Postal by Brock Wilbur & Nathan Rabin is intelligent, compelling, and infinitely more lighthearted than the video game it chronicles. … More
Tag: Boss Fight Books
Review: KINGDOM HEARTS II by Alexa Ray Corriea
In the final hours of the Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts II, a bad boy named Axel sacrifices himself in … More
James Ardis Reviews Jarett Kobek’s Soft & Cuddly
Soft & Cuddly (1987) and its predecessor Go to Hell (1985) were horror games published on cassette tapes for what … More
Phil Spotswood on Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner
Boss Fight Books, created in 2013, is a publishing house for creative nonfiction books on video games from classics like … More
Book Review: Amy Long on Bible Adventures, retrogaming nonfiction by Gabe Durham
When I was about eight or nine, I swore to God that I would read my entire Precious Moments Bible. … More
Baldur’s Gate II, a nonfiction book by Matt Bell, reviewed by Ryan Werner
Once a year, I drive an hour and a half to get pictures with some old wrestlers in Waterloo, Iowa. … More
ZZT, by Anna Anthropy
Growing up, I was obsessed with starting clubs. I was also terrible at getting people to actually join them. My … More
Super Mario Bros. 2, by Jon Irwin
“Playing a Mario game is about finding secrets,” Jon Irwin writes in Super Mario Bros. 2, the final installment in … More
Jagged Alliance 2, nonfiction by Darius Kazemi, reviewed by Jeremy Behreandt
Dave Anthony’s proposal at an address to The Atlantic Council on October 1st that we install plainclothes soldiers into schools has … More
Galaga, nonfiction by Michael Kimball, reviewed by Matt Weinkam
Let’s say you’re interested in reading a book on Galaga. Remember Galaga? Let’s say you’re a lifelong fan of the … More
Chrono Trigger, nonfiction by Michael P. Williams, reviewed by Jeremy Behreandt
My hat goes off to Michael P. Williams immediately, for it is nothing but ambitious to write on Chrono Trigger. … More
EarthBound, nonfiction by Ken Baumann, reviewed by Jeremy Behreandt
EarthBound—and I mean the videogame here, not the store—was released stateside for the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1995. … More