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thecianrice's review
2.0
I was unfortunately incredibly disappointed by this book. While I love the work Russ Pitts has done (both written and video - I was a backer on State of Play) as a journalist and content producer, I found this book didn't hit for me. First, and this bugged me profusely, I should note that, at least on my Kindle, there was an abundance of editing issues and grammatical issues. This was most notable during a section where the editing process during the early days of Polygon was discussed. I don't usually hone in on this as I'm quite typo prone myself but they were frequent, to the point where the word "we" (I think...) was just "w" at one point.
Combined with some weirdly boring retelling of zany press events (though the Tabula Rasa event is game marketing at its most "gamey") and some remarks that seemed (perhaps unintentionally) disparaging, I was really bummed by this book.
As I noted previously I have backed a KS project from this author, and am an ardent supporter (and volunteer on occasion) of Take This, a non-profit he started. I have met the author once or twice but wouldn't consider myself acquainted with him.
Combined with some weirdly boring retelling of zany press events (though the Tabula Rasa event is game marketing at its most "gamey") and some remarks that seemed (perhaps unintentionally) disparaging, I was really bummed by this book.
As I noted previously I have backed a KS project from this author, and am an ardent supporter (and volunteer on occasion) of Take This, a non-profit he started. I have met the author once or twice but wouldn't consider myself acquainted with him.
metric152's review
5.0
how the sausage is made
I’ve been a fan of polygon.com since they launched. This was a great behind the scenes book for that site and the authors work. If you enjoy reading about video games and the way they are presented this is a great read.
I’ve been a fan of polygon.com since they launched. This was a great behind the scenes book for that site and the authors work. If you enjoy reading about video games and the way they are presented this is a great read.
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