{"type":"blog","id":"2015/2015-12-26-a-mind-forever-voyaging","title":"A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games by Dylan Holmes","url":"/blog/2015/2015-12-26-a-mind-forever-voyaging","summary":"As part of creating Chip Shop (and future game ideas) I read recommendations on reading about (and playing) various types of games, not just board games.","date":"2015-12-26","tags":["Books","Reviews"],"categories":["writing"],"body":"As part of creating Chip Shop (and future game ideas) I read recommendations on reading about (and playing) various types of games, not just board games.\n\nI'll admit that I have generally sucked at modern computer games, but I am still amazed by the storytelling, ideas and visuals in them.\n\nThis book was an amazing journey for me, an excuse and way of exploring games that I will likely never be able to play or will be too incompetent to enjoy. It covers classics to modern games, obscure to massive successes and everything in-between.\n\nA highly recommended read for anyone into storytelling of any kind.\n\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480005754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1480005754&linkCode=as2&tag=gregamamma-20&linkId=JJXO43YZL6RTHDIG\">Buy a copy from Amazon</a><img src=\"https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gregamamma-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1480005754\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" /> and earn me a few cents to!","links":[],"fields":{}}