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Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman: The Final Edition (2024) Rob Strangman talks about his experiences with gaming over the past forty years, from playing the Atari 2600 as a child up until now, and everything that happened as a result, from the friends he made through gaming to his experiences as a videogame fansite webmaster and more.
-Rob's experiences during the years of 8-bit gaming, from the '80s to the early '90s. Table of contents/chapter excerpts Front cover artwork by James Beaver. Buy Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman: The Final Edition here. |
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| Lulu Press. 254 pages, softcover. |
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Eating Candy in Outer Space (2024) Join author Rob Strangman on the journey of his lifetime. Learn about life as it was for an average boy growing up in the United States at the end of the 20th century, from his family history to the toys of the 1980s, his pets, the unrequited loves and the friends that made his journey worth taking. Come along on family vacations, observe his first steps into adulthood (and laugh with him at some choice failures) and so much more. Relive, or live vicariously for the first time, the decades that helped establish many modern pop culture icons, when grunge music made parents question their children's sanity, and every movie had a toy or video game tie-in. Spanning the late 1970s to the year 2000, Eating Candy in Outer Space covers many parts of Rob's life, told as only he can, in this companion to Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman.
-Rob's childhood, his family history, and the experiences he had growing up in the '80s in Connecticut. Table of contents/chapter excerpts Front cover artwork by James Beaver. Buy Eating Candy in Outer Space here. |
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| Lulu Press. 248 pages, softcover. |
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Digital Archaeology: Retrogaming Recollections (2024) Everyone that's been playing videogames for years has a story to tell, and Rob has gathered many of those in the pages of Digital Archaeology. Also included are interviews that Rob has conducted with industry professionals and and other notables.
-People from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and countries have each contributed a story/stories about their experiences in gaming, ranging from the earliest days of gaming to the most recent.
-Contributors include such notables as Sam Roberts, Brett Weiss, Earl Green, Eugene Myers, Cat DeSpira, Ken Horowitz of Sega-16, Timothy David of the band Bathroom of the Future, Shmup Junkie, Sega Lord X and many more. Table of contents/chapter excerpts Front cover artwork by James Beaver. Buy Digital Archaeology: Retrogaming Recollections here. |
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| Lulu Press. 384 pages, softcover. |
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Tales From The Third Moon (2024) A look at the heyday of internet forums, before social media all but overwhelmed them, Tales From The Third Moon is a series of posts from Rob's forum The Third Moon, aka T3M. Starting in 2000 and spanning a full decade, Tales From The Third Moon is unedited and uncensored, just as it was when it was online. Tales From The Third Moon may baffle those that weren't there to experience it, but will hopefully provide future historians with a look at what life on the internet was like in the early 21st century, before the rise of social media.
-Covers two iterations of T3M, the original ezBoard version, and the Invisionfree version that was created when ezBoard was hacked and most content was lost in 2005. Table of contents/chapter excerpts Front cover artwork by James Beaver, based on an original design by Patrick Morris. Buy Tales From The Third Moon here. |
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| Lulu Press. 294 pages, softcover. |
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Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide To Retro Horror (2018, with Kurt Kalata) Lightning flashes and thunder roars as you take your first steps into the realm of the undead, their hideous moans echoing in the night as they rise from their graves. Your finger tightens on the trigger of your shotgun as the ghouls get closer. Another flash of lightning reflects off your armor as the sentient mask you've been cursed to wear urges you to slaughter everything in your path. As the first shambling monstrosity reaches for you, the ghost of a smile crosses your face as you raise your shotgun and take aim... Hardcore Gaming 101 is proud to present The Guide to Retro Horror! Within these blood-soaked pages you'll find some of the most famous (and infamous) horror games ever released, from cult classic series Ghosts 'n Goblins, Splatterhouse, Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Nightmare Creatures to obscure favorites Monster Party, Chiller, Project Firestart, Sweet Home, Waxworks and more! A word of warning, though: the horrifying theme of this book may be inappropriate for young children... and cowards. Artwork by Rusty Shackles. Buy The Guide To Retro Horror here. |
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| CreateSpace. 96 pages, softcover. |
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Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman (2008) is the story of one man's view of the ever changing world of videogames and the impact they’ve had on his life throughout the years. Veteran gamer Rob Strangman takes you on a tour of the some of the defining moments in videogame history as seen through his eyes. From the fall of Atari to the emergence of the Sony PlayStation and beyond, Rob relates the experiences that he and his friends had during the golden age of gaming, his experiences with importing and his feelings on the current state of gaming. His friends [redacted], Mike Plasket, Sam A. McComb, Ian Donegan and Sage Lennon Gerard have contributed stories of their own as well. Front cover artwork by James Beaver. Back cover photo by Gregg Smith IV. | |
| Lulu Press. 153 pages, softcover. |
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Tales From The Third Moon (2010) was created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Rob's internet forum The Third Moon. Packed with memorable posts spanning a decade, along with bonus content from his website Zero Signal, this massive tome is a time capsule of internet life in the first decade of the 21st century. Front cover artwork by James Beaver, based on an original design by Patrick Morris. |
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| Lulu Press. 800 pages, hardcover. |
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Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman (2014). Join veteran gamer, video game fansite webmaster, and born storyteller Rob Strangman as he takes you on a tour of some of the most defining moments in video game history as seen through his eyes. From the fall of Atari to the emergence of the Sony PlayStation and beyond, Rob relates tales of the adventures that were had during the golden age of gaming. Rob also discusses his experiences with importing, the "gamer" stereotype, and shares his opinions on the current state of gaming. While Rob may have been the original "Virtual Caveman," he certainly wasn't the only one. Included here are many other stories and contributions from gamers both young and old. Contributors include Sam Roberts of the Strider fansite The Light Sword Cypher Mainframe; Rondal Scott III of the pop-subculture website Strange Kids Club; Earl Green, webmaster of TheLogbook.com; Rob O'Hara, author of the books Commodork and Invading Spaces; Cat DeSpira, author and blogger; Brett Weiss, author of the Classic Home Video Games book series; Steven, of the retrogaming website RVG Fanatic; Mike Plasket, contributing editor to the retrogaming website Hardcore Gaming 101; and many more. Also within these pages you will find interviews with many of the gaming industry's veterans: David Crane, Howard Scott Warshaw, Martin Alessi, Yuzo Koshiro, Kouichi "Isuke" Yotsui and more. Front cover artwork by James Beaver. Back cover photo by Melanie Smith. |
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| Lulu Press. 472 pages, softcover. |
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Tales From The Third Moon (2021) is a special anniversary re-release of the original Tales From The Third Moon. Presented in a newer, slimmer softcover edition, Tales From The Third Moon may baffle those that weren't there to experience it, but will hopefully provide future historians with a look at what life on the internet was like in the early 21st century, before the rise of social media. Front cover artwork by James Beaver, based on an original design by Patrick Morris. |
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| Lulu Press. 270 pages, softcover. |
