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FYI, link to book he mentions on amazon, had to look it up as a huge fan of the game, and was a bit dissapointed by the reviews. http://smile.amazon.com/Chrono-

by dpeck 12y ago

FYI, link to book he mentions on amazon, had to look it up as a huge fan of the game, and was a bit dissapointed by the reviews. http://smile.amazon.com/Chrono-Trigger-Boss-Fight-Books-ebook/dp/B00J9VYD72/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407430656&sr=8-1&keywords=chrono+trigger+book http://smile.amazon.com/Chrono-Trigger-Boss-Fight-Books-eboo... Has anyone read and enjoyed it? (no referal, but is a smile link)

jonnathanson 12y ago
Yeah, those reviews are disappointing. One of them is basically "He didn't like Chrono Cross; therefore he gets a 1-star!!!" Another other is, more or less, "I didn't like this guy's use of big words." We can do better than this. I haven't read his book, though I plan to. Until I read it, I can't comment upon what sort of review it really deserves. But if you read the book, and you enjoy it, please do the author a favor and go review it properly on Amazon. If you don't like it, that's cool. Either way, give a reasonable rundown of its strengths and weaknesses. The author deserves the benefits of a larger sample size and more thoughtful evaluations.
eropple 12y ago
Most of the Boss Fight series is good in general, but folks with knowledge about the topic of any given game may feel it's a little too high-level. I found the Chrono Trigger one basic, but acceptably-written[1] and mostly engaging. I'd recommend it if you're not very familiar with the genre and the game. Outside of the CT one--I recommend the Earthbound one unreservedly, but I'd call the ZZT one in the series its (flashing red) weak point. a lot of research went into it and I appreciate the effort but it's hugely self-indulgent (which, to be fair, is pretty clearly tipped off in the Amazon summary so you do know what you're getting into) and it suffers from a really weak narrative voice[2]. It is also incomplete--I feel like Anthropy's desire to combine a discussion of ZZT with her personal evolution does a hatchet-job to the history of the ZZT community. [1] - This is about as high a praise I give for games meta-writing. I don't think game journalism has many (any?) good writers, folks whose stuff I'd read even if I knew everything about the topic they were writing about. (Joe Posnanski fits that bill for sportswriting, I don't know of anybody similar in games writing.) [2] - Weak even for games writing, so calibrate accordingly.

by dpeck 12y ago

jonnathanson 12y ago

Yeah, those reviews are disappointing. One of them is basically "He didn't like Chrono Cross; therefore he gets a 1-star!!!" Another other is, more or less, "I didn't like this guy's use of big words." We can do better than this. I haven't read his book, though I plan to. Until I read it, I can't comment upon what sort of review it really deserves. But if you read the book, and you enjoy it, please do the author a favor and go review it properly on Amazon. If you don't like it, that's cool. Either way, give a reasonable rundown of its strengths and weaknesses. The author deserves the benefits of a larger sample size and more thoughtful evaluations.

eropple 12y ago

Most of the Boss Fight series is good in general, but folks with knowledge about the topic of any given game may feel it's a little too high-level. I found the Chrono Trigger one basic, but acceptably-written[1] and mostly engaging. I'd recommend it if you're not very familiar with the genre and the game. Outside of the CT one--I recommend the Earthbound one unreservedly, but I'd call the ZZT one in the series its (flashing red) weak point. a lot of research went into it and I appreciate the effort but it's hugely self-indulgent (which, to be fair, is pretty clearly tipped off in the Amazon summary so you do know what you're getting into) and it suffers from a really weak narrative voice[2]. It is also incomplete--I feel like Anthropy's desire to combine a discussion of ZZT with her personal evolution does a hatchet-job to the history of the ZZT community. [1] - This is about as high a praise I give for games meta-writing. I don't think game journalism has many (any?) good writers, folks whose stuff I'd read even if I knew everything about the topic they were writing about. (Joe Posnanski fits that bill for sportswriting, I don't know of anybody similar in games writing.) [2] - Weak even for games writing, so calibrate accordingly.