For the old school gaming fans in the audience, StoryBundle has a new offer consisting of books about classic tabletop and video games until mid-July:
The Summer Video Game Bundle contains histories about TSR & Dungeons & Dragons, Japanese game developers, a general book about how video games are made, some best-of and other issues from gaming magazines, and more. There's even a title about a company that used to make video games specifically for the Christian religious market, which I admit I'm kind of morbidly curious about.
Anyway, at the basic pay-what-you-want tier (minimum $5), you get 3 books and a magazine issue:
- How Video Games Are Made by Russ Pitts
- Boss Fight Books: Bible Adventures by Gabe Durham
- Put This In Your Brain: The Best of Unwinnable Weekly by Stu Horvath & the Unwinnable Writers
At the $12 top-tier, the additional 3 books and a set of magazines are:
- Designers & Dragons - 1970s, 1980s, 1990s & 2000s by Shannon Appelcline
- The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers by John Szczepaniak
- HG 101 Presents: An Unofficial Guide to Castlevania by Kurt Kalata
- SCROLL: #12 - Introducing MSX (Plus #1-11 Bonus!) by Ray Barnholt
Unlike Humble Bundle, there doesn't seem to be any way to top up your purchase if you decide to spring for a higher tier later, so please make sure of which one you want before buying, if you're interested.
Speaking of Humble Bundle, IIRC I only cross-posted this to the Comics & Kids/YA megathreads when it came out, but their current offer, which is good until next Wednesday 11 AM Pacific Time:
Humble School's Out Book Bundle presented by No Starch Press
consists of a whole bunch of mostly kid-friendly (but some adult-oriented) geeky science & tech toys & computer programming books (including a kid-level graphic novel about plate tectonics, an illustrated guide to the periodic table of elements, and a university level manga guide to databases), and has added 3 more titles (all repeats from previous HBs which you might have missed) to their mid-tier.
X-link to the DRM-free megathread for details.