If you don’t want to take your Switch or a suitcase with an integrated screen this summer, but you still want to geek: Cédric has several solutions for you:
- The famous Valve console : Steam Deck! So yes it’s pretty, yes there is a huge part of the games you have on your pc in mobile mode, but it’s complicated to get it and it’s above all still very expensive for the moment.
- On the other hand, for those who want to play a game of Pac-Man, Space Invaders or even Street Fighter… there are portable mini arcade consoles or everything is in your hand! It’s not expensive, around thirty euros and the vintage aspect is clearly there because we find the spirit of the arcades that were all the rage in the 80s! Something to have fun on long journeys for example!
You can also stay geek by reading about video games…
There is one editor that stands out from the pack: Third Editions. It offers a cascade of books around gaming: the history of Pokémon, that of the Wii or even the legend around each episode of the Final Fantasy saga. But there are also small nuggets:
- “Video game imagination: French concept artists“: inside there are about twenty interviews with the biggest French studios to understand how the aesthetics are created around a video game. It’s signed Marine Macq and it’s a pleasure when you’re passionate about video games.
- “What’s left of humanity? Deciphering The Last of Us games“: it’s by Nicolas Deneschau around the universe of the iconic game The Last Of Us. We dive into the mechanics around the game and the post-apocalyptic world, an exciting book that you will devour!