Language: PG (4 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Hansen puts forth more than 20 games as the “greatest” and offers his reasons for the claim of each of them to be worthy of the superlative. While he includes several spoiler warnings, Hansen does not spoil every video game he talks about – some are simply recommendations of which he gives enough information to intrigue gaming readers. But whether or not you’re a gamer, each reader can appreciate the celebration of well-told stories.
Hansen says specifically that he’s writing to gamers, but I found it insightful for me as a non-gamer story-lover. I love the idea of seeing video games from a story standpoint when I have seldom imagined them that way. The descriptions and explanations of the games chosen by Hansen have me convinced that I need to give this medium of storytelling a try. The mature content and violence ratings are for brief descriptions of adult language, innuendo, gore, suicide, and murder within some of the video games mentioned. Note: this book is considered YA non-fiction, so I hope that means all the video games recommended are appropriate for that audience, but I don’t know that for sure (Hansen himself offers warnings for content of two of the included games).
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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