{"product_id":"gamers-bucket-list-the-50-video-games-to-play-before-you-die-9781633531314","title":"Gamer's Bucket List: The 50 Video Games to Play Before You Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“ 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\u003cbr\u003e“ 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  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 \u0026amp; 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","brand":"Mango Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53189009801559,"sku":"9781633531314","price":31.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gamers-bucket-list-the-50-video-games-to-play-before-you-die-9781633531314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}