Title: A highly INACCURATE and cursory history book.
Product review: Well, it may be recommended, but only by various reviewers who apparently know as little about video game history as the author of this book. It is an overy affected book obviously designed to impress vocabulary experts. Worse, the book is filled with so many errors, I stopped counting. Its a shame that publishers don't feel that the topic deserves an accurate tome, because it certainly does. Read Game Over by David Sheff instead, there was also an excellent exhibit on the subject that was at the Franklin Institute in Philly, I beleive which can also provide you with an accurate and enjoyable exploration on the topic - or just search the web for "Video Game History" to get a more accurate view. Its a shame that a number of people will read this and believe the history presented here, the author sure knows how to get quoted, but she also sure seems not to care enough about her chosen topic to get her facts right. A real shame.
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