Monday, December 26, 2005

The 2006 Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom

Friend and sports gaming guru Bill Abner just had his book released--The 2006 Gamer’s Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs and Lightsabers. Here's the press release:
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – December 23, 2005- The 2006 Gamer’s Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs and Lightsabers book by William Abner is filled with entertaining reviews, previews, and commentaries on all gaming platforms and the gaming industry as a whole. The 300 page book takes a month-by-month look back at the significant game releases of 2005 and looks ahead to the exciting titles gamers can expect to see in 2006. Along the way the Gamer’s Tome offers insights into anything and everything that has to do with gaming, including why sports games are the biggest rip-off in the industry, advice on how to talk about games in public without being shunned by “regular” people and even what energy drinks give you that extra oomph you need to get through an all-night LAN party.

The 2006 Gamer’s Tome of Ultimate Wisdom: An Almanac of Pimps, Orcs and Lightsabers (ISBN: 0789734656) priced at $19.99 is currently available at major retail stores and online sellers. For more information and quick delivery visit Que Publishing at www.quepublishing.com

The book includes:
· A daily dose of gaming goodness for PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, GameCube, GameBoy, Nintendo DS, and the PSP
· "Best of" and "Top 10" lists for every aspect of gaming

· Trivia, history, and nifty facts about gaming
· Nostalgic trips with classic games and how to play them on your computer today.
· Corporate Graveyard essays that discuss the legacy of formerly popular developers such as Ion Storm, Troika Games, and Looking Glass Studios
· Bargain Bin essays that highlight great games that can be bought for $20 or less

· Links on where to grab some of the best mods for popular PC games
· The Gamer's Tome covers every genre from sports, shooters, platformers, adventure, role-playing, strategy, MMOGs, and much, much more

I've read a few chapters and it's a very fun book. If Amazon will get off its ass and ship me my copy, I'll have more to tell you. In the meantime, here's an Amazon link:
http://tinyurl.com/btg6v.

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