8 Bit Book Club - 8 Bit Book Club

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The Angry Birds Movie: The Junior Novel Feb 21, 2017

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The club graduates to a 3rd grade reading level and discusses a children's book based on a movie based on a game. We contemplate the hidden message behind the bird/pig war, and Caldwell considers getting a very bad tattoo.
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The Twisted Lore of Twisted Metal Feb 14, 2017

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The club, aka the Lore Lords, explore the lore of Twisted Metal by traveling down a wiki rabbit hole. Things are about to get TWISTED! And CONFUSING.
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Myst: The Book of Atrus (Part 2) Feb 07, 2017

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The club revisits their favorite D'ni wunderkin, his crap dad, and his cave-dwelling grandma while trying to wrap their heads around the mind-boggling lore of the Myst world.
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Caldwell's Lore Corner: Skyrim (with Nathan Yaffe) Feb 02, 2017

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With Murph and Emily out of town, Nathan Yaffe joins Caldwell to tackle a book WITHIN a videogame -- "The Wraith’s Wedding Dowry" from Skyrim.
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Myst: The Book of Atrus Jan 24, 2017

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The club discusses the literary prequel to the original Myst game, which Emily confused for a children's puzzle game called The Island of Dr. Brain. Once again, the conversation devolves into jokes about dads.
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Sonic Adventure Gamebook: Metal City Mayhem (Part III) Jan 17, 2017

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The club finishes their Metal City adventure in spectacular fashion. Everything turns out great and Sonic ends up totally fine!!!
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Sonic Adventure Gamebook: Metal City Mayhem (Part II) Jan 10, 2017

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The club revisits a Sonic choose-your-own-adventure book to right the wrongs of their previous failed play-through. Last time, Sonic was incapacitated by poison gas and dragged off by robots, so this time can only go better!
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TEKKEN: The Dark History of Mishima Jan 03, 2017

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The club reads the videogamiest videogame book they've ever read, featuring cursed bloodlines, squirrel suit ninjas, and lots and lots of helicopters.
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Mortal Kombat Slash Fiction Dec 27, 2016

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The club reads about a forbidden romance between Sub-Zero and Scorpion, then bullies Murph about his Animorphs fan fiction. Featuring an original Sub-Zero song by Emily!
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Christmas Comes to Pac-Land Dec 20, 2016

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The club watches the 1982 Pac-man Christmas special featuring Pac favorites like Officer O'Pac and Chomp Chomp the dog. The ghosts learn a valuable lesson about the Christmas spirit and Pac-man says "we have to save Christmas" no less than six times.
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