Comments on: Rise of the Existential Crisis: How One Woman Nearly Never Finished a Book Review

By: Becoming a Gateway: Or What Anna Anthropy Twines Together | Mythic Bios

Becoming a Gateway: Or What Anna Anthropy Twines Together | Mythic Bios — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:31:49 +0000

[...] what is also remarkable is how she even affects her reviewers and critics. Take Jenn Frank’s Rise of the Existential Crisis: How One Woman Nearly Never Finished a Book Review, or Cara Ellison’s Choose Your Own Anna Anthropy [...]

By: My Games of the Year | Unwinnable

My Games of the Year | Unwinnable — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:55:17 +0000

[...] Twine and the book would not go [...]

By: Infinite Lives » “Allow Natural Death” post-mortem (AKA “thanks”)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:31:04 +0000

[...] all been building and growing. Anna Anthropy taught me about the diversity of voice, of video games’ enormous, indescribable value as a medium and a force. She and Daphny David [...]

By: Why’s this so good? | Neighborhood News From J361

Why’s this so good? | Neighborhood News From J361 — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:54:28 +0000

[...] When Jenn Frank sat down to try and review Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, she found herself unable. [...]

By: The Museum of Death | Unwinnable

The Museum of Death | Unwinnable — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:59:59 +0000

[...] said this in my review of Anna Anthropy’s book, but it strongly bears repeating: don’t sit around. Take risks. Regret is one thing; [...]

By: Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:58:00 +0000

[...] thinking long and hard about how I would review the book, but while I was doing that Jenn Frank went and wrote 99% of what I had wanted to say. Anna Anthropy has written a highly compelling provocation to get out there and do something, and [...]

By: Rise of the Videogame Zinesters review on Unwinnable | Seven Stories Press

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters review on Unwinnable | Seven Stories Press — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:08:01 +0000

[...] Read the rest of this fantastic review of Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters at the Unwinnable website. [...]

By: A Theoretical War, Part 3 « Electron Dance

A Theoretical War, Part 3 « Electron Dance — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:29:19 +0000

[...] anyone and his granny can make a game and a new breed of street developer has emerged. Some of these new designers see the prevailing [...]

By: @neilsclark

@neilsclark — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:12:13 +0000

Great writing, great review.

By: The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:45:28 +0000

[...] A review of Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: “So I am not too sure about Anthropy’s assessment that a game needs to be authored by one person to most closely approximate a truth. I’m not sure books or zines need to be authored by one person. I’m not sure paintings need to be authored by one person. And in fact, videogames might be the one medium that benefits most from the creativity of the hive mind.” [...]