A quick break from my movie-watching. As I’ve said in the past my favorite book publisher is Bitmap Books. I have a LOT of their books going back I don’t know how far. But my shipment of 3 new ones that I ordered a little while ago came! 3 Hardcover (I’m a sucker for a designed hardcover book) OH AND NONE OF THAT dustcover garbage. They use actual cardboard sleeves if they use a cover at all. True graphic design has no boundaries!
I believe I mentioned before that the company is a British company which is even better I’ve loved British graphic design since my teen years. Visiting there was amazing! At the time I was a young Jr. Art Director. And constantly stopping to look at posters on the tube walls! I was blown away!
But, I digress. I picked up as I said a few that were on a huge markdown sale at the time. They ship fast I ordered and the next thing I knew before the week was out I had my books. I’ve been a bit busy with life issues that have caused me delays in some articles. I’ll be posting pics of the books as well as page layouts in detail. The books I picked up were:
Run ‘n’ Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters
Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
The Art Of The Box (WANTED SINCE IT PUBLISHED!)
With coffee table books like these Bitmaps authors make it so it’s easy to flip through, stop and look, and maybe pick up the article. That’s how I read these books. I’ll flip through till I find a game that interests me and then read about it and move on. I do NOT read these books linearly. Except for the Metal Slug one I got on pre-order being that Metal Slug is in my top 5 series of games!
Stay tuned…
