**edited 12/02/13 
 To get the most out of this book, you need to: 
 (a) have lived through the 80s and absorbed a hella lot of 80s culture, and 
 (b) be an avid gamer. 
 Unfortunately, while I technically lived during the 80s, my vocabulary at the time consisted mainly of "waaaa","mama", and "no," and my total gaming experience consists of an addiction to spider solitaire, a past obsession with Myst and its successors, and a tendency to hand the controls over to my sister whenever the game required motor skills. In short, basically every single reference in this book passed me by. Denuded of its nostalgic charm, the book is still entertaining, but not precisely brilliant. 
 ...And that's all I'm going to post here. 
 The rest of my (rather verbose and quote-filled) review is posted over here at Booklikes. 
 Why? Because I disapprove of GoodReads' new policy of censorship, I will no longer allow my full reviews to be posted here. 
 ~2.5