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BOOK SPOTLIGHT - A Brief Legal History of the Video Game (Une Brève Histoire Juridique du Jeu Video)

November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM

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Thank you so much to the amazing team at @microzeit.bsky.social for these latest additions to our shelves ♥️ 📚

Perfect timing! Can’t wait to spend all weekend flipping through these!

A collection of six books from Microzeit publishing sitting on top of wooden table

November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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New BOOK SPOTLIGHT 📚

"Une Brève Histoire Juridique du Jeu Video"
(A Brief Legal History of the Video Game)

#Gaming #Law #JeuVideo #Videogame

Geoffray Brunaux (2025); Mare & Martin; Non-Fiction, Game History

BOOK SPOTLIGHT - If Video Games Have Taught Me Anything

November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM

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Thank you so much to the amazing team at @microzeit.bsky.social for these latest additions to our shelves ♥️ 📚

Perfect timing! Can’t wait to spend all weekend flipping through these!

November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Great to see this art book be made available to Spanish speaking fans!

Great work as always from @gamestribune.bsky.social 🇪🇸

GTM @gamestribune.bsky.social · 1d

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Acabamos de recibir estas muestras de 3dtotal
y luce ESPECTACULAR.

🇪🇸¡¡A principios de 2026, en perfecto castellano, y por 17,95€!!

🔜¡Pronto abriremos reservas!

November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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Early morning coffee shop reading ☕️ 📖

New BOOK SPOTLIGHT coming soon!

The cover of Une Brève Histoire Juridique du Jeu Vidéo.

November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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New BOOK SPOTLIGHT 📚

"If Video Games Have Taught Me Anything"

@jondharrison.bsky.social #Gaming #Booksky #VideoGames #Motivation

Jon D. Harrison (2025); Non-Fiction

November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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Any #Danganronpa fans out there?

Translator, Jackie McClure, has been hard at work on all 3 volumes of this run. This latest one just released this past week.

"Danganronpa 2: Chiaki Nanami’s Goodbye Despair Quest - Vol. 3"

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM

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Once again, @theartbookguy.bsky.social's website comes through with some great last minute #ArtBook headlines for the Newsletter:

"The Art of Endless Space" has appeared on @titanbooks.bsky.social's listings, with an August 2026 release.

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM

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For all you #GameDevs out there:

The long-awaited "Game Audio Programming 5: Principles and Practices" has officially released. 📚

This is the 5th volume in the series that is filled with advanced game audio techniques, from low-level synthesis to high-level systems.

#GameAudio #VGM #GameDev

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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Congrats again to @retrogamebooks.com for getting SNES Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 translated into Portuguese!

Love seeing books like this go global!

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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Great to see the latest from @nuevebits.bsky.social get a release this past week!

Los Secretos de Shadow Moses: Más allá de “Metal Gear”

Also, I gotta say, I’m really digging this “hero on horseback” cover theme he’s been doing with this series. 😀

#MetalGear #Konami #MGS

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

This book explores how artgame designers respond to Gamergate, challenging perceptions of gaming and its place in culture and politics

November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Rob Gallagher

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I'm delighted to announce that my new book, Artgames after Gamergate, is out now with Palgrave: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Artgames after GamerGate

link.springer.com

November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM

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Volume #028 of the Newsletter is out❗️

📕 @vaatividya.com's #EldenRing lorebook
📘 Celebrating #Mana w/ @darkhorse.com
📗 Blue mascot comics from @udonentertainment.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
📙 @jasonschreier.bsky.social's "Play Nice" in Ukrainian
📒 #GameDev and #GameStudies galore!

...and more!

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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The headlines of late echo the importance of environmentalism in tech. This past week, courtesy of #CRCPress, comes the very apt:

THE GAME NEEDS TO CHANGE

A landmark #GameStudies book on how the games industry can drive sustainability, offering guidance for creating greener, more impactful games.

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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For those confused about the "30th Anniversary" subtitle on @darkhorse.com and @square-enix-games.com's recently announced:

"LEGEND OF MANA - ART OF MANA"

The book itself was originally published in 2021 in Japan (30 years after Seiken Densetsu).

This is the long-awaited English localization 👍

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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In some of the most exciting Book news from this past week, @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social have announced that pre-orders are live for:

LORE BOUND: ELDEN RING EXPLAINED

@vaatividya.com's comprehensive 400+ page exploration of #EldenRing's lore, including #ShadowOfTheErdtree DLC and #Nightreign. 📚

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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Volume #028 of the Newsletter is out❗️

📕 @vaatividya.com's #EldenRing lorebook
📘 Celebrating #Mana w/ @darkhorse.com
📗 Blue mascot comics from @udonentertainment.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
📙 @jasonschreier.bsky.social's "Play Nice" in Ukrainian
📒 #GameDev and #GameStudies galore!

...and more!

Elden Ring lore untangled, a confusing "Mana" anniversary, blue mascots get comics, and a whirlwind of European releases!

November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM

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And in other Volunteer news, @garbagehime.bsky.social has had another amazing week cataloguing more of the (never-ending) #Wordware collection of #GameDev books.

This is quickly becoming one of the largest collections catalogued on our site!

#3DSMax #Java #DirectX #Indie #IndieDev #Booksky

New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!

November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Volunteer @rashozen.bsky.social has been doing an AMAZING job cataloguing all of the #Splatoon manga this month!

New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!

November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM

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REMINDER that our Weekly Newsletter also covers all the latest #VideoGame Book releases and announcements coming out of Japan! 📚 🌏

#Persona #LivlyIsland #TrailsInTheSky #MomotaroDentetsu #Gaming #Booksky

New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!

November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM

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ICYMI - This past week, @lostincult.co.uk announced their latest Design Works project:

"AMNESIA - DESIGN WORKS"

Slated for 2026, this looks to be a 4-volume exploration of the creation of The Dark Descent and its sequels.

New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!

November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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Diablo fans can now get their hands on the official cocktail book from Insight Editions:

Diablo: Drinks, Potions & Elixirs - Cocktails and Provisions from Sanctuary

Featuring more than 60 themed drinks and provisions 🍹

#Diablo #Gaming #Booksky #Cookbook

New FF7 stories, an Elden Ring epic, Amnesia’s haunted history, canceled classics resurrected, and cocktails straight out of Diablo...game books have never gone this hard!