A review by kfan
Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi

4.0

I've never played Jagged Alliance 2 (I had never even heard of it until I heard Darius was writing a book about it.) but this book is a really fascinating look at why it's an interesting/important game, what was happening in the world, both culturally and politically, that led to the creation of a game like this, as well as a good overview of game development in general, both then and now. Ultimately, it's a book about the creative process and necessity of compromise, so even if you don't care about video games (I don't) it ought to be of at least some interest to anyone who's ever made anything.

I'm going to see if my 12 year old wants to read this, he probably hasn't heard of JA2 either but I think he would love this.