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The Walkthrough: Insider Tales from a Life in Strategy Guides
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About The Walkthrough: Insider Tales From A Life In
Product Description An insider's look at the rise and fall of the video game strategy guide industry, from the author of over one hundred official books for BradyGames and Prima Games. The Walkthrough offers a rare peek behind the curtain of the secretive video game industry from an unlikely perspective, that of a career strategy guide writer. For eighteen years, Doug Walsh was one of the most prolific authors of officially licensed video game strategy guides. And now he's ready to talk. One part memoir and one part industry tell-all, The Walkthrough takes players on an entertaining march through gaming’s recent history, from the dawn of the PlayStation to the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Switch. Follow along as Walsh retraces his career and reveals how the books were made, what it was like writing guides to some of the industry’s most celebrated — and derided — titles, and why the biggest publishers of guidebooks are no longer around.Walsh devotes entire chapters to many of gaming’s most popular franchises, including Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Gears of War, and Diablo, among others. From inauspicious beginnings with Daikatana to authoring the books for the entire Bioshock trilogy, with plenty of highs, lows, and Warp Pipes along the way, Walsh delivers a rare treat to twenty-first century gamers. The Walkthrough is sure to satisfy the curiosity of anyone who grew up with the works of BradyGames and Prima Games sprawled across their laps. With over one hundred books to his credit, and countless weeks spent at many of the most famous studios in North America, he is uniquely qualified to give an insider’s perspective of a little-known niche within the multi-billion-dollar industry. Review "A fun, entertaining read that begins with a lucky encounter that led to Walsh's first gig and ends with the death of Prima Games, the last hurrah for print strategy guides" - Jason Schreier, Kotaku.com " Walsh held nothing back in his memoir. AND IT'S DELIGHTFUL. I read the book in about three days. It was incredibly hard to put down." - Keri Honea, StrategyGuideReviews.com "The Walkthrough is a fascinating look at a lost art told mostly through anecdotes about the author's life working for one of the industry's preeminent strategy guides publishers. I was hooked by the chapters that shed light on the troubled development of games like Diablo 3 and Enter the Matrix, and the author was likable enough that I could grin and bear entries about Gears of War. Whether you've played the games or not, Walsh's casual writing style will draw you in for the short ride that is this book." - Amazon Reviewer, Drew "If you have even a passing memory of seeing strategy guides in the supermarket, game store, or Blockbuster then you absolutely need to read this memoir." - GoodReads Reviewer, Matthew "I smiled through every page of The Walkthrough. The ending was bittersweet, because it was a reminder that as the games industry continues to change at a breakneck pace, not all changes are for the best, and some staples will be pulled free and left behind. The Walkthrough is not only a great story. It's a time capsule I'll return to when my eyes land on my strategy guides and I grow nostalgic, and want to feel like that kid who used to sneak strategy guides into class and get swept away in tips, tricks, cheat codes, and pro strategies." - David L. Craddock, Author of Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room About the Author Doug Walsh began writing for BradyGames in 2000 and worked on over one hundred guides prior to the 2019 closure of PrimaGames. Wherever he went, no matter who he spoke to, the conversation always settled on Walsh's unusual career as an author of officially-licensed video game strategy guides. Everyone was seemingly interested in this bizarre -- and secretive -- niche of an industry, one in which only a dozen or so authors made a living. Knowing how few people had any real knowledg
