Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Hold my (root) beer, this will work

Super Mario Deluxe Paint Box (Nintendo) by Steve Foxe

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CBR15Passport GenreJust stay with me on this, okay? Yes, I know that Super Mario Deluxe Paint Box (Nintendo) is a painting coloring book (with paints and paint brush included) and not a “reading book” at a first glance. However, the text level and number of words lends itself to be about a kindergartener to (younger) second grade reading level. And it is informative. Okay, maybe not to the kid who is a fan, but to me the adult who yes, knows who Mario is (a […]

A Book on Video Games with Some Design Flaws

Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen

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If I have one complaint about Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More, it’s to do with the page and section design, not the content. As the title suggests this book is a history of video games and game systems beginning with the arcade type things like Pong on the big Atari machine, all the way to Overwatch on many device types. The overall thesis of the book is pretty straightforward, that most hit games stand on the […]



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