Replay: The History of Video Games
Tristan Donovan
Jun 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Gary Furlong
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A riveting account of the birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. From its origins in the research labs of the 1940s to the groundbreaking success of the Wii, Replay sheds new light on gaming's past. Along the way it takes in the spectacular rise and fall of Atari, the crazed cottage industry spawned by the computers of Sir Clive Sinclair, Japan's rapid ascent to the top of the gaming tree, and the seismic impact of Doom.
Replay tells the sensational story of how the creative vision of game designers across the globe gave rise to one of the world's most popular and dynamic art forms. Based on extensive research and more than 140 interviews, Replay includes insights from video game legends such as Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Will Wright—the creator of The Sims—Doom designer John Romero, and Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy fame. Replay also includes a foreword by Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British).
Replay tells the sensational story of how the creative vision of game designers across the globe gave rise to one of the world's most popular and dynamic art forms. Based on extensive research and more than 140 interviews, Replay includes insights from video game legends such as Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Will Wright—the creator of The Sims—Doom designer John Romero, and Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy fame. Replay also includes a foreword by Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British).
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Tristan Donovan has written about video games for the Guardian, Edge, Game Developer, and Stuff, among other publications. In addition to Replay, he is the author of Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World. He lives in East Sussex, England.
Gary Furlong grew up in Wexford, Ireland. Throughout his life he has worked as a teacher in Niigata, Japan; a puppeteer in Prague; an improv artist in Memphis, Tennessee; and as a singer and actor in Ireland. Now an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, Gary has recorded over fifty titles in a variety of genres.
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