Jordan Minor

A neat time capsule, I particularly enjoyed the early history of the 70s and 80s. One of my favorite things about reading books dedicated to games is I'll learn about a few I've never even heard of. It's exciting and surprising!

I think Minor is a good writer, and I appreciated how he interjected historical perspective and key players with each game's writeup, rather than simply "this game was good." The original art dedicated to each game was a nice touch and some of the font colors/text choices added a brilliant flair, making it a quick read.

But some of the ordering choices were really strange. Some games I disagreed with, sure, but then the green pages featuring random quotes from gaming personalities didn't seem to fit all that much. It felt like Minor was trying to have his cake and eat it too. Plus, he bashed Geno from Super Mario RPG. Hell no!… (mehr)