Console Wars

I'm kind of disappointed in this book. I've got a review of the book going up on my YouTube Channel on the 31st, so I don't want to give away the store, but here's the short version.The presentation of this book hurts this book. It's presented with a fictionalized narrative as opposed to the more distant tone of stuff like [b:Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture 222146 Masters of Doom How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture David Kushner https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386923206s/222146.jpg 215133]. We have significant events presented as one person describing an event to another person, which puts me, as an amatueur video game historian, in a pickle. Is what's being described hearsay, in which case the veracity of the event being recounted is questionable, because even putting any agenda out of the picture, there is the question of time's impact on memory.The fact that there is no chapter at the end of the book with references to clear some of this up, or an index to make finding particular pieces of information, also reduces the book's utility.It's an okay read. However, as a historical document, it's utility is heavily reduced by the way the material is presented - which is horrible, because had the material been presented better, this would have been the extensive and complete book on the console wars ever written.