Information Felipepepe's Encyclopedic CRPG Book Released

[baud]

I hope it draws some widespread coverage and does well.

I wonder about that... Not a single mainstream website wrote about it yet. One would expect that speed would be a strong point of online jounos. :/

You got an article on kotaku (http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/02/07/massive-book-about-history-of-pc-rpgs-is-out-now-for-free)

Yes, Kotaku, I know, but it's something, right?

 

[Bigg Boss]

I have been following this for a couple years now. Just wanted to come by for the obligatory blowjob/nod of approval. Kudos felipepepe and all who contributed.

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

felipepepe - I cannot put this book down. I go to the shitter, I take my laptop with me to read more of the book. I lay my old arse down to bed at night, I take the laptop with me so I can read more of the book. It is simply too marvelous to describe, my friend.

 

[Zombra]

Crooked Bee, please remove OP links to the 1.0 version, there has already been an update.

Thanks Crooked Bee, sorry to be picky, but you should probably link straight to the blog only. The 1.0.1 version is probably going to be out of date soon also.

 

[felipepepe]

Kotaku posted about the book: https://kotaku.com/massive-book-about-history-of-pc-rpgs-is-out-now-for-fr-1822796892

Look at that header image and just imagine F4 fans reading Ludo's review...

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Kotaku posted about the book: https://kotaku.com/massive-book-about-history-of-pc-rpgs-is-out-now-for-fr-1822796892

Look at that header image and just imagine F4 fans reading Ludo's review...

I love how they didn't mention the 'dex at all.

Jason Schreier.

 

[Zombra]

I love how they didn't mention the 'dex at all.

Uh ... is there a reason they should?

 

[Goral]

Uh ... is there a reason they should?

Most of its authors are from RPG Codex or have accounts here (including Tim Cain, Chris Avellone, Hannah and John Williams, Wesp5, etc.) and it's felipepepe's HQ :].

 

[DavidBVal]

Uh ... is there a reason they should?

Most of its authors are from RPG Codex or have accounts here (including Tim Cain, Chris Avellone, Hannah and John Williams, Wesp5, etc.) and it's felipepepe's HQ :].

Why would they know it? It's not as if the book mentions it at all.

 

[HiddenX]

Very positive reactions on the German site Gamestar.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Poles like it:
http://antyweb.pl/darmowa-ksiazka-o-grach-rpg/ (one of major polish IT sites)
https://jarock.pl/crpg-book-project
https://fallout-corner.pl/2018/02/05/premiera-crpg-book-kompletnego-kompendium-temat-crpg/

https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2018/02/08/78329.html (what they write here?)

 

[*-*/\--/\~]

Damn, reading it makes me feel really old.

 

[Rinslin Merwind]

Congratulations with creating such impressive book, I hope it will be have world wide recognition. Although reading this book is really hard for me, because tears of nostalgia filled my eyes.

 

[Drax]

Any chance of having it in a more kindle-friendly format?

 

[MSP]

One of the biggest Czech news portals (idnes.cz) informs about it. In fact, I noticed it there before RPG Codex.

https://bonusweb.idnes.cz/encyklopedie-rpg-hry-0r7-/Novinky.aspx?c=A180208_103855_bw-novinky_srp

So, what's next? Kickstarter for leather-bound cRPG Codex?

Respect.

 

[Mark Richard]

This is truly something special.

I might ask to proofread this, the typos are driving me crazy.

 

[Arthandas]

JRPG Book. When.

Is that what you're secretly doing in Japan Feripe?

 

[Grauken]

I doubt Felipe will go down that road anytime soon. He pulled through out of sheer stubbornness to give up, but I doubt he would have started it if he knew what he was in for

 

[GarfunkeL]

Congratulations for finishing this felipepepe - I gotta admit that when I submitted my ME2 piece, I didn't really believe that you could ever reach the finishing line and put out a complete book. Really happy to have been proven wrong!

PS - do you have any download stats?

 

[Goral]

Why would they know it? It's not as if the book mentions it at all.

There's something called "journalism" where journalists do some research before publishing an article. And RPG Codex is mentioned first in several places which suggests its importance.

PS - do you have any download stats?

He said he doesn't but we know that most visitors come from USA, Poland and Germany.

Poles like it:
http://antyweb.pl/darmowa-ksiazka-o-grach-rpg/ (one of major polish IT sites)
https://jarock.pl/crpg-book-project
https://fallout-corner.pl/2018/02/05/premiera-crpg-book-kompletnego-kompendium-temat-crpg/

https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2018/02/08/78329.html (what they write here?)

You forgot about this:
https://www.wykop.pl/link/4150395/encyklopedia-crpg-udostepniona-w-wersji-pdf/ (very likely it's how they've heard about it)

 

[felipepepe]

There's something called "journalism" where journalists do some research before publishing an article. And RPG Codex is mentioned first in several places which suggests its importance.

Fun fact: Only ONE journalist sent me an email asking anything - a guy from Slovenia.

I'm on the train to work now, but Monday is holiday in Japan, so I'll have a long weekend to sit down and reply all the messages and stuffies.

Regarding stats, we had 60k unique visitors to the blog + 30k on the kotaku article. If we assume that everyone downloaded it and add the direct pdf links from other places, we are probably around 100k downloads

 

[BrewMonk5000]

This is an amazing piece of work! Thank you all for your dedication and for making a place like this what it is.

 

[Sensuki]

Games journalism is pretty must just a form of advertising, so if you're not paying them and it's not a slow news week, then not too surprised.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

There must be a printed edition.

And it must be leather bound.

For bonus points it should have a fore-edge painting. Fanned, for extra prestige points.

Edit: Once all the typos are fixed. "As much
as enjoyed seeing my father play"

"Not only it’s an amazing game that breath new life into CRPGs,"

"But that was also allowed, and we had a lot of fun talking about just how different our experiences was"

 

[felipepepe]

For people curious about stats:

:kwafuckyeah: