EIC @bossfightbooks. Author of MAJORA'S MASK (https://xitter.cf/t.co/BMW1qQEvzL), FUN CAMP (https://xitter.cf/t.co/UBXEbA8pQ9), & BIBLE ADVENTURES (lol) (https://xitter.cf/t.co/RRd95NCwDT).
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Gabe Durham retweeted
Announcing our 41st book! @MossRC tells the story of the making of AGE OF EMPIRES.
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#ageofempires #rts #realtimestrategy #ensemblestudios #retrogaming #pcgaming #wololo
Gabe Durham retweeted
We're live! Now funding THREE new documentary-style books about video games on Kickstarter.
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#retrogaming #videogames #rpg #jrpg #legendoftheriverking #videogamebook #crowdfunding #kickstarter #gameboy #gbc
For fans of Castlevania, 90s camp, and/or thoughtful discussions on the art of translation
#sotn #Castlevania
My original article on Castlevania: SOTN's original English translation is up at @Polygon!
Based partly on an epic zoom interview I did with Jeremy Blaustein, who is still living & translating in Japan.
polygon.com/gaming/506820/ca…
"Playing fetch with the murderous doggies of Animal Well. Only play will quell the violence in their hearts. In this way, doggies are the original gamers."
Thanks @giantbomb for inviting me to do a big dumb list!
giantbomb.com/articles/gabe-…
Gabe Durham retweeted
Our #BFCM sale! Nonfiction, documentary-style books about video game for 20% off.
Books by @kelslewin @mikedrucker @MikeDrucker @bobservo @KyleOrl @Sholarsenic @kobunheat @alexjkane @nbajambook @nathanrabin @brockwilbur.
Tomorrow begins our all-BFB ebook Humble Bundle.
ALT Use discount code BFCM24 at checkout on our website.
Thank you, matchbook!
Our nominations for Best of the Net this year:
"Gourd Girl" by Gabe Durham:
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"Bend in the Road" by F.E. Clark:
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/clark…
Congratulations to @GabeDurham and @feclarkart!
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Some of you guessed it: Book #3 of the new season is... OUTER WILDS by Tommy Wallach!
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ALT Mockup image of the Outer Wilds paperback
I'm glad we get to finally announce this great book! Rare to work on a project with such natural & earned feel-good vibes
Today we announce book #2 of the new season: It's UNTITLED GOOSE GAME by James O'Connor (@Jickle)!
A full-length 200-page book on the making of Untitled Goose Game based on original interviews with the team at House House.
ALT Cover of Untitled Goose Game book
We're back!
Boss Fight Books: Season 7 has just gone live on @kickstarter! Featuring FOUR new books including a book by Matthew S. Smith on the history & legacy of the genre-defining mmo EVERQUEST.
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Matchbook is back! Glad to be a small part of the relaunch 15 years later
"For my first three Halloweens I was a pumpkin. When the following year I got to choose, I asked to be a butternut squash."
New fiction by @GabeDurham
Gabe was our first work published in 2009, so it's only fitting he's the first for our relaunch.
matchbooklitmag.com/mb/durha…
Gabe Durham retweeted
Our open pitch season is coming soon! More here: bossfightbooks.com/pages/pit…
Never have I been more of a third wheel
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Emma & I got engaged this weekend. The unplanned matchy outfits are just another example of our powerful mind meld
ALT Emma and Gabe, just engaged
Thanks Lindsey Wigfield for having me back on for a bonus ep of her podcast, talking about starting/funding BFB: buzzsprout.com/2213189/14292…
Gabe Durham retweeted
It’s Thursday! Perfect day to read these six subtle and clever short pieces by @GabeDurham from Propagule 1:
propagule.co/fiction/six-pie…
We are looking for an audiobook reader for my book on Amazon's ACX marketplace: acx.com/titleview/AV6Z9L5QCW…
This is a test balloon for doing audiobooks of other BFB titles
As someone with a foot in both the lit world and video game criticism/history world, I have thoughts
Why does one of the editors of the new anthology Critical Hits from Graywolf Press seem to think that there is no home for writing about video games from the personal, emotional perspective? aftermath.site/the-new-games…
My one respectful disagreement with Jackson's article comes at the end when she is speculating about one antho author: "I’m not sure what he could possibly say that I haven’t already read" -- well... he might surprise you!