Blair Farrell has
been playing video games obsessively in some capacity since he was five years
old, beginning with the NES and up to the PlayStation 4. Another of Blair’s
hobbies is reading comics, and in 2012 he combined his two loves and created
Comic Gamers Assemble, a website dedicated to comic book-themed video games. Since that time, he’s published more than 1,000
articles—everything from editorials to features to reviews of comic
book-flavored video games, both past and present.
My new book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 2 (N–Z), is now available! You can order copies direct from me by clicking on the Buy it Now button below. (U.S. only, includes shipping):
Or, you can Venmo $59.98 to @BrettWeiss-18. (U.S. shipping only.) Just let me know if you want me to personalize the autograph and what you want me to say.
Volume 2 of SNES Omnibus is a fun and informative look at ALL the original Super Nintendo games released in the US starting with the letters N-Z. More than 375 games are featured, including such iconic titles as Star Fox, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Tetris Attack, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Each game, whether obscure or mainstream, is covered in exhaustive detail. In addition to thorough gameplay descriptions, the book includes reviews, fun facts, historical data, quotes from vintage magazines, and, best of all, nostalgic stories about many of the games from programmers, authors, convention exhibitors, video game store owners, YouTube celebs, and other industry insiders. The book also features more than 2,000 full-color images, including box art, cartridges, screenshots, and vintage ads. Plus, there’s a gorgeous centerfold starring your favorite SNES characters.
The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 2 (A-M) is available as well. Click HERE to check it out.
Barry
Shank runs the Facebook group Gamers Helping Gamers, a community of people who
are passionate about video games. What sets the group apart from the pack is
its mission to help members find games for one another for a “bro price,” typically 30 percent or so below market value. The only rule is that you can’t “flip”
or resell the games you get at a discount—it’s about the love of the hobby.
Barry,
by all accounts a devoted family man and solid citizen, also contributed some nostalgic
stories my SNES Omnibus project, a two-volume set featuring every U.S. release
for the beloved Super Nintendo console. Barry is all about supporting the community and having a good time. He even asked me my favorite question (I’m
paraphrasing): “When buying the books, would it help you more to buy them
direct from you?” Yes, it does. Thanks, Barry!
Barry
Shank, who began gaming on the Atari 2600, is the founder of GHG (Gamers
Helping Gamers) on Facebook. He started buying games for the Atari from the
flea market in the ’80s with his dad, who refused to spend more than $3 per
game. From there, he moved on to the Genesis and now has a game room that
contains every console since. His current passion is working with his group to
help people find the games they want at reasonable prices.
Old School Gamer Magazine #9 is now available! You can read the digital version for FREE by clicking HERE. If you'd like to subscribe to the print version of Old School Gamer, click HERE. The colorful, info-packed, labor-of-love publication features articles by yours truly, Q*bert creator Warren Davis, historians Leonard Herman and Michael Thomasson, The Minds Behind the Games author Patrick Hickey, and others, including an interview with legendary Atari 2600 programmer Dan Kitchen.
Blake
J. Harris is one of the few retro gaming authors who has hit the big time and broken
into the mainstream. His book, Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battlethat Defined a Generation, is a best-seller that has been reviewed almost 500
times on Amazon. It is currently being adapted into a feature
film by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Scott Rudin. I’ve spoken to many people
who enjoyed the unusual (for non-fiction) narrative structure of Console Wars,
and you can still find it on the shelves of many bookstores.
I've been writing for AntiqueWeek on a regular basis for almost a decade, and people often ask where they can find the articles online. Here are several you can read by clicking on the links:
Read my Thundarr the Barbarian cover feature HERE.
Read my Night of the Living Dead cover feature HERE.
Read my Video Games as Collectibles cover feature HERE.
Read my Rolling Stone Magazine cover feature HERE.
My AntiqueWeek article about the KISS End of the Road Tour is now online. It features quotes and KISS nostalgia from Three Sides of the Coin podcast co-host Mark Cicchini. You can read it HERE.
Few
people have been as enthusiastic about The SNES Omnibus project as Blair
Farrell, whose specialty is superhero video games. Not only has Blair enthusiastically
contributed stories to The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and ItsGames, Vol. 1 (A–M) and The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games,Vol. 2 (N–Z), he’s shared posts, written a review, and in general been very
supportive. Blair knows his stuff, and you can check out his work on ComicGamers Assemble. Plus, he’s a super nice guy and a geek in the best sense
of the word. Thanks, Blair, for going above and beyond!
