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lfro2013's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
4.0
For all its typos and slightly confusing structure, I really enjoyed this book. You can tell it's from a lower budget publisher because it does lack a certain proofreading polish, but I found the authors enthusiasm for the material really infectious and I especially liked the emphasis he placed on the development of video games as an art. It reads more like an art history book sometimes than a tech history book and I really enjoyed that. I did sometimes get a bit confused because the chapters would operate sort of on their own chronology, so I would get a bit confused when on chapter ended discussing things in 1987 and then the next chapter was talking about developments in 1981. I understand why he did it but it was still a bit confusing.
kaneebli's review
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism, Racism, Violence, and War
drifterontherun's review
2.0
I'm sure this would be a lovely book if it were more interesting. It might be my lack of interest in the subject matter that is to blame for that, though.
I didn't finish this one - not even close - because it soon became clear that you had to have at least a working knowledge of video games to really appreciate it. This isn't a book for beginners, and that's fine, so long as you know that going in.
I didn't finish this one - not even close - because it soon became clear that you had to have at least a working knowledge of video games to really appreciate it. This isn't a book for beginners, and that's fine, so long as you know that going in.
xinganthony's review
4.0
The first 2/3 of this book was brilliant and insightful. It details the early innovations and developments in the video games industry very well. But the last bits tried to fly through too much time and development too fast, making it fragmented and incoherent, unlike the first parts.
libra17's review
5.0
Replay was a wonderful overview of the international history of video games. As several other reviews have noted, basically the entire is comprised of overviews of situations, circumstances, companies, and people that could easily have books of their own, but Replay is about the broad strokes understanding of how modern video games came to be, not the details of specific individuals and companies. My favorite part of this book is how expansive the scope was, and I now feel like I have a better understanding of the history of gaming for having read it. Replay is a five star read that I am happy to have stumbled across and one that I would happily recommend.
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