Book Archive

  • Book Review: The Art of XCOM 2

    XCOM 2 is the hot new game right now, and you know what that means, don’t you? New art book time! Okay so The Art of XCOM 2, by Insight Editions, actually published about a month ago, but it seemed a bit premature to check […]

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  • Super Famicom Box Art Collection Now Available For Pre-order

    Fans of vintage video game box art, pay close attention. Bitmap Books’ latest art book, Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection, is now available for pre-order exclusively at Funstock Retro, reasonably priced at £24.99 / $35.87. Pre-orders also include a bonus double-sided bookmark. If you’re […]

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  • Book Review: The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Few movies are kept shrouded in as much secrecy as Star Wars: The Force Awakens was leading up to its theatrical debut over the holiday season. Sure, there were a number of trailers, but they all teased just enough to get fans excited without giving […]

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  • VGBlogger’s 2015 Holiday Gift Guides for Geeks & Gamers: Art and Coffee Table Books

    With a little more than a week left to go until Christmas, we bring you the fourth and penultimate installment of our gamer geek gift guides for the 2015 holiday shopping season. In this edition, we offer recommendations in art and coffee table books perfect […]

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  • VGBlogger’s 2015 Holiday Gift Guides for Geeks & Gamers: Comic Books and Novels

    Welcome to part three of our holiday gift guides for geeks and gamers. In this installment we share some of our gift ideas for avid readers, including top recommendations in comics, novels, storybooks, and game and movie tie-ins. Also stay tuned for some additional updates […]

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  • VGBlogger’s 2015 Holiday Gift Guides for Geeks & Gamers: Strategy Guides and How-Tos

    From campaign walkthroughs, collectible locations, and multiplayer strategies in your favorite games to manuals for learning how to cook like a geek or survive the zombie apocalypse, these are our top holiday picks for strategy guides, how-tos, and reference books. Read our ongoing Holiday Gift […]

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  • Book Review: Game Art

    Video games are art. Period. End of story. Game Art, curated by Matt Sainsbury and published by No Starch Press, does not try to argue against those cranky naysayers who somehow are still convinced that video games are not art, it just accepts it as […]

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  • Book Review: Assassin’s Creed: The Complete Visual History

    Of the more than 30 art books currently in my personal library, Assassin’s Creed: The Complete Visual History may just be the most comprehensive and substantial of them all. It’s certainly among the largest in physical dimensions. While the massive God of War: Ascension tome […]

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  • Book Review: Abomination

    A morbidly refreshing hybrid of historical fantasy and gruesome monster-story horror with touches of Lovecraftian influence, Abomination is the triumphant debut novel by Gary Whitta, who you may know as a former video game journalist, for his involvement with Telltale Games in helping craft the […]

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  • Comic Review: Norman Volumes 1 & 2

    His name is Norman, he’s eight years old, and he’s the eponymous psychopathic killer starring in an ongoing graphic novel series authored and illustrated by Stan Silas and published by Titan Comics. Like the twisted offspring of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Chucky–he’s […]

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