Press Reset

Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

eBook

English language

Published May 11, 2021

5 stars (5 reviews)

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart -- and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next.

Jason Schreier's groundbreaking reporting has earned him a place among the preeminent investigative journalists covering the world of video games. In his eagerly anticipated, deeply researched new book, Schreier trains his investigative eye on the volatility of the video game industry and the resilience of the people who work in it.

The business of videogames is both a prestige industry and an opaque one. Based on dozens of first-hand interviews that cover the development of landmark games -- Bioshock Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more -- on to the shocking closures of the studios that made them, PRESS RESET tells the stories of how real people …

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Review of 'Press Reset' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Another great book by Jason Schrier. I love reading the histories behind video games and this book had plenty of insight into the inner workings of the video game industry. The ending made some good points and called for some much needed change in the industry.

Side note: fuck Curt Schilling, what a piece of crap.

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