Guiness World Records...Gamer's Edition

[MechaFone]

So I bought this incredible book at Best Buy today. It's a World Records that has over two hundred pages of information, trivia and facts about video games and their creators, including future developments. I suggest this book to any serious or newbie gamer, if only to see the incredible roots of the gamer and his/her entertaimnent over the last 25 years. This book is incredible...I'll post pictures later, if possible.

[The Damned]

I'm guessing it's just this site but more fleshed out and less updateable.

http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/

Seems like a lot of their "records" is just normal trivia and statistics, most of which can be found on Wikipedia or something.

It must have some pretty damn cool layout thing going on to be worth putting into a book.

[Bleck]

105% of the information on this book is either shit every gamer knows or easily found for free on the internet

[zircon]

You could say that about most statistics in the Guinness Book of World Records.

[Tables]

Thanks to the internet, everything is obvious information anyone with half a brain can find out!

[JCvgluvr]

Can anybody else who has the book give a hearty recommendation? It might help convince me to pony up the cash.

[SynthesizedStampede]

Yeah, I saw the same book at a Barnes&Nobles here in Seattle. It wasn't the best organized book in my opinion, but its better than getting a couple pages in the regular Guinness Record Book.

[Nulion]

I just got the book for my birthday, actually.

I sat down and thumbed through it, and it's really an interesting read. I mean sure, you can find any of the information in it online somewhere, but the thing is, most of the information in there is info you wouldn't think to actually bother looking up.

There's a few oddball omissions from the book though, such as in the Final Fantasy section, Final Fantasy VII is actually barely even mentioned. (Ex; It's not in the speedruns section, whereas every other PSX FF game is)

I also wish they had a section on Silent Hill. A little disappointing, when they have sections on both Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark, but oh well

It's a good book though, and I definitely recommend it.

[Schwaltzvald]

I also wish they had a section on Silent Hill. A little disappointing, when they have sections on both Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark, but oh well

On the basis that it left out a major series... It definitely will not have a place in my extesive library >:[

It similar to the idea of me buying a car but with the axle part missing on the front and instead the builders just welded the two front tires for the lulz... forget it

[BardicKnowledge]

It's a quality book -- I bought it a few weeks ago. Thumb through it the next time you're at the store. At worst, it makes for a good gamer's coffee table book.