Today Katamari Damacy is one of Bandai Namco’s most beloved series, but when its creator Keita Takahashi was trying to bring his quirky idea to life in the early 2000s, he encountered numerous pitfalls along the way, mostly in the form of bureaucratic red tape.
But he persevered and won, as author L. E. Hall describes in this excerpt from her new book Katamari Damacy from Boss Fight Books, available this week.
The 2014 indie hit Shovel Knight paid homage to the Nintendo Entertainment System’s pixel art and game design, but its developers also wanted to polish up the harsh edges of 1980s platform games.
In this excerpt from Boss Fight Books’ new book Shovel Knight, out today, author David L. Craddock speaks to the four co-founders of Yacht Club games about the process.
In this early excerpt from NBA Jam, a book from Boss Fight Books and author Reyan Ali coming in 2018, we learn about the night the development team from Midway let arcadegoers get their hands on their innovative, soon-to-be-legendary basketball game for the first time.
Boss Fight Books has launched its fourth Kickstarter, and my upcoming book Final Fantasy V is part of it. Here's an exclusive excerpt, discussing a bit about how this legendary role-playing game was made.
The latest in the Boss Fight Books series, available tomorrow, is Kingdom Hearts II by veteran games writer Alexa Ray Corriea. In the exclusive chapter excerpt below, she discusses one of the most intriguing aspects of the Square-Disney crossover's plot: eschewing boy-girl romance in favour of themes of male intimacy.
I just played the first 30 minutes or so of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and I'm hooked. I'm also slightly -- emphasis on slightly -- less confused than I otherwise would have been, because I asked Jason Schreier of Kotaku and Ashly Burch of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? to talk about why they like the Metal Gear Solid series for the newest episode of Shall We Play a Game?
