How Sega Nearly Won the Console Wars

Console Wars has arrived with much fanfare; it’s already being adapted into a feature film by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who provide the book’s foreword. The book itself is a fast-paced page-turner that anyone with an interest in classic gaming history will want to read for its unique behind the scenes insight into Sega, Nintendo and Sony through the eyes of its former employees.

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How Will Vinton Lost His Studio to a Rapper Named Chilly Tee

With no knowledge of animation, Travis Knight was assigned “mop duty” -- he started out in the doldrums of the CGI department, rendering whiskers on "The PJs"’ Thurgood Stubbs. Nobody at Vinton Studios knew he was the heir to a man worth $9 billion ($16.3 billion today) -- a man who’d just purchased 15% of the company.

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