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Power-Up by Chris Kohler6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, there’s a massive new chapter all about the life and work of Nintendo’s late president Satoru Iwata. I’ve written a new essay about Akihabara, Japan’s gaming district. The new edition has a foreword from Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony’s worldwide game development studios and one of the key figures in the Japanese gaming industry. Power-Up went out of print many years ago and has been unavailable to purchase ever since, so I’m very excited that an all-new, updated for 2016 edition is available as of Octofrom Dover Publications. It explores the cinematic nature of games like Donkey Kong and Final Fantasy, and features in-depth, original interviews with industry luminaries like Shigeru Miyamoto, Fumito Ueda, Masaya Matsuura, Eiji Aonuma, and many more. Building off the research I did at Tufts University and a Fulbright scholarship to Japan, it’s an examination of Japanese video games from a variety of different angles. My first book, Power-Up, was originally published by BradyGames in 2004. Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life Two new books, by me, are now available! Here’s the rundown: ![]()
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