I’m a gamer, but not a gamer per se. I like to play video games, but aren’t very good at the newer ones. However, I grew up with the classic video games; they’ll always have a place in my heart and I could still probably beat 75% of people reading this on Robotron. It’s because of my staunch old-school settings that I was surprised that I enjoyed reading Guinness World Records 2015 Gamer’s Edition.
I know the overview of most of the current games. The names, characters and rough plot lines, but the interworking details of how much they cost, earned and technical specs were unknown. There is something in Guinness World Records 2015 Gamer’s Edition for everyone.
The book is broken down into hundreds of categories. Resident Evil, Japan, WWE, sports, vintage, women in video games, longest/shortest game play, game platform-you name a way that people can describe video games and it’s in this book.
Gamer’s Edition is presented in the same format as other Guinness World Records books. The record holders are listed in concise paragraphs that tell you all that you need to know about why that record matters. Some of the general topics have a page or two devoted to that topic, but the writing is brisk, fun to read and easily relatable to those that may not be hardcore gamers.
The writing in the book is appropriate for 9 years old and up. Ages 5 and up will like looking at the book though because every page is bright, vivid and feels like a comic book. Thankfully there are not any graphic images of violence or monsters. Gamer’s Edition does reference the very violent games, but the pictures are relatively tame and just show sketchy looking characters that you don’t want your children to grow up to be. Ditto the monsters, there are plenty of monsters in the book, but they aren’t too scary, violent or off putting to kids 5 and up.
At $14.99 it’s a good Christmas or holiday gift and packed with trivia that will entertain tweens for hours and be lighthearted toilet reading also.
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