PositiveForbesSchreier’s first book, Blood, Sweat and Pixels, was a sort of collection of those types of stories, the tales behind how big games came to life, or almost didn’t. His second book, Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry, is a little more harrowing. In Press Reset, Schreier is focusing mainly on the failures, though maddeningly, the failures that can often come with success ... if you have any interest in the inner workings of the video game industry at all, it’s a must-read, given that few authors have the depth of sources willing to talk to them. In Press Reset, BioShock Infinite feels like a common thread, a main focus for a chapter, but constantly referred to as the rise and collapse of that game led to many other teams and games in the wake of it.
