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In 1991, long before Epic Games was putting out blockbusters like Unreal, Infinity Blade, and Gears of War, Tim Sweeney released a strange little MS DOS shareware game called ZZT The simplicity of its text graphics masked the complexity of its World Editor players could use ZZT to design their own games.This feature was a revelation to thousands of gamers, including Anna Anthropy, author of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters ZZT is an exploration of a submerged continent, a personal history of the shareware movement, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, the thousand deaths of Barney the Dinosaur, and what happens when a ten year old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand.It s been said that the first Velvet Underground album sold only a few thousand copies, but that everyone who heard it formed a band Well not everyone has played ZZT, but everyone who played it became a game designer. New Download [ ZZT ] Author [ Anna Anthropy ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A PRETTY MUCH PERFECT book about the thing I spent many teen years making terrible RPGs in, and about the weird sleazy social demimonde surrounding those Teen Gaming Dreams A book for anyone who was a confused kid finding solace in the weird world online, figuring ...Perfect mix of memoir and criticism in this tiny tome on shareware MS DOS games I bought from the author at her zine fest booth and now feel so damn silly for waiting this long to actually read Pick it up right away if you are feeling down o...ZZT by Anna Anthropy is centered around a gaming community that consumed a big chunk of my life between the ages of 13 and 15 ZZT was a game creation system, which meant it came with it s own built in world editor I discovered the game and community when we signed up for AOL using the AOL software for MS DOS in 1995 There were tons of user created games to download and play, and you could even upload your own A magical time.I made several games under my ZZT company Ultraware The community I ZZT by Anna Anthropy is centered around a gaming community that consumed a big chunk of my life between the ages of 13 and 15 ZZT was a game creation system, which meant it came with it s own built in world editor I discovered the game and community when we signed up for AOL using the AOL software for MS DOS in 1995 There were tons of user created games to download and play, and you could even upload your own A magical time.I made several games under my ZZT company Ultraware The community I bonded with on AOL, then later via the web and listservs, allowed me to escape my restrictive homeschooled ...ZZT Or This Is Our Punk Rock, to use the subtitle I imagined over the course of reading it is a coming of age story for the PC generation s middle children In providing both an accurate and entertaining account of her experiences with the game, Anna Anthropy bottles the feeling of early Internet and the Wild West era of shareware.Anthropy depicts youth with a rare honesty that scans as both intensely personal and instantly relatable Using interviews with other ZZT creators in addition to her ZZT Or This Is Our Punk Rock, to use the subtitle I imagined over the course of reading it is a coming of age story for the PC generation s middle children In providing both an accurate and entertaining account of her experiences with the game, Anna Anthropy bottles the feeling of early Internet and the Wild West era of shareware.Anthropy depicts youth with a rare honesty that scans as both intensely personal and instantly relatable Using interviews with other ZZT creators in addition to her own accounts, she successfully captures the fear and excitement of self discovery and self expression, weaving these threads to illustrate the extraordinary impact of a simple game creation tool ZZT is a testament to the powe...I supported the Boss Fight Books Kickstarter and have received each of the books they ve published to date, but ZZT is the one I was most looking forward to and the first one I read I never played around with ZZT to the extent that the author or any of the people featured in the book did, but I do remember having a few ZZT games and wasting reams of paper printing out instructions on how to build my own games in the editor The book is solidly written and well researched, but it focuseson I supported the Boss Fight Books Kickstarter and have received each of the books they ve published to date, but ZZT is the one I was most looking forward to and the first one I read I never played around with ZZT to the extent that the author or any of the people featured in the book did, but I do remember having a few ZZT games and wasting reams of paper printing out instructions on how to build my own games in the editor The book is solidly written and well researched, but it focuseson the cultu...I was captivated by this book, but I d be lying if I said there weren t a few things that primed me for it I remember ZZT what this book is ostensibly about very fondly, especially the editor It was my first foray into game development as a young un, and I just loved having those tools at my disposal back then I read this book at a time when I was heavily questioning my gender identity The author, and some of the people she talks about in this book, are transgender, and this is discussed I was captivated by this book, but I d be lying if I said there weren t a few things that primed me for it I remember ZZT what this book is ostensibly about very fondly, especially the editor It was my first foray into game development as a young un, and I just loved having those tools at my disposal back then I read this book at a time when I was heavily questioning my gender identity The author, and some of the people she talks about in this book, are transgender, and this is discussed to some extent in the book While I wasn t involved in the ZZT community at large I was too young at the time and didn t hang on for as long , I have a pretty vivid memory of what 90s online communities were li...In the vein of Boss Fight Books Volume 1 EarthBound, but is written in a tighter fashion and also has good insight into the creative process behind a lot of personal game development.Whereas the first book was a beautifully sprawling mess of biography and description, this one is tighter This befits the narrative architecture of each game.Anna Anthropy has shown a gift for embedding the autobiographical esp pertaining to her personal journey into her work, and this book is no exception It In the vein of Boss Fight Books Volume 1 EarthBound, but is written in a tighter fashion and also has good insight into the creative process behind a lot of personal game development.Whereas the first book was a beautifully sprawling mess of biography and description, this one is tighter This befi...Loved this, less about ZZT the game andthe community of players and creators that grew up around the game The tools to build worlds in ZZT seemed to give voice to those not normally heard at the time the marginalised, the strange, and the queer.The book also documents how that community interacted through BBS, IRC, message boards and even the games they made This makes it also very interesting study of early internet commu...A great nostalgia filled romp through a game that was a key part of many folks lives.ZZT is basically what got me into programming all those years ago It managed to hide the fact that it was programming until you were already neck deep in it and by then it was too late you were hooked.This book is pretty light on the technical side of things it s mostly about the culture around ZZT and the author s experiences with it For anyone in the ZZT scene as a kid it s going to bring back fond A great nostalgia filled romp through a game that was a key part of many folks lives.ZZT is basically what got me into programming all those years ago It managed to hide the fact that it was programming until you were already neck deep in it and by then it was too late you were hooked.This book is pretty...What an interesting, refreshing read Probably not everyone s cup of tea, but I really enjoyed it I m a few years older than the author and missed the boat on ZZT back in the day, though I enjoyed plenty of text character based games and tried my ha...

ZZT
  • English
  • 19 October 2019
  • Paperback
  • 144 pages
  • 1940535026
  • Anna Anthropy
  • ZZT