little overwhelmed by all the precursors us gamers had to deal with before the computer, arcade, and console kids of the 80s ever saw their first pixel.
The only thing that kept my attention throughout were the little cameos from popular video game characters and situations that helped to illustrate the past.