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Book Synopsis#1 Amazon Best Seller! ─ Which games are worth playing?The 50 best games: From pixelated pioneer adventures to stunning space odysseys, the boundaries of the video game world are expanding every day. Grand epics and gritty mysteries. Fierce competition and friendly cooperation. Powerful emotions and uproarious laughter. Video games are fantastically diverse and wonderfully creative, but not all games are created equal. With so many games out there on so many different consoles, computers, and devices, how do you decide which games are worth playing? Backed by years of writing about games professionally and decades spent playing them, Chris Watters lays out a list of 50 games to entertain and enlighten you. Whether you’re trying to learn more about the world of gaming or strengthening your claim to true gaming fluency, these are the games you’ll want to play, and why you’ll want to play them.
Trade Review“ A comprehensive starter’s guide to the wonderful world of video games. Watters’s punchy prose is a delight; his brief, informal summaries perfectly capture the best of what the art form has to offer. The perfect book for anyone who’s never played Minecraft, but is too ashamed to admit it. ” Laura Parker, contributing writer, The Economist
“ We are all going to die. You can’t avoid it. But you can chose how you go. Outside, in the sunshine, like some sort of animal, or inside your darkened living room, playing games? If you want to get through the 50 excellent games in this book, then the choice is clear. ” Tim Schafer, President and CEO of Double Fine Productions
Table of ContentsContents Introduction 15 Spelunky 18 Assassin’s Creed II 20 Dead Space 22 The Last of Us Remastered 24 Portal 2 26 Mass Effect 2 28 Gone Home 30 Journey 32 Red Dead Redemption 34 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 36 Nidhogg 40 Psychonauts 42 Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP 44 Super Meat Boy 46 Rock Band 3 48 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50 Super Mario World 52 Half-Life 2 54 God of War III 56 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 58 Minecraft 62 Tetris 64 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 66 Animal Crossing: New Leaf 68 XCOM: Enemy Unknown 70 Forza Motorsport 5 72 Rocket League 74 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 76 Sid Meier’s Civilization V: The Complete Edition 78 Mario Kart 8 80 Trials Evolution 84 Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary 86 Katamari Damacy 88 Grand Theft Auto V 90 Super Metroid 92 Her Story 94 Kerbal Space Program 96 The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition 98 Surgeon Simulator 2013 100 Dark Souls 102 The Sims 3 106 Persona 4 Golden 108 Batman: Arkham Asylum 110 The Walking Dead 112 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 114 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 116 Mega Man 2 118 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 120 Final Fantasy VI 122 Super Mario Galaxy 2 124 My Bucket List 126 Author Bio 128 A Quick History of Video Games 131 Appendix 138
