Comments on: Jim’s Book: This Gaming Life

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:04:56 +0000

It has arrived! It’s a gorgeous book, if nothing else.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:04:04 +0000

Amazon UK should be resupplied within a week or so, I believe. You can also try to order it from your local bookshop. The ISBN numbers:

# ISBN-10: 0472116355
# ISBN-13: 978-0472116355

Not sure which one you need to order in the UK.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:36 +0000

Would love to have read this but my Amazon copy arrived in poor condition with scuff marks all over the cover design and even part of the cover ripped off. When I applied for a replacement I was automatically refunded without consultation and told to return the book, the reason being that the item is ‘temporarily out of stock’. When I quizzed them further on this it transpired that ‘temporarily’ could mean anywhere from ‘a month’ to ‘6 months’ to ‘indefinitely’.

So unless I can find the book sold elsewhere by a more reliable stockist who can actually supply the goods they claim to stock, I won’t be reading any of your work, Jim.

If anyone has managed to purchase this from a UK stockist other than Amazon -who are now officially on my blacklist for being shit- please let me know. Good news for Play.com who will now be getting all my book/DVD/game orders from now on.

By: Mechamonkey

Mechamonkey — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:05:01 +0000

My copy of this arrived from Amazon today, absolutely lovely look and feel. Cant wait to get stuck in later.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:49:33 +0000

P.S. Heffalumps did it.

By: mister slim

mister slim — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:18:52 +0000

Where’s the Steam release?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:29:07 +0000

Really looking forward to this! Just read some feedback from some woman on amazon who never plays games and said she didn’t really understand the book. Christ some people are stupid.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:09:39 +0000

This is honestly the longest I’ve ever waited for ~~a book~~ any purchase from Amazon.

It’d better be worth it, or I’ll do something childish and self-righteous like boycott RockPaperShotgun!

(I could never bring myself to do that, of course, but surely you can ask your publisher for a reason for the late arrival or, as a journo-turned-author, at least use your powers of embellishment and invention to come up with a half-decent excuse.)

By: Shayne Smart

Shayne Smart — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:28:04 +0000

Hey Jim, congratulations on completion of your book. I know you’ve been working on it for a long time, and it’s a great achievement – I’ve heard only rave reviews so far!

By: WCAYPAHWAT

WCAYPAHWAT — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:50:55 +0000

Yeah, I’d much rather buy a signed copy, straight from the source. then nod knowingly when people ask “who the hell is this Jim Rossignol guy?”

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:57:11 +0000

I want this book now :(

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:06:27 +0000

Had this on order with Amazon for a while now, which I believe makes me one of those RPS-ites skewing the ‘customers who bought this’ selection towards Pathologic.

Also, congrats Jim.