Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
I love videogames. Blood, Sweat, & Pixels gave me a renewed respect for the incredible work that goes into each and every one of the games I have loved and liked. It gave me a renewed dislike for company mismanagement that destroyed the prospects of so many games (like neutering Dragon Age II). Jason Schreier’s style flows with easy-to-understand stories of each game’s development (or lack thereof) that easily explains the argument for why games are, in fact, a form of art akin to movies or books. It explains why the price of videogames is so high (and why perhaps it ought to truly be higher).
“One surefire way to annoy a game developer is to ask, in response to discovering his or her chosen career path, what it’s like to spend all day playing video games.”
If you have someone in your life who doesn’t understand why someone would play ‘those silly games’, Blood, Sweat, & Pixels is the book to give them. It discusses videogames from Uncharted to Stardew Valley. It can open the reader’s eyes to the variety within gaming. Just like not all movies are mindless action flicks, not all games are CoD.
5/5 stars
L.J.
VIDEOGAME RECOMMENDATIONS
Dragon Age
Stardew Valley
Jedi The Fallen Order
Red Dead Redemption 2
Animal Crossing New Horizon
Minecraft
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