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A review by jljaina
Chainmail Bikini: The Anthology of Women Gamers by Sarah Winifred Searle, Hazel Newlevant
2.0
2 1/2 stars
Overall, I was not impressed with this. It was a jumble of very short stories (3-6 pages) focusing on girls and gaming. The stories aren't fulfilling. It was more a blog compilations of girls entries for there daily life, comic style. Very little substance
Yet I did like some of the references. This book touches on all times of games- Console, PC, arcade, board, card, LARPing, Tabletop RPG, etc. I got mentions of SNES Mario, Street Fighter, The Sims, Diablo 2 (with a reference to the cow level-that made me very happy), etc. So I did like all of that quite a bit.
The artwork was not to my style. A lot of it seemed rush and left me unimpressed. Other times it seems too much was being crammed in and others not enough. Not a bad read, being how quick it is, but I was hoping for a bit better.
*I was loaned a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair, honest review.
Overall, I was not impressed with this. It was a jumble of very short stories (3-6 pages) focusing on girls and gaming. The stories aren't fulfilling. It was more a blog compilations of girls entries for there daily life, comic style. Very little substance
Yet I did like some of the references. This book touches on all times of games- Console, PC, arcade, board, card, LARPing, Tabletop RPG, etc. I got mentions of SNES Mario, Street Fighter, The Sims, Diablo 2 (with a reference to the cow level-that made me very happy), etc. So I did like all of that quite a bit.
The artwork was not to my style. A lot of it seemed rush and left me unimpressed. Other times it seems too much was being crammed in and others not enough. Not a bad read, being how quick it is, but I was hoping for a bit better.
*I was loaned a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair, honest review.