LTTP due to a 2-week ban (my sincere apologies for that misfire of a 'joke', PlanetSmasher) but this is a must-buy for me.
Pretty crazy that two of my favorite games ever - this and Outer Wilds - had art books announced in short succession.
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LTTP due to a 2-week ban (my sincere apologies for that misfire of a 'joke', PlanetSmasher) but this is a must-buy for me.
Pretty crazy that two of my favorite games ever - this and Outer Wilds - had art books announced in short succession.
sometime after the original Hades came out I tweeted at Jen Zee asking about a potential Supergiant art book. She responded: "We hope to... One day...!!! We're usually so busy making art that we don't have time to make art books! š"
Need.
I haven't even looked at my TOTK collectors edition art book tho.... This looks like it'll be chunky though.
I'll wait for the Dark Horse localization of the TotK book. They did a lovely job with the BotW book.
lmao no. Not before 2025 for sure. It was almost a year between the release of the Master Works book for Breath of the Wild in Japan and the Creating a Champion localization hitting the US.
Ugh, Brexit has made buying books from the UK too expensive. Got a 10ā¬ customs tax on arrival to Spain.50% off Double Fine 20-year artbook here, Ā£20 with cheap UK shipping.
Or legend edition here, 50% off too, but ships from US so expensive.
20 Double Fine Years: Standard Edition
Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but still pretty good)...indiebydesign.net
20 Double Fine Years: Legend Edition (Limited)
Limited Run Only. Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but...
"The Bitmap Books team is thrilled to announce a brand new title. Authored by journalist, author, and comic book writer Dave Cook, Run 'n' Gun: A Guide To On-foot Shooters takes a look at the traditional shoot-'em-up's closest cousin. Inside its pages you'll find a meticulously crafted celebration of icons like Metal Slug, Gunstar Heroes, Midnight Resistance, Contra, Mega Man, Turrican, and Commando, as well as lesser known contributions to the form, such as Toaplan's top-down wonder Out Zone, and newer contributions including indie run 'n' gun Broforce. We'll have much more to tell you next month, as we're aiming for an early-July 2024 release. And if Dave Cook's name rings a bell, that might be because he also wrote Bitmap's own Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-'Em-Ups. If you enjoyed that one, Run 'n' Gun: A Guide To On-foot Shooters will blow you away ā LITERALLY!"
No product page on their site yet, nor price, but nice to know it's only about 2 months away.
No product page on their site yet, nor price, but nice to know it's only about 2 months away.
Given everything going on at Xbox, I'm going to pick this one up.50% off Double Fine 20-year artbook here, Ā£20 with cheap UK shipping.
Or legend edition here, 50% off too, but ships from US so expensive.20 Double Fine Years: Standard Edition
Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but still pretty good)...
20 Double Fine Years: Legend Edition (Limited)
Limited Run Only. Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but...
I'm in the US and ended up getting the limited edition. $7 shipping but the cover just looked so much better lol.50% off Double Fine 20-year artbook here, Ā£20 with cheap UK shipping.
Or legend edition here, 50% off too, but ships from US so expensive.20 Double Fine Years: Standard Edition
Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but still pretty good)...
20 Double Fine Years: Legend Edition (Limited)
Limited Run Only. Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but...
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50% off Double Fine 20-year artbook here, Ā£20 with cheap UK shipping.
Or legend edition here, 50% off too, but ships from US so expensive.20 Double Fine Years: Standard Edition
Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but still pretty good)...
20 Double Fine Years: Legend Edition (Limited)
Limited Run Only. Join us on a journey through the mind and creations of Double Fine Productions, The Worldās Most Excellent Video Game Development TeamTM! Led by Tim Schafer, Double Fine is about creativity, stories and fun, its games having brought joy to zillions (millions, probably, but...
With all what's going on, I wouldn't sleep on this. Might be collector very soon and the last thing they make.
In addition to purchasing The Art of Inside Out 2, I finally took the opportunity to also pick up the first Art of Inside Out. The latter was one of the few Pixar/Disney animated art books I didn't own, and I'm still not sure why I never picked it up till now; might have been that it went out-of-print for a time and prices spiked exponentially since, but in any case, Amazon US currently has it for a very reasonable $24.
Jury's still out as to whether Inside Out 2 as a movie will end up being any good, but a cursory leaf through of the art book indicates that it's a great visual companion piece to the first. Definitely looking forward to seeing how the new emotions shake out given the artists' comments -- and without any spoilers, it looks like we're gonna be visiting even more abstract, ethereal looking settings within the mind of Riley.
Here's a handful of shots from the sequel's art book. I've made sure to not post anything overtly spoilery -- and there's a few more shots under the spoiler tag down below so as to not monopolize the page:
Jury's still out as to whether Inside Out 2 as a movie will end up being any good, but a cursory leaf through of the art book indicates that it's a great visual companion piece to the first. Definitely looking forward to seeing how the new emotions shake out given the artists' comments -- and without any spoilers, it looks like we're gonna be visiting even more abstract, ethereal looking settings within the mind of Riley.
Here's a handful of shots from the sequel's art book. I've made sure to not post anything overtly spoilery -- and there's a few more shots under the spoiler tag down below so as to not monopolize the page:
I picked up the inside out art book late last year and a lot of my pages were ever so slightly stuck together, twas a bummer.
The art of fallout 4 is a good book and very chunky. Although it looks like it's sold out everywhere right now
4's definitely a chonker. iirc, 3 had a mini artbook with the CE. There's the fallout bible for interplay(?) games, but don't think it ever got a commercial printing. Not aware of anything for NV or 76, but the game guides might have some art
Heroes de Papel, a videogame book editorial here is doing a photobook about the last remaining game centers and arcades in Japan. Comes out in September and doesn't have much text, so I think y'all can grab it if y'all like the vibe. Should be on Amazon closer to launch too.
www.heroesdepapel.es
Los Ćŗltimos game center - HĆ©roes de Papel
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Oooo, sounds right up my alley. Not only a look at what arcades look like in Japan, but also feels like a great preservation piece of arcades in general before the day where they might disappear. Has their previous books ever been translated?Heroes de Papel, a videogame book editorial here is doing a photobook about the last remaining game centers and arcades in Japan. Comes out in September and doesn't have much text, so I think y'all can grab it if y'all like the vibe. Should be on Amazon closer to launch too.
Los Ćŗltimos game center - HĆ©roes de Papel
Libros, cĆ³mics y manga sobre videojuegos, cine, series, animaciĆ³n y cultura pop
Sadly, I don't think any of them has ever been localized to other languages. Which is a shame because they have terrific books about games like Vagrant Story that are terrific.
Does the book feature a lot of analog art? Not a big fan of the digital designs, but those pen and watercolour drawings are gorgeous.My Sea of Stars book arrived today š
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As far as I'm aware it looks like there's a fair bit of analog in there, but I'm really no expert when it comes to this kind of thing so please don't take my word for it!
Speedyhen - my preferred book seller these days - have them for about Ā£33 each if you're still looking.
My Sea of Stars book arrived today š
Awesome! Still waiting for 3Dtotal to ship mine to the States -- noticed their product page now says on back order, so hopefully mine is still on target for original release.
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Wait, The Scenes book are edited in english ? I always see them on amazon jp but never knew.
Anime Architecture is legit one of my favorite book ever.
Anime Architecture is legit one of my favorite book ever.
i really should read this copy on my shelf lol.
did i pimp the interview i did that is tangentally related before? i can't remember
Have to say, I've been very unimpressed by the FuturePress Elden Ring guides. I thought it would be a quaint companion for me to replay the game before the DLC.
1. The actual physical binding is really, really bad. My Vol1 is worse than Vol2, but both really start coming apart from the weight of the pages. Though in the case of my Vol1, the very first page has basically completely come off of the glue. Incredibly shoddy imo.
2. The content is pretty hard to follow. The isolated cave maps are great. In terms of the world maps like Limgrave, Liurnia, etc. They are split across many pages. Also understandable! But then the item number key is only at the front! So if you're on pg 5 of Liurnia, you constantly have to flip back to pg1/2 to even see what the 50 icons on the map mean!
3. The NPC quests are all sequestered to the back of the book. There's no great way to make sure you don't miss quests without constantly going to the back of the book. And they rarely prompt you to go to the back. I didn't try too hard, but I couldn't figure out how any enemies or NPCs are sorted. It's kind of by appearance order, but also not really? Definitely not alphabetically.
1. The actual physical binding is really, really bad. My Vol1 is worse than Vol2, but both really start coming apart from the weight of the pages. Though in the case of my Vol1, the very first page has basically completely come off of the glue. Incredibly shoddy imo.
2. The content is pretty hard to follow. The isolated cave maps are great. In terms of the world maps like Limgrave, Liurnia, etc. They are split across many pages. Also understandable! But then the item number key is only at the front! So if you're on pg 5 of Liurnia, you constantly have to flip back to pg1/2 to even see what the 50 icons on the map mean!
3. The NPC quests are all sequestered to the back of the book. There's no great way to make sure you don't miss quests without constantly going to the back of the book. And they rarely prompt you to go to the back. I didn't try too hard, but I couldn't figure out how any enemies or NPCs are sorted. It's kind of by appearance order, but also not really? Definitely not alphabetically.
Nothing yet. I feel like they would have to reprint the previous two books and just add the new content into those. It wouldn't really make sense otherwise seeing as they have a separate book for the world and enemies / items.
My Sea of Stars book arrived today š
My iam8bit physical version of SoSs actually came in today, but I sadly have not heard anything about my pre-order for the art book.
Same for someone here in the U.S., though I've noticed 3Dtotal's product page now states: "Please note that due to popular demand and a large number of pre-orders currently being fulfilled, shipping of this title may take a day or two longer than usual." Hopefully not much longer.
Jonnykong , just curious if you got yours through 3Dtotal as well? Do they send shipping notification beforehand?
Yeah it looks like it was 3Dtotal who sent me it.
I've got a friend who ordered a copy on the same day as me (he lives in the UK like I do) and his hasn't been dispatched either, I'm not sure what's happened there or how I got so lucky.