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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.76179480973
EAN: 9780811861847
ISBN: 0811861848
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: November 26, 2008
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Sales Rank: 44232
Studio: Chronicle Books
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In 1982 George Lucas saw potential in the fledgling videogame industry and created his own interactive-entertainment company. Twenty-five years and dozens of award-winning games later LucasArts has earned a prestigious place in the industry and in the hearts of gamers everywhere. Rogue Leaders is the first substantive survey of a videogame companyóa deluxe compilation that traces its history through never-before-published interviews. In addition more than 300 pieces of concept art character development sketches and storyboards have been lavishly reproduced to showcase the creative talent behind such videogame classics as The Secret of Monkey Island Grim Fandango and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as well as games that were never publicly released. A thrill for millions of videogame and LucasArts fans around the world.
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Rating:  - Sorry, not worth the $$ for this one....
At the risk of being branded un-popular, I have to be honest, this book was quite the disappointment. After reading some great classics on this period of game, game console, and personal computer developement, I expected alot from this book for it's price and size. A real in depth story of the beginning of LucasArts and all the stories and details I would have assumed accompanied each game they released and those I remembered playing and enjoying so well! What I received in my opinon was no better than a collection of the back covers of the game boxes with a tiny blurb covering each.
It comes across more as a coffee-table book or one of those huge budget books you can buy at any mall bookstore that have lots of little pictures but not much in the way of detail or entertainment. It seems more of a collectors item than a real history of the company and game development. The book is huge but at least over an inch of white border covers each page. Yes, some photo's are quite big, taking up a page spread but it seems to me like so much wasted space that could have used with more text for each game. To think so many of my favorite games are covered by a paragraph or two instead of a half chapter or so! Don't get me wrong, there are some nice pics in here you cannot see anywhere else (story boards, internal memo's, etc) but otherwise you get box art and maybe one screen-shot for each game.
At a much lower price, I could give it another few stars as a collector's item but ... Read More
Rating:  - Beautiful Guide to the LucasArts Franchise
This is an absolutely beautiful guide to the history of the LucasArts gaming franchise from its beginnings through the Force Unleashed. Along the way, Rob Smith hits the high points for their hottest properties including among many others Full Throttle, Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and of course Star Wars.
The book feels like a museum exhibit dedicated to the gaming company with loads of amazing full color photos and art, with insights and artifacts from the making of these great games.
The book is larger than I was expecting, but it is put together very well and uses very high-quality paper. Upon its arrival, my son and I sat down with it and flipped through the entire book, page by page, 3 times.
This is a wonderful collectors item for any fan of gaming, or for fans of any of the franchises covered in the book.
Rating:  - A Great Archive
This is a good, comprehensive look at LucasArts. As someone who has played all of their point & click adventure games and some of their Star Wars ones, this book is a fascinating archive of storyboard/visualization artwork, background stories, domestic/international packaging artwork, posters, photos, and other internal documents.
If you're a reader of RetroGamer, you're probably accustomed to the lengthy "Making Of" articles which goes in depth and behind the scenes on classic games. The opposite is true of this book. Instead of the lengthy article with the tiny photos, you'll find less behind-the-scenes stories on a particular game and pages of large, beautiful production artwork. This book aims to provide a comprehensive view of LucasArts through the years rather than focusing on a particular game. You'll even see a few pages of canceled games like a Full Throttle's sequel and a few paragraphs on that hated Sar Wars fighting game (Masters of Teris Kasi or whatever it was called). It covers everything from the start through 2008 (Lego Indiana Jones, Clone Wars, Star Wars Unleashed).
The $40 Amazon price makes this an affordable, fun gift for anyone who has played the classic LucasArts games. Once this book goes out of print, prepare to watch the selling price of this book jump (just like those CD collections of LucasArts games).
I'm not sure what to make of George Lucas' foreword. I've never been a fan of the recent direction of LucasArts (No point and click ... Read More
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