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'''''Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines''''' is a 1982 nonfiction book on [[video games]] by the British author [[Martin Amis]]. The book is both a survey of the 80s [[New York City]] [[Arcade game|arcade]] scene, and a cheat sheet of gaming tips and tricks. Despite some reportage to the contrary, Amis has not "disowned" the book as has been claimed, despite its great dissimilarity to the rest of the oeuvre. The book's foreword is written by fellow arcade game enthusiast [[Steven Spielberg]]. Amis does strike an admonishing tone at times, even going so far as to say that video gaming is "morally ambiguous".<ref> |
'''''Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines''''' is a 1982 nonfiction book on [[video games]] by the British author [[Martin Amis]]. The book is both a survey of the 80s [[New York City]] [[Arcade game|arcade]] scene, and a cheat sheet of gaming tips and tricks. Despite some reportage to the contrary, Amis has not "disowned" the book as has been claimed, despite its great dissimilarity to the rest of the oeuvre. The book's foreword is written by fellow arcade game enthusiast [[Steven Spielberg]]. Amis does strike an admonishing tone at times, even going so far as to say that video gaming is "morally ambiguous".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-05 |title=Martin Amis on Space Invaders: how games criticism was born |url=http://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/nov/05/martin-amis-invasion-of-the-space-invaders-1982-gaming-book-republished |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>The book was written concurrently with [[Money]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Abyss Munches Back: On Martin Amis’ INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS |url=https://epiphanyzine.com/features/2019/10/15/the-abyss-munches-back-on-martin-amis-invasion-of-the-space-invaders |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Epiphany Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:26, 22 June 2022
Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines is a 1982 nonfiction book on video games by the British author Martin Amis. The book is both a survey of the 80s New York City arcade scene, and a cheat sheet of gaming tips and tricks. Despite some reportage to the contrary, Amis has not "disowned" the book as has been claimed, despite its great dissimilarity to the rest of the oeuvre. The book's foreword is written by fellow arcade game enthusiast Steven Spielberg. Amis does strike an admonishing tone at times, even going so far as to say that video gaming is "morally ambiguous".[1]The book was written concurrently with Money.[2]
References
- ^ "Martin Amis on Space Invaders: how games criticism was born". the Guardian. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "The Abyss Munches Back: On Martin Amis' INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS". Epiphany Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-22.