This trilogy of "GAME BOY ESSENTIALS" books collect articles from gameboyessentials.com
Ranging from seminal classics to forgotten titles; they offer in-depth analyses of the good and bad games you should play to understand the universal appeal of the #GameBoy.
An elite team of MI6 agents must go undercover to unravel a smuggling network funding violent terror in the second thrilling adventure in the acclaimed Double O series by Kim Sherwood.
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 24: When older novels use outdated or racist language, should they be edited for the modern world or left alone and viewed in context?
Racist language in particular will stop me reading a book. If you want me to appreciate the book's merits, edit out the racism. It's easy to imagine ppl my age and younger repulsed into avoiding books that contain racist language. Publishers are editing it b/c they want current readers to appreciate "classic" books' merits.
Last year, #IanFleming's estate - publisher of his books - announced they were publishing new editions of the #JamesBond books w/ the racism toned down. This is an example of a publisher wanting an author's works to be appreciated for their merits instead of being dragged into the abyss by their racism. At the movies, Daniel Craig's Bond grew into a sensitive, monogamous man. Movie Bond wouldn't have lasted if he remained the sexist racist of the 1950s.
...James Bond in Licence to Kill, but his likeness is used in the game, most notably the opening screens, thus making it Dalton's last appearance as Bond to date. 🍸
It was also the final Bond game to be released by Domark, who had released a series of Bond themed games beginning in 1985 with A View to a Kill. 🕵️
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
Today, April 11, 1997, the “Tomorrow” newspaper late edition reports on the sinking of the HMS Devonshire, a ship that went down off the coast of China due to a hacked GPS, believing itself to be in international waters (Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997)
I would like to announce that I have accepted the role of James Bond for a three-picture deal. The producers agree that I can use my own accent. In my first adventure, Single Malts Are Forever, I will be battling SPECTRE as they attempt to infiltrate critical distilleries and transform all the single malts into blendeds. Clearly, I am the only one who can stand between this nefarious plan and whiskey chaos. #jamesbond
For the record, Hugo Drax was the name of the billionaire #JamesBond villain in #Moonraker whose solution was to kill off most of humanity and send his chosen few into space