The Sega Dreamcast: Collected Works book is finally back in stock at @readonlymemory.com
Not a sponsored link or anything, just a shout-out to one of my absolute favourite gaming books. One I’d highly recommend to anyone.
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Ah same here! I do love that branding… so it was a pleasure to be able to go to town and make this a love letter to the JP look.
Yes I removed the backer names for this new version - we have 48 pages of new material to make up for it though!
—Darren
Correct! Ours our exclusive to our site, and come in two variants – the screen-printed 'Sega Black' version or the acrylic slipcased Deluxe Edition. The contents are the same across all editions.
A hardback edition of “The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom” placed on a table beside a yellow bookmark that is no longer required now that I’ve finished reading the book.
An electric guitar placed over a page near the end of “The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom”. The top horn of the guitar focuses attention on one particular paragraph that reads as follows: 66 Ryan Lesser You know, this wasn't originally our goal — our goal was to make people feel like musician(sl but what would happen, we would start hearing that guitar sales, and then later things like drum sales for Rock Band, were picking up because people were graduating out of Rock Band and graduating out of Guitar Hero and wanting to play the instruments for real. We would hear from the actual instrument manufacturers, saying that they saw upticks in their sales. That became really important to us, too, now that we knew that we were making more musicians. 99
The Acknowledgements section of the book, which concludes with a paragraph that reads “Lastly, thank you so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed. Go pick up a guitar and riff your fucking ass off.”
🏁 Finished reading the excellent “Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom” today.
Fast-paced, tons of nuggets of behind-the-scenes that I had no idea about e.g. Bret Michaels’ appearance 😆
Can confirm graduating out of GH/RB with real 🎸🤘🥹🤘🥁
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
A hardback book placed on a table, open at a black page with the title of book highly visible - The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom.
A peek inside at one of the chapters.
Guess what I started reading last night!
Loving the five coloured sections 😜 plus it opens like so…
A page with the words "YOU'RE FUCKING RUDE MATE"
You've got to love any gaming book where this is the chapter kick-off
📬 Just received copy of @metallicaisrad.bsky.social’s “The Oral History of GH, RB and the Music Game Boom” from @readonlymemory.com!
Top notch packing, chaps👏😍
Started on GH2, later RB, bought 🥁 kit, then to stringed 🎸 with RS ➡️ Room full of kit!
🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋
Being friends with creative people who make cool shit is awesome because look at the fun stuff I get to buy form them (@metallicaisrad.bsky.social new book “The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom”!!!)
the dream team rides again - excited to have an excerpt from my book on @mattleone.bsky.social's wonderful new site, @designroom.bsky.social. Loved writing this chapter on The Beatles, and especially learning more about the GOAT Yoko Ono.
Nothing like the delivery of an expertly written, wonderfully designed gaming history book to brighten my day. I can’t wait to dive in.
Fantastic job @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com 🎸
The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom by @metallicaisrad.bsky.social tells the inside story of a phenomenon that lived fast and burned bright – from meteoric rise to sudden collapse. Available now, only from ROM: readonlymemory.com/products/gui...
"Directing The Beatles: Rock Band is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life."
The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom by @metallicaisrad.bsky.social tells the inside story of a phenomenon that lived fast and burned bright – from meteoric rise to sudden collapse. Available now, only from ROM: readonlymemory.com/products/gui...
Finally, it's here! The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom from @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com, this means a lot to me because GH and RB are the games that would eventually inspire me to become a game developer myself.
Bespoke ROM packaging
Slipcase for the book
The book itself with the Tabbed sections
Signed edition
An unexpected Christmas present just dropped through the door… from @metallicaisrad.bsky.social and @readonlymemory.com, a girthy tome to keep me warm on these winter nights: The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom
My Rock Band / Guitar Hero oral history from @readonlymemory.com just showed up!! Can't wait to read even more about Harmonix.
An excellent post day, today. The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom by @metallicaisrad.bsky.social has finally arrived.
Look at those coloured pages! Beautiful 🤩
Can’t wait to get stuck in.
The oral history of guitar hero, rock band, and the music game boom by Blake Hester
Includes concept art and behind the scenes looks at the development of the guitar hero franchise
I am so excited to dive into this oh my god
The cover of The Oral History of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Music Game Boom surrounded by games and standing atop is Slash playing Guitar.
Newest book has arrived 🤘 📘
"The Oral History of #GuitarHero, #RockBand and the Music Game Boom"
Thank you @readonlymemory.com and @metallicaisrad.bsky.social for this one! 🙏
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A look back at three decades of play 💙
PlayStation: The First 30 Years, a new large-format photography book, launches spring 2026. Pre-orders start today: play.st/42cp78U
