Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games

Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games

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  • Create Date：2025-01-07 10:20:25
  • Update Date：2025-09-14
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  • Author：Mike Drucker
  • ISBN：1335012699
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Summary

A hilarious， heartfelt and nostalgic memoir about the classic video games that entertain and inspire us， and even hold the power to transform our lives， from an Emmy®-nominated comedian and former video game writer for Nintendo， the perfect nonfiction read for fans of Tomorrow， and Tomorrow， and Tomorrow。

You may know Mike Drucker for his Emmy®-nominated comedy writing or his hilarious skits on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live。 Perhaps his riotous social media feed or his jokes online had you laughing out loud。 But at the heart and soul of his career in comedy are the video games he grew up playing as a kid。

At the ripe age of three， Mike got his very first Nintendo console， and it was love at first Duck Hunt。 As video games evolved， so did Mike， each new game expanding his worldview and teaching him all about football through NFL Blitz， how to dance （kind of） with Dance Dance Revolution and much more。 Mike knew he wanted a career in gaming and eventually took a job at Nintendo， but after opening for Patton Oswalt and writing freelance for SNL， he realized his true calling was comedy。

Mike combines his love of both gaming and writing in a rollicking tribute to the wonderful history of games and how electronic entertainment deeply influences our lives。 Nostalgic and revealing， caustic and biting， yet most of all， unabashedly funny， Good Game， No Rematch is a love letter to video games and on writing， dedicated to the people who were born to hold a controller and to just about anybody looking to laugh。

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Reviews

LayLay Charles-Neal ，

Good Game， No RematchMike DruckerRelease: 04/01/2025Read: 11/01/2024 to 11/25/2024310 pages/NetGalley Review ARCA mere background of the authors background to video game and the new advancements that have been brought to the gaming world。 He has had his fair share of systems especially almost all of the Nintendo products including the failed products; The author then goes on to speak about the new ones that we know and love like Minecraft or Fortnite。 He plays those to and seems to really love b Good Game， No RematchMike DruckerRelease: 04/01/2025Read: 11/01/2024 to 11/25/2024310 pages/NetGalley Review ARCA mere background of the authors background to video game and the new advancements that have been brought to the gaming world。 He has had his fair share of systems especially almost all of the Nintendo products including the failed products; The author then goes on to speak about the new ones that we know and love like Minecraft or Fortnite。 He plays those to and seems to really love building in Minecraft。 I learned about old advancements then， I knew nothing about and I guess that just shows my age。I loved all the aspects about the book。 I just wished it had some order to it。 The personal experiences made it pop， but， I did feel like it dragged on a bit。 。。。more

Mike Heenan ，

Thank you to NetGalley， the author， and the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review！This book is a combo part-biography， part-random thoughts written by stand-up comedian and comedy writer Mike Drucker。 I actually wasn't familiar with the author prior to reading the book so I didn't know what to expect。I really enjoyed the biography portion describing the author's childhood and overall history of playing video games。 Moving through his career was also interesting， i Thank you to NetGalley， the author， and the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review！This book is a combo part-biography， part-random thoughts written by stand-up comedian and comedy writer Mike Drucker。 I actually wasn't familiar with the author prior to reading the book so I didn't know what to expect。I really enjoyed the biography portion describing the author's childhood and overall history of playing video games。 Moving through his career was also interesting， including a short but important stint at Nintendo。 The random thoughts sections were hit or miss for me depending on the topic - but I think different people will like different parts interesting depending on their experience。I would recommend this book to anyone who grew up playing video games and wants to feel a bit of nostalgia。 。。。more

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