Harvey Smith, who helped create such games as Deus Ex and Dishonored, has received a special recognition with his book Big Jack is Dead being named one of the Best Indie Novels of 2013 by the book review service Kirkus. Read on.
Big Jack is Dead tells the story of Jack Hickman, an antisocial software exec who designs team-building applications in the late 1990s. Controlled and calculating, his world begins to splinter when he learns - in the middle of a corporate meeting - that his father has committed suicide. Returning home to the Gulf Coast, Jack struggles with a host of unresolved feelings as he buries the man he hated most. Not only a well-crafted narrative, Big Jack is Dead gives insight into how personal demons are translated into power and escape themes in videogames.
Big Jack is Dead makes the perfect holiday stocking stuffer and can be purchased via Amazon today!
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