Review of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels:The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really great read for me, being a lifelong videogame player. Yes, I've always had an idea or two in my back pocket for the world's greatest videogame. I planned them out, wrote out the mechanics, story and everything.

But obviously, there's more to it than all that. This book talks about the troubles/stresses/crunching involved with the whole process. The goods, the bads, the glamorous and the things people would rather hide.

I've played most of these games and gotten close to the rest. I followed the stories back in the day of the successes and always wondered about the missing ones. Now, I, unfortunately, know why Star Wars 1313 got canned. Every word in that chapter was like a hammer pounding in the nails to this game's coffin. And my soul. Man, that would've been a fantastic game.

While most of these games were made and had success, ending the book with the downfall of what could have been (the Star Wars game) was a bit of a downer. Makes me want to play some games...

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