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Rolfe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 10, 1980.[2] He was raised in south New Jersey.[1][10] His parents bought him an audio recorder as a Christmas present sometime in the early to mid-1980s. Later, he got a camera and took photographs of him and his friends play fighting. He was inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to create adventure stories. Rolfe also illustrated comic books, which he updated monthly. One such comic he created had a plot inspired by the video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.[11]
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Chris Kohler is currently Editorial Director at Digital Eclipse, spearheading the historical research and writing that goes into the company's games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection and Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Before this, he spent nearly 25 years as a journalist at WIRED magazine and elsewhere. His books include Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave The World An Extra Life (Dover) and Final Fantasy V (Boss Fight Books).
I have money to spend, and I have a few of your books. I was thinking about picking up Pat's books too because they seem to complement yours. In my opinion, like retro VG Youtube content, the more, the better. I don't see why anyone should be concerned about competition. There's a ton of interest in this area. Also, these are video games. They're supposed to be about fun. When the fun stops and the petty drama begins, what's the point?That said, I'm likely not going to pick up Pat's books unless he stops the personal attacks and shows some maturity here. So far, it's a bad look. As you point out, Brett, there are 2 sides, but I've seen both, and the tone and reasons are worlds apart.
This was a great read and it's very clear that you are a genuine person.Take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I believe it boils down to Pat's ego and nothing to do with what you did or didn't do. He came up with what he believed was a great idea for a book, and one that, up until your book, was original. Rather than be content that he came up with it first, he felt jealous. Looking at the pages from each of your respective books, it's clear that your book is what Pat's should have been. Better executed, professionally published, with contributions from an unimaginable number of people from the gaming community just happy to be part your project (which is probably why Pat made those snide remarks about payment - what he had to pay for, you got for free, with love, xoxo). This is just high school all over again for Pat. You reached out, showed kindness, and that's all you can do. The rest is up to him.
Sounds like Pat just doesn't vibe with you. I'm sure he has dozens of small channel YouTubers who'd love to co-host a panel with him. He'd probably be more inclined to panel-up with a bigger name like Norm the Gaming Historian or James Rolph. And as far as your contributions to his book that got axed, it just sounds like your writing style didn't jive with the rest of the writing in his book, and he disagreed with your reviews. All subjective. No sweat. As long as he paid you for your work, that's fine.You're a great writer, Brett, and I hope this bump in the road doesn't slow you down any. Peace, brother!
Well, everyone can see the true intentions of a person from miles away. You're old enough to know that, Brett.When Pat first stopped by your table and told you about his project, he was being honest...but never thought you were going to come out with a -somehow- better version of the book. He in fact never thought anybody could come up with such an idea; an idea that he thinks its his own and nothing but his own, like he has the right to have it and no one else.But indeed this is a competitive world and no one should share his/her ideas of a project if uniqueness it's what's a person after. People ain't prepared to deal with competition, because there isn't enough criteria to face the problems that come later. You guys both ain't business men, just enthusiasts. People who purchases your products are just consumers. Wanting to have the whole market out of a product that can be improved, is precisely the major problem Pat couldn't deal with.Instead of seeing your books as a challenge to improve, he saw them as competition. He's right in this one when he told you about his plan on an NES book, and since you published books earlier than him, then why not wait to see his final work and make something better, right? In the process you were acquiring experience and new ideas. Both have the right to publish and come up with a final version that meets high demanding people. I like both books, but I enjoy an A4 format instead of a larger one. You, Brett, could have made a single volume for NES and SNES, and because of the number of pages, done by a publisher that knows how to produce books with its spine both sewed and glued. This recommendation of course goes for all authors with such projects in mind.Even with a better made product, prices can be lower than what they are. They are overpriced, yes. By a few bits (like the ones in the 8-bit era that is). I tell you this because I own a publishing company and can freely say that the real cost for each of your large sized books is at about $15 per piece, even a bit less in cases when large amounts are to be produced.Finally, business knows no friendship. When there's money involved, people see it as a god that rules everything. Business and persons with high criteria are very hard to come by, and can say that just a few of them exist, as those persons are the only ones that know how to separate business from friendship.Pat can improve his previous work. You can also (in the way I mentioned earlier), and then coexist without hard feelings, at all. Try it, get involved in this life project...Good luck!
Pat the NES PunkAppearanceYouTube IconYouTuber InformationProfilePat the NES PunkStyleReviewsDate joinedJune 20, 2008Twitter@PatTheNESpunk@PatContriInstagram@contricodeOther mediaStorePatreonT-ShirtsBooks and DVDsVideos3.7K+ScheduleDailyStatusActiveAssociatesCinemassacreUsernamePat the NES PunkPersonal informationFull namePat ContriNationalityAmericanChannel trailer Welcome to Pat's Channel!
Following 387 pages of North American releases, the book concludes with PAL exclusive games, HES (Home Entertainment Suppliers) games, special and promo cartridges (i.e. Nintendo World Championships 1990), test cartridges, label variants, the NES console and its major accessories, supplemental articles, and images of unreleased games.
Speakers: Pat "The NES Punk" Contri Description: Join Pat Contri and his 10th year at PRGE as he discusses creating retro gaming content throughout the years: YouTube videos, documentaries, podcasts, books, and more. Learn how creating gaming history content has changed and what projects may be planned for the future. The panel includes a Q&A session and maybe a surprise or two.
You can read that full article here to learn more about the project and keep tabs on the book's release; it's aiming for a March 2019 launch in the UK with other regions to follow shortly after. Its success could even spawn an entire series dedicated to gaming systems in the future.
Great, as long as it's available on Amazon, because I couldn't buy SNES Visual Compendium there apparently because Bitmap Books didn't want it on Amazon, strangely after all their other books are still there to buy. Why Amazon? Because there are frequent discounts. I got my NES Visual Compendium for less than 20 euros. Buying directly to the source is way more expensive.
Maybe it's just me, but there seems to a pretty big flaw in the whole marketing and coverage of this book on most sites, including Chris' own website, because I just can't find an obvious link to the Kickstarter (not even in the article where he reveals the book). Or am I just not seeing the obvious links here?
@impurekind There's no Kickstarter! The book's written, it has a deal with a publisher, it's currently being laid out and will be available in March 2019 in the UK and May-ish 2019 in North America. I don't need backing, I just hope people buy it when it comes out
I've already got Ultimate Guide to the NES Library by Pat Contri and the NES visual compendium by Bitmap. Don't need another one. Same with SNES. I've got the SNES visual compendium and Pat's got a SNES book in the making now.
@scully1888 what exactly differentiates your book from Pat's, that would entice me to make the purchase? Not trolling, honest and curious question. A few standout points of comparison would be great. Thanks.
This looks good, I might keep an eye out for it when it comes out. Aside from that, there sure are a lot of Pat shills in this comments section. I guess no one else is allowed to write a book about the NES but him now.
@Herman187 To be perfectly honest, I was only made aware of this other book a couple of weeks ago, long after mine was submitted to the publisher. As a result, I haven't read it yet, so I can't really comment on what makes mine different or 'better' (even though that's obviously down to personal opinion).
Also, while I haven't read Pat's book and completely understand why people would make comparisons, I don't see why there can't be two takes on the same subject. I see @NTELLIGENTMAN is saying he should sue me: nobody owns the concept of cataloguing a system's library, so that's frankly silly.
It's also inaccurate to suggest my book will be "the exact same book", and I don't appreciate the implication that there's something underhanded going on with regards to the book being mentioned on this site. While this coverage is welcome, I didn't ask for it and there was no deal in place. 2ff7e9595c
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