Jet Simon

A very inspiring read full of nerdy details. If you like game development it is a must read!

Very touching. The past harmonizes.

A captivating and short read. It really absorbs you in its universe. Lots of great foreshadowing makes each twist and turn make sense in this time travel mystery.

An amazing look into the history of SNL. If you liked Please Kill Me's look into the 70s punk scene and you also like SNL then you'll like this book.

A good story but it read a bit biased towards Google. Though that is to be expected.

This book went a lot more into AI solving games than I thought, but as someone interested in that topic I really enjoyed the book. I did think it would be more about the history of the games than humans using AI to solve the games. But again, interesting twist. If that sounds interesting to you then it is worth a read.

4.5/5

Damn you good reads for not letting half stars.

Anyways this is a great memoir about the dark side of Hollywood and shows how terrible some parents can be! I applaud Jennette McCurdy for writing it and I hope she continues to write more. Ariana Grande sounds like a big poopie.

The best sci fi book I've read since Enders Game. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. Plus - to my knowledge - the author isn't anything like Orson Scott Card!

This book made me think in ways I wouldn't usually think. It's a nerdy-noir-crime-drama-murder-mystery-sci-fi-fantasy-history-fiction-non-fiction-good-book.

A delightful romp into the world of puzzles. Plus it's a book about puzzles that comes with puzzles and has a giant meta puzzle to solve. Lots of fun facts and interesting history. If you see it, read it!

A fun idea for a graphic novel. I always enjoy fictional biography type stories. It was a little predictable but I enjoyed the references and could tell the author liked the subject matter. I'm also a fan of his other comics. If I could I would give 3.5.

An incredibly told story. The characters felt real, the pov switching always felt natural. I didn't see anything coming. It felt like catching up with friends. Books don't usually make me feel so much. I read it because I like game development but I think it's just a great book in general.

An entertaining story about showbiz. I wish it went a little more in depth about him, but I understand he wrote only how much he was comfortable with. A nice solid biography, 3.5/5.

Little Brother was a book I read many times over as a young teen. So reading this and seeing some of the characters years later was nice. I think the story in Little Brother/Homefront is a little more immediate (especially the former), but this was a good book. He may be a bit of a meme at this point but I do enjoy a good CD read.

Was a very entertaining read. Great stories from his childhood, Hollywood, and the Obama administration. If you like funny biographies I would definitely pick it up.

It did paint Obama as a total saint, which I don't think he was (though definitely better than some other presidents). So that kind of threw me off, because otherwise Kal seems fairly progressive. But he did work for the guy, so it makes sense.

I'd buy it, borrow it, etc.

I am not too much of a fiction/mystery reader. This book was good.

It was an interesting (though I think somewhat pessimistic) view of life in pre-apocalyptical world. I found myself reflexively drawing parallels with covid-19 in some respects.It does feel like the author must lean right politically speaking, as the attitude of the main character towards some activities seems fairly conservative. But I guess he is a cop. Good read, if not just for the lore. The mystery is more the cherry on top.

Really interesting book. Goes through why people get addicted, the authors personal experience with drugs, and goes through the major types of drugs and how they work on the brain.

If you're into how drugs work I'd recc it.

A worthy successor to Blood Sweat and Pixels. Really great look into an industry that can be not as great as you'd think.

I did enjoy the previous book more, as it focused wholly on the development of games, which made it a bit more addicting to read. But this was definitely a refreshing read and it was nice to see how each chapter linked into the next. It's a small world.

Really great insight into Sid's process and a great story. Really well done.

It was a decent read, though it felt like it repeated some points over and over. Definitely shows you why the whole family is messed up.

Very entertaining scenarios! I do wish a couple less were from his website but it makes sense. I'm sure the sequel has more paid content as he hasn't updated his site in a long time.

Going to read that too.

Was a pretty good read! The concept of the U shaped curve def impacted how I think about some things. I enjoyed outliers more though.

If you like books about the creative process behind video games, this is a must read