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A review by thebookishhistorian
The History of Video Games by Charlie Fish
4.0
[A free copy was provided by NetGalley in exchange for a honest review]
The History of Video Games starts as just about every other book about the history of video games. It definitely isn’t a bad start, and it makes sense - there’s only so much to write about something fairly new in our own history. It’s written well, though, and there’s a nice chapter included which focusses a bit more on people who contributed to the rise of video games.
Where this book stands out a bit more, is the chapters áfter the history. It has a chapter about gender and the problem of sexism in the video games industry, which was very well written. After that comes a chapter about the impact video games have and had on our culture, including the way they influenced movies and music.
This book isn’t groundbreaking in any way, but it was a nice and quick read with some interesting chapters about the most recent history of video games - up to 2019.
The History of Video Games starts as just about every other book about the history of video games. It definitely isn’t a bad start, and it makes sense - there’s only so much to write about something fairly new in our own history. It’s written well, though, and there’s a nice chapter included which focusses a bit more on people who contributed to the rise of video games.
Where this book stands out a bit more, is the chapters áfter the history. It has a chapter about gender and the problem of sexism in the video games industry, which was very well written. After that comes a chapter about the impact video games have and had on our culture, including the way they influenced movies and music.
This book isn’t groundbreaking in any way, but it was a nice and quick read with some interesting chapters about the most recent history of video games - up to 2019.