The X-Play Insider's Guide to Gaming

by Marc Saltzman

X-Play is a television show that serves up reviews, previews, and features about your favorite videogames every day on G4TechTV. This book aims to examine the best and worst of games, chat with game... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735714355
• ISBN13: 9780735714359
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Techtv
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Not too shabby for a video game book

OK, as I write this E3 '06 is going on...it seems that these books tend to sell during the holidays and during the summer when E3 goes on. So you might want to pick up this book as it's a reminder of the X-Play of the past in readable form. It as mentioned by other reviewers, does has some editing issues but overall is a fine collection to the videogame book library. Fairly thick with a lot to read, the price is reasonable. Pick it up...it's X-Play :) .

A Book to go with one of TV's best show

X play is basically a show about video games. They preview, and review them. Here is the low down on the book: PROS: Detailed reviews which will aid you in your decision as to whether to or not to buy them The Reviews will produce a few cheap laughs CONS: Not one review by Morgan Plenty of spelling errors and mistypos Some Games that have been given 5s are not in here. There are more flaws than Pros in this book. However, as a loyal fan of the show, I can say, this book is worth 20 bucks. Not the greatest review but its everything you need to know about the book. A 4...out of 5

Great book for guys AND for girls...

This is a great book from a great show. One of the best features of this book is the female view of games from Morgan. It's so cool that she is in a girl in a guys world. A lot of people forget that there ae girl gamers out there.

First Book For One Of TV's Best Shows

I'm not much of a video game player, but X PLAY is one of my favorite shows on TV. While essentially a video game review show, the writing on it is so smart, so funny, filled with all sorts of obscure pop culture references, it feels like it was written by Quentin Tarantino, Dennis Miller and the writers of THE GILMORE GIRLS combined. Some of the best comedy writing anywhere. And Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb are the best comedy team on TV. Now, they have released their first book. X PLAYS INSIDER'S GUIDE TO GAMING At close to 500 pages, this book is filled with game reviews, interviews and stories by the cast and crew of the show. It is a must for all fans and for those looking for video game reviews. The only drawbacks to the book are the reviews just aren't as funny without Adam and Morgan reading them. And, the book has the look and feel of a computer manual. While there are a lot of photos in the book, they are all in rather washed out black and white. Plus, with all of the talk in the book about certain skits they performed, I wish they had a companion DVD to watch some of them. It is a good book, although it is more for the people who watch the show for the reviews rather than for the writing. Still, it is well worth buying. I give it a 4 ... out of 5.