I’ve been working hard on getting my book published and was hoping for it to be available to buy for a late July/early August release at the earliest. Sadly that’s not going to happen. Mainly because I finished it ahead of schedule and it’s now available to buy from Amazon.
81681 words, 141 pages, (almost) 40 years of gaming history, 15 game studios, 12 months of research, 1 book.
MICROBRITS: A Tapestry Of The British Gaming Industry is a book looking at the history of the British gaming through the very companies who shaped it. Beginning with Imagine Software in 1982, covering almost four decades of British gaming and ending with Rockstar North in 2019.
Imagine, Ocean, Psygnosis, U.S. Gold, Ultimate Play The Game, Rare, The Bitmap Brothers, Gremlin Graphics, Sensible Software, Team 17, DMA Design and Rockstar North are all covered, looking at each company from the start to the very end, the people behind it and some of the games they produced. The book is designed so you can just jump in a read about any of the studios you wish to. But if you read it cover to cover, then an interesting tapestry of British gaming is revealed as many of these companies all cross paths in one way or another. You can play a good game of six degrees of separation with this book. Yarns of interesting partnerships, back-stabbing buy outs, bitter rivalries, surprising interweaving tales and plenty of fascinating tit-bits along the way.
MICROBRITS: A Tapestry Of The British Gaming Industry is a journey through almost four decades of British gaming and how some of the biggest names in the industry, some still working today began… as well as some pretty spectacular failures. But that’s not all. As when you’re done reading this fascinating story of how the British gaming industry was born, there’s a nice bonus at the end. A special three part look at the most important British game designer ever. An in-depth look at the entire career of a certain Peter Douglas Molyneux. I take you through a journey beginning with Peter as a baked bean salesman to his co-founding Bullfrog Productions, via Lionhead Studios and ending with 22Cans.
MICROBRITS: A Tapestry Of The British Gaming Industry is available as a paperback as well as on Kindle Amazon right now.
Oh as a quick aside. I sent an advance copy to the legendary game designer Peter Molyneux last week and he contacted my today…
So MICROBRITS: A Tapestry Of The British Gaming Industry is Molyneux approved.
Buy your copy today.
EDIT: Quick update: Here’s the first review of my book from over at @stoffelpresents .
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