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THE WALKTHROUGH: INSIDER TALES FROM A LIFE IN STRATEGY GUIDES

Doug Walsh



 

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.

 

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

English

Paperback

9781732746763

2019

148

English

eBook

N/A

2019

148

AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

LANGUAGE

LENGTH

VERSION

NARRATOR

YEAR

English

13.25 hours

Unabridged

Jason Arnold

2019


 

TAGS


Authors: #DougWalsh #JasonArnold (Jason Arnold)

Publishers: #SnokeValleyBooks (Snoke Valley Books)

Languages: #English

Year: #Year2019


Companies:

#Blizzard (Blizzard Entertainment) #BradyGames (BradyGames) #Prima (Prima Games) #Shiny (Shiny Entertainment)


Public Figures:

#DavidPerry (David Perry) #DougWalsh (Doug Walsh) #RickBarba (Rick Barba)


Games:

#Bioshock (Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Bioshock Infinite) #Daikatana (Daikatana) #Diablo (Diablo) #GearsofWar (Gears of War) #TheMatrix (Enter The Matrix) #TonyHawk (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater)


Misc:

#Playstation (PS1) #XBox (Xbox 360)

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