Guinness recognizes Sid Meier as most awarded game developer
Another snippet of Guinness World Records: Gamers Edition news has come in, which seems to be a plausible reason for us to start a dedicated site for Guinness related news. Anyways, game creator Sid Meier, the creator of the Sid Meier Civilization game franchise is the industry’s most awarded game developer, a record duly recognized in the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008. This announcement was made by 2k Games in a statement on May 29, 2008. In case you are not aware, Meier happens to be the Director of Creative Development at 2K-owned Firaxis Games development studio…
Guinness makes classic game, pinball tourney a record-breaking event
Guinness is giving any gamer the opportunity to break into the record books by breaking arcade gaming records at the 10th Annual International Classic Video Game and Pinball Tournament scheduled from May 29, 2008, to June 1, 2008, at the Funspot Family Entertainment Center in Laconia, NH.
Gamers who successfully tumble established arcade gaming records at the event will have…
Gamertell Review: Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008 book
Product: Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008
Price: $19.95
Pros: A good-looking book with plenty of pretty pictures, trivia and, oh yeah, some world records.
Cons: This is more a trivia book with some fan gushing (and opinions) than a catalog of game-related world records. Some of the rankings are questionably subjective and it’s missing references to a few key consoles and Apple products.
Overall: A fun coffee table book with plenty of game-related trivia but not the all-encompassing catalog of world records you’d expect from Guinness.
Score: 7 out of 10
Bragging rights. Guinness’ published world records are the ultimate catalog of bragging rights. Sure, you usually think of wacky stunts, impossibly long fingernails, really fat dudes and that one weird episode of Happy Days. Get down to it and the Guinness book of world records is all about bragging rights no matter the craziness being recorded.
Sure, this is an extremely interesting and entertaining read, but I’m not completely convinced the 2008 Gamer’s Edition of the Guinness World Records book does proper justice to the game industry or to world records…
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