![]() I swear I mentioned this every time I make an update about books, but this time it's finally almost near completion! Here are early sketches by the cover artist, Thor Thorvaldson, who you'll also remember did the cover for The 200 Best Video Games of All Time book. We've got plenty of books coming the pipeline, including: But we still will be featuring more videos produced by the podcasting team, which will include footage of the game being discussed. Unfortunately we never quite achieved that goal, which is just as well, because most of the staff hasn't been able to devote the time to produce these. Previously we offered a stretch goal to allow for the monthly production of videos. Since US shipping is not too expensive, we can keep that tier at $20, but if you're anywhere outside the US, the tier remains at $25. The changes to way that Patreon charges customers also allows us to slightly change the tiers for physical books. $5 will still get you access to three of our most recent books, if you haven't donated before, which is still an almost $20 value. Now we have eight, with at least a few more on the way, so that began to seem a little too generous! So, that tier has been increased to $10, which is still a fantastic deal considering the PDFs and Kindle files are sold anywhere from $5-$10 each separately. This made sense back when we first launched the Patreon and only had two books. We depend on your contributions in order to put together books on relatively obscure topics like Taito and Data East so this will be a way to see your cash rewarded in print!Īlso, you used to be able to get all of the HG101 book PDFs for $5. The main changes are that you'll get your name in the back of the book if you're donated $2, whereas previously it was $10. $25 - You'll be shipped color paperbacks when they're available, plus all previous rewards (for non-US addresses) $20 - You'll be shipped color paperbacks when they're available, plus all previous rewards (US addresses only) Here's a mock-up of one written by myself: You can have a picture featured (or avatar), within reason, of course. What you want to write is pretty much up to you, as long as it applies to the theme of the book (these will be for the Sega Arcade Vol. $15 - You'll be given the opportunity to supply a short write-up to be featured in our upcoming books, discussing some kind of personal experience with the topic. You can also receive special thanks and pick a topic to be discussed on the Top Games podcast. $10 - You'll get full access to PDFs of all HG101 books, and discount coupons for paperbacks plus all previous rewards. 2: Taito Arcade Classics, and Data East Arcade Classics), along with exclusive Patreon-only bonus books, plus as long as you continue to donate, you'll receive PDFs/MOBIs of all upcoming books when they're released, along with the perks of the previous tier. $5 - You'll receive PDFs/Kindle MOBIs of the three latest HG101 book (as of this writing, The 200 Best Video Games of All Time, Digest Vol. ![]() Plus, you get your name featured in the back of all upcoming books! ![]() $2 - You'll receive regular site updates and early access to each episode of our podcast. So, we've decided to update our Patreon tiers in order to give some more bonuses to our readers and tie it in more closely with our recently re-launched podcast, The Top 47,858 Games of All Time. We've been running the Patreon here at HG101 for a little over two years and it's worked out great! The expanded budget has allowed us to commission a larger number of articles, and we now generally update about three times a week. Please check out our Patreon if this sounds interesting, and thanks for checking this out! So if you're an expert in these subjects, please keep your eyes open because we'll start looking once we've finished up with a few of our 2016 projects. ![]() ![]() These are still being planned, but due to the exhaustive nature of research required, we will definitely be looking for freelancers to contribute to these projects. There are two other large projects that we've mentioned before: a book covering the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series, and another covering the entirety of Falcom's work (Ys, Xanadu, Legend of Heroes). ![]()
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