★★★★
I could never have imagined that a book about gaming and coding would hook me so completely. But it’s a love letter to creative process, collaboration, and story-telling—and I ate it right up. If you’re into creativity, you will enjoy this one. Creative nerd or not, you will find a beautiful story about relationships, chosen family, success, failure, and the many ways people make meaning from their suffering.
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“‘So what do I do?’ she asked. ‘You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it’s a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.”