Itchy, Tasty, Alex Aniel
Itchy, Tasty, Alex Aniel
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Itchy, Tasty
An Unofficial History of Resident Evil

Author: Alex Aniel

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/15/2021


Synopsis

This is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Capcom's horror video game series Resident Evil—one of the most popular, innovative, and widely influential franchises of all time.

Industry expert Alex Aniel spent two years interviewing key former members of Capcom staff, allowing him to tell the inside story of how Resident Evil was envisioned as early as the late 1980s, how its unexpected and unprecedented success saved the company from financial trouble, how the series struggled at the turn of the century and, eventually, how a new generation of creators was born after the release of Resident Evil 4.

Itchy, Tasty narrates the development of each Resident Evil game released between 1996 and 2006, interspersed with fascinating commentary from the game creators themselves, offering unique insight into how the series became the world-conquering franchise it is today.

About Alex Aniel

Alex Aniel originally hails from San Francisco, but has lived in Tokyo since 2007. He began playing the Resident Evil series aged thirteen, which eventually led him to visit Japan. He soon studied the language and moved there. He has over a decade of experience in the video game industry, and currently works for both video game music label Brave Wave Productions and physical game publisher Limited Run Games, where he specializes in the production of game music albums and business development for both companies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julian on April 07, 2021

This book is mandatory reading for Resident Evil fans, but sometimes feels like a missed opportunity given the unparalleled access which Aniel has obtained to the senior developers responsible for the series. Aneil fully discharges his brief of creating a history of the first ten years of Resident Ev......more

Goodreads review by HUD on June 16, 2023

I was leaning more towards a 4-star review for this, but I ultimately settled on 3, mostly because the book feels a little misleading. It says it’s “an unofficial history of Resident Evil” and, although the blurbs on the cover and the description on the back do offer some clarification, it’s only th......more

Goodreads review by Tim on August 19, 2021

Thorough and well documented history of the first decade of Resident Evil games. Reads quick and offers a lot of information on the production and behind the scenes. I kind of wish there was maybe more information on some stuff like story development and it would have been cool if there was like des......more

Goodreads review by ☆emily☆ on January 26, 2025

I've been a fan of the Resident Evil series for a while now (especially Resident Evil 4, which is one of my favorite games) but never knew much about its development until reading this. I found it very informative, the history of the games is crazy and confusing!! I also appreciated that the more ni......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on September 19, 2021

I don't hate the book. It reads quickly and has some supplementary information about Resident Evil. But why does this book exist? What does it want to say? It doesn't appear to be anything. Why is this not a youtube video when the writer very clearly has a youtuber's diction and subsequently a youtub......more