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A review by soovailyn
Gamer for Life by Daniel Schinhofen
3.0
If you like the following, you will enjoy this book:
1) Anime (Maid Cafe/Harem Stories)
2) LitRPG
3) League of Legends
Peter Berkrot was the narrator for this book and he did a great job. I really enjoyed the way he brought the story alive with his skills. I added him to my list of narrators that I like.
The opening for [b:Gamer for Life|35852699|Gamer for Life (Alpha World, #1)|Daniel Schinhofen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501382404s/35852699.jpg|55524073] definitely caught my interest. It wasn't like the other LitRPG books I've read and I really wanted to know more about the main character, Seamus. He used to be a cop, and he's in jail for murder. He's given a chance to join the beta testing for a new virtual reality MMORPG game called Alpha World. The company needs to test out the viability of long term immersion and subsequent affects on users. He jumped at the chance and what it may mean for people with disabilities.
The rest of the story about Alpha World, game play mechanics and the way Alburet/Seamus changes the game with his choices and interactions. Overall, there's too many pages taken up with game stats and the farming necessary to level up. I have to admit the anime harem angle caught me somewhat off guard. Once that was established, the whole story felt like an anime story on print. It all fits the tropes that I've watched in many different anime series.
Alpha World is a male fantasy about living the life of an anime character. The series with the average guy who ends up having a horde of girls interested in him. That said, I'm currently reading book two because I want to see if there will be more revealed about Seamus' life before Alpha World. I have a few hunches on where the story will go and I want to see if I'm right. If one of my hunches ends up being correct, that's all I need and I'll be satisfied with that as the end of the series for me.
1) Anime (Maid Cafe/Harem Stories)
2) LitRPG
3) League of Legends
Peter Berkrot was the narrator for this book and he did a great job. I really enjoyed the way he brought the story alive with his skills. I added him to my list of narrators that I like.
The opening for [b:Gamer for Life|35852699|Gamer for Life (Alpha World, #1)|Daniel Schinhofen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501382404s/35852699.jpg|55524073] definitely caught my interest. It wasn't like the other LitRPG books I've read and I really wanted to know more about the main character, Seamus. He used to be a cop, and he's in jail for murder. He's given a chance to join the beta testing for a new virtual reality MMORPG game called Alpha World. The company needs to test out the viability of long term immersion and subsequent affects on users. He jumped at the chance and what it may mean for people with disabilities.
The rest of the story about Alpha World, game play mechanics and the way Alburet/Seamus changes the game with his choices and interactions. Overall, there's too many pages taken up with game stats and the farming necessary to level up. I have to admit the anime harem angle caught me somewhat off guard. Once that was established, the whole story felt like an anime story on print. It all fits the tropes that I've watched in many different anime series.
Alpha World is a male fantasy about living the life of an anime character. The series with the average guy who ends up having a horde of girls interested in him. That said, I'm currently reading book two because I want to see if there will be more revealed about Seamus' life before Alpha World. I have a few hunches on where the story will go and I want to see if I'm right. If one of my hunches ends up being correct, that's all I need and I'll be satisfied with that as the end of the series for me.