Goldeneye 007

What a blast to the past. I remember playing hours and hours of this game in split screen as a child and nostalgia made me want to read this so much. The book did not disappoint, it’s a fascinating story behind how the game was made with plenty of new primary sources.......more

If you're going to write a book about the making of a single game in the shadow of Reyan Ali's masterful 2019 book NBA Jam, it better be up to snuff. Luckily, Alyse Knorr is up to the task with her in depth look at Goldeneye 007. This book, in the same vein as NBA Jam, presents a narrative history o......more

After reading a number of these Boss Fight books to this point, I've come to look for two things from the franchise. First are the great behind-the-scenes stories these types of books are made for. Second are the more philosophical musings on what the games mean in a cultural or nostalgic sense. Aut......more

About the most in-depth document of the N64 game's development, from conception to release to aftermath, informed by an enormous amount of interview and archival research. Paints an intimate and messy picture of the programmers and artists who spent three years going above and beyond to make such an......more

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Ms Knorr as she researched this book. The material we talked about ended up not making it into the book but that doesn't bother me because the book was absolutely fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed all the interviews and the history that she wove masterfully i......more