bleets | July 07, 2026

Okay so … I didn’t actually have 120 pages left, it was more like 30 pages and then 90 pages of footnotes, acknowledgements and a very healthy index. I’m only over Chicago stuck in a patch of very bouncy turbulence (yay). This was very well researched and narrated, giving us insight into the games we’ve been playing throughout our entire relationship! I think Catrena and I have finished at least 10 RE games since we first got together in 2015. Aniel doesn’t just cite interviews, he’s also conducting first hand interviews with the people that made the games happen. It’s actually incredibly impressive the amount of access he has to these game makers. I also enjoyed all the ancillary history on games like Devil May Cry, Killer7, P.N.03, God Hand and Okami along with the creators of these games. It’s an interesting period of time for video game history, one of growth and hope, unlike now which feels like watching a good friend refuse an organ transplant. Lots of my favorite game creators…