Category: Books
All Games Are Good (Hardcover)
What makes a game good? A compelling storyline, perhaps. Intuitive, responsive controls are a stand-out quality. But now (at last!) one man dares to stand up and speak truth to power - all he wants is to jump on frogs and collect colourful fruit.
The hardcover binding feels solid and the pages are nice and thick, which surprised me for the price. I've been reading a chapter a night and it's made me look at games differently.
The hardcover feels solid and the pages have a nice weight to them, which I appreciated since I've been flipping back to the controls chapter a lot. The argument that intuitive controls matter more than storylines genuinely made me rethink a few favorites.
Bought this expecting a straightforward defense of games as art, and the chapter on responsive controls actually made me rethink why I forgive clunky mechanics in story-driven titles. Only gripe is the font's a bit small for long reading sessions, but the arguments hold up.
