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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. I’ve never played ZZT. I’m not transgender. And for a book that aims to enlighten the reader on both fronts, it’s got some problems. Welcome to Burning […]

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Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb, and I want to help you love video games even more. And if you are a fan of Limited Run Games, I’m about to help you love those games even more. You now have a better chance of owning those limited release games, because I’m not buying them anymore. […]

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb and I want to help you love video games even more than you already do. It’s a tall order, I understand, […]

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(If you’d rather read this essay on your Kindle, you can do so by clicking over to the Kindle store right now) Shoot. Jump. Run. Samus Aran and I, we both came into existence this way. For video game creator Yoshio Sakamoto, those three verbs described all he knew about the project he was told […]

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. Welcome to Burning Books. I’m Caleb, and I want to help you love video games even more. Today I’m doing that by telling you the tale of […]

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Author & professor Ian Bogost theorized that video games, as a medium, are poor conduits for storytelling and that games are better without stories. Do Caleb & Scott agree? Show Notes Gaming Archaeology: Caleb J. Ross (@CalebJRoss) and VGCollectaholic (@VGCollectaholic) recap their recent game pickups Epic Set List: Discussion of what games we’ve been playing […]

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Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner from Boss Fight Books is a play-by-play walkthrough of the game Shadow of the Colossus with personal anecdotes and developer correspondence interspersed throughout.

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Caleb & Scott dive into a new report by social site Qutee about what video gamers think about gaming in 2018.  They examine the results of the report and ask whether it actually tells us anything scientific about gamers or the game industry.

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Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner from Boss Fight Books is a play-by-play walkthrough of the game Shadow of the Colossus with personal anecdotes and developer correspondence interspersed throughout.

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I’m playing Shadow of the Colossus, and I, like many of its players, have questions about the game’s theme, its purpose, its mystery. But lacking answers to those questions doesn’t make me love the game any less.

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