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5.0�toiles sur 5 awesome, Jui 17 2004

Par	josh goldberg (CHI) - Voir tous mes commentaires

Lucky Wander Boy takes the reader down the spiraling descent of its obsessive-compulsive protagonist, Andrew Pennyman. DB Weiss' first page-turner drips with nostalgia for the video game age of the '70s and '80s that formed the better part of a nation. Weiss weaves a complex and surreal, yet highly entertaining, tapestry of one man's search for the meaning of life through his techno-geek art form. His ornate descriptions of the games brings the reader right back neon haze of his childhood arcade. I can't wait for the movie!!!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 High Fidelity for Gamers, Jui 17 2004

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Weiss brillianty captures the joys and fixations of gaming. If you grew up in the 80's and spent your afternoons playing Defender in the back of a filthy convenience store, you are going to love this book.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Why play videogames? Read this book to find out!!, Jui 17 2004

Par	Kip Ashahi (Grantville, PA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

I've always liked videogames, and always felt a little bit embarrased when my more "intellectual" friends would make fun of me for it, like it wasn't something as worthwhile as reading books or even seeing movies. (I like those things too, but whatever.) Now I've got something I can give the "intellectuals" to let them know that videogames are just as worthwhile a thing to consider as any other form of entertainment. That thing is Lucky Wander Boy!

But really, the heart of this book isn't in its elaborate and hillarious (and just possibly correct!) videogame theories. Lucky Wander Boy is about Adam Pennyman, a guy of about thirty years of age who is starting to realize that his whole adult life has been spent doing, well, nothing in particular, and he's starting to freak out about it (sound familiar?). Because he doesn't want to be a slacker or a loser: he wants to DO something with his life, something worthwhile. So the search for the long lost videogame Lucky Wander Boy symbolizes something very important for him, it's the thing that will provide meaning to his life. Anyway, it doesn't quite work out the way Pennyman would like it to, mostly because what he wants (and the game Lucky Wander Boy itself) is totally impossible.....but impossible in the coolest possible way, which I won't spoil for you by telling you about it.

Definitely check this book out. You won't regret it.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Takn' me back...
For some kids it was the 'dime store,' for others it was the 'soda fountain.' For my friends, and many others of my generation, the lucky quarter found under the cushions of the... Read more

Publi� le Jui 17 2004

5.0�toiles sur 5 Back to the Future
This book really did it for me. Every once in a while, a book comes a long that gives you back a version of your own life, but stretched and twisted in a way that tells you things... Read more

Publi� le Jui 14 2004 par Ted Randall

3.0�toiles sur 5 A little left field for my taste, but interesting
There's a real emptiness to this book, no different from some of the Atari 2600 games described within. Read more

Publi� le Jui 10 2004 par Sal Nudo

2.0�toiles sur 5 NOT The Great Videogame Novel
After hearing unending praise for this new piece of "gaming literature", I certainly was interested. However, I came away pretty disappointed. Read more