• Masters of Doom - David Kushner 
• Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984 - Van Burnham
• Game Over - David Sheff
• Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames - Steven Poole
• Electronic Plastic - Jaro Gielens
• Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames - Leonard Herman
• Everything Bad Is Good for You - Steven Johnson
• Lucky Wander Boy - D. B. Weiss or The Beach - Alex Garland

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1: Any criticism of your chosen love is a result of bias:

2: The only defense is attack:

3: You are an unpaid salesman:

4: Ignore any positive comments, focus only on the negative:

5: Call everyone else a "fanboy" before they call you one:

6: Criticisms are old news, who cares?:

7: Hit and run:

8: Justify even the stupidest decisions/games:

9: Resort to melodrama to make your point:

10: Be a complete and total motherfucking IDIOT!

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10. Sub-Zero — and pals (Mortal Kombat)

9. Gray Fox (Metal Gear Solid)

8. Lo Wang (Shadow Warrior)

7. Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series)

6. Sam Fisher (Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell)

5. Leonardo and Raphael (TMNT, tie)

4. Shadow (Final Fantasy III/VI)

3. Hattori Hanzo (Samurai Shodown)

2. Joe Musashi (Shinobi)

1. Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)

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