ROMANCE

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by Austin Grossman
Mulholland: Little, Brown. Apr. 2013. 320p. ISBN 9780316198530. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780316198554. F
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If you had the chance to design the ultimate video game with no restrictions, what would you do? Russell and his friends have pondered this question for years, delighting in imagining the endless possibilities. Finally, it seems that Russell has a chance to do just that when he joins Black Arts Games. He has come to the gaming industry after abandoning law school (and the conventional path to a "safe" career) in favor of following his dream. Maybe even more important, he has a burning desire to find out what happened to his friend Simon, who also worked for Black Arts and who died mysteriously soon after a hugely successful game was launched.
VERDICT Grossman (Soon I Will be Invincible) has written a highly genre-specific novel about the making of video games (the author is a game designer), and everything that could be said about video games from their inception until now (and into the future). Fans of Grossman's best-selling debut and die-hard gaming fans will want this.
Reviewed by Cynthia Price, Francis Marion Univ., Lib., Florence, SC , Apr 26, 2013
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