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Pros

An in depth look at the game industry from the very early forms of pinball to the more modern tv consoles. Book contains a very detailed history of videogaming industry until the middle of 2000s. The book is full of quotes from the major players and p... Read More

On almost every page there are parts where important people in vg history chime in. The narration is excellent, and the overall layout works exceptionally well. Very nerdy; very informative.

Cons

Why is video game spelled as one word (videogame) here and nowhere else? A weird obsession on atari and unrrelevant gossip about atari employees. The information that was presented about the sega dreamcast was biased and not accurate.

The whole text is very u. It is not history, since the author focuses on businesses and financial metrics. The same mistake is made repeatedly.

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Highlights

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Quality

Kent does a great job interspersing history with quotes from interviews with the main players

You start with the birth of pinball and move from era to era watching the evolution of video games build upon the previous foundation

Wasnt what i expected but am happy none the less

Readers expecting an in depth review or history regarding pokemon may be slightly disappointed

Competitiveness

I am writing this in may 2016

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This product had a total of 808 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 25 2023.