Mark Julio

Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil chronicles the development of Capcom’s popular video game series, from before the release of the 1996 original through the end of 2006. Alex Aniel spent years interviewing key members of former Capcom staff, allowing him to tell the inside story of how Capcom’s survival horror game franchise was envisioned as early as the late 1980s, how its unexpected and unprecedented success saved Capcom from financial trouble, how it struggled at the turn of the century, and how it was reborn with the 2005 release of Resident Evil 4. It concludes with the large organizational changes that occurred at Capcom in late 2006 that saw the series production shift to a new generation of creators. Aniel narrates the development of each Resident Evil game released between 1996 and 2006, interspersing commentary from the developers themselves. Aniel offers new information that takes into account Capcom’s situation as a company throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the video game industry as a whole, and how being from Japan influenced the viewpoints of the creators. Features interviews with many key players from the first decade of the Resident Evil series, including: Tokuro Fujiwara, Director of Sweet Home, Executive Producer of Resident Evil (1996) Yoshiki Okamoto, Executive Producer of Resident Evil series through 2003 Noritaka Funamizu, General Producer of Resident Evil series, Producer of Resident Evil: Outbreak Shinji Mikami, Director of Resident Evil (1996 and 2002), Resident Evil 4 Hideki Kamiya, Director of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry and OKAMI Kazuhiro Aoyama, Director of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Hiroki Kato, Director of Resident Evil CODE: Veronica

When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, players discovered just how fun basketball can be when freed from rules, refs, and gravity itself. But just a few years after the billion-dollar hit conquered the world, developer Midway, publisher Acclaim, and video arcades themselves fell off the map. How did a simple two-on-two basketball game become MVP of the arcade, and how did this champ lose its title? Journalist Reyan Ali dives deep into the saga, tracking the people and decisions that shaped the series. You'll get to know mischievous Jam architect Mark Turmell, go inside Midway's Chicago office where hungry young talent tapped into cutting-edge tech, and explore the sequels, spin-offs, and tributes that came in the game's wake. Built out of exhaustive research and original interviews with a star-studded cast ―including Turmell and his original development team, iconic commentator Tim Kitzrow, businessmen and developers at Midway and Acclaim alike, secret characters George Clinton and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Doom co-creator John Romero, and 1990s NBA demigods Glen Rice and Shaq―Ali's NBA Jam returns you to an era when coin-op was king.