Game Boy - Gordon Houghton Reviews
Newest Review: ... part of the plot. If you don't know your Mario from your Master Chief, you will spend half the time wondering what on earth ... more
... Houghton is babbling on about. Even gamers may find themselves floundering at times, and you need an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of gaming history to pick up on all the references. Even myself (who's been a gamer for over 30 years) didn't pick up on all the references. It's going to leave non-gamers completely cold.
Despite this, the author manages to avoid the usual stereotypes. Despite displaying some obsessive tendencies, none of the characters are nerds, geeks or loners. They are all (relatively) normal peop...more
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I've read a couple of Gordon Houghton's books - The Dinner Party and the Apprentice - and found his dark humour very enjoyable. Game Boy is a little bit of a departure from those earlier novels since the tone and humour in the book are a lot lighter. Arguably, this makes it a better, easier read and one that should be accessible to a wider audience (providing you are a gamer - see caveat below) Game Boy focuses in on four friends who met at university, united by a love of computer games. Now in their forties, they have drifted apart slightly and forged new lives for themselves. However, once a year, they still meet up on four successive weekends to hold a ... Read the complete review
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