The Games that Saved Me
A downloadable book
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A memoir of a life in games I've made and games I've played
Check out memories of games like
- Final Fantasy VII
- Flash games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner
- Neopets
- French MMORPG Dofus
- Games flipping at Blockbuster Video and Gamestop
- Freelance game journalism
See the life that led to the choices made the following
- Geeky origins as a lonely kid
- Running a college game dev club
- Making narrative games that made people laugh, and made people cry
- Co-founding a nonprofit for underrepresented game devs
- Running a sleeper hit quiet party for game devs
- Graduating from NYU's Master's of Fine Arts in Game Design program
- Going to the brink and how I managed to come back through my knowledge of psychology, philosophy, and gaming
Through the lenses of
- Growing in parallel with the evolution of games as a medium from the 90s to 2020s
- As an Asian American
- As a New Yorker (I'm walkin' here!)
- As someone with a neurodivergent background
Updated | 24 days ago |
Status | In development |
Category | Book |
Author | Charles H. Huang |
Development log
- April 2023 UpdateApr 28, 2023
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This has inspired me to think and document (in case I ever forget) in depth on the games // consoles that I played growing up!