{"product_id":"super-mario-galaxy-by-jordan-minor","title":"Super Mario Galaxy by Jordan Minor (Preorder Now)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable for preorder. Ships 11-30-26.\u003c\/strong\u003e (Note: If you add this book to your order, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ethe ENTIRE order will not ship until end of November\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-940535-44-9\u003cbr\u003e5x7\", matte finish, 164 pages\u003cbr\u003eCover art by Jack Bloom \/ Cover design by Jack Grimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e** Every paperback preorder of \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e comes with a \u003cstrong\u003efree copy of the ebook edition\u003c\/strong\u003e and a \u003cstrong\u003elimited edition bookmark\u003c\/strong\u003e featuring the book's cover art. Ebook and paperback ship simultaneously. **\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mario’s adventures escalated from \u003cem\u003eBros.\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eLand\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e, the only direction left for an ambitious plumber was up into the stars. In \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e, defeating Bowser means launching from planet to planet, pausing for just a moment in each Launch Star to wonder what pleasures and challenges await. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheer joy of navigating \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e’s varied, clever, and physics-defining planets to Mahito Yokota’s uplifting score is more than enough to satisfy Mario fans. And to casual players, brought into the hobby through the Wii phenomenon, \u003cem\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/em\u003e offered new delights beyond motion tennis and bowling. Yet the game also contains a surprisingly sophisticated hidden layer of \u003cem\u003eLittle Prince\u003c\/em\u003e-esque melancholy, beautifully embodied by Rosalina and the Lumas. Director Yoshiaki Koizumi was so committed to the game's emotional core that he developed Rosalina’s heartwarming storybook at night and snuck it into the game without telling his boss, Shigeru Miyamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this critical and personal appreciation, Jordan Minor takes on a game that influenced his career as a games journalist, offered a chance to bond with his wife, and—after years of watching the game go unsupported on modern consoles—made him a believer in game preservation. Today, with a Switch 2 remaster and a new animated movie out in the world, \u003cem\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/em\u003e’s legacy has never been more certain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJordan Minor\u003c\/strong\u003e is a veteran entertainment and technology journalist. He is the author of the gaming history book \u003cem\u003eVIDEO GAME OF THE YEAR: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977\u003c\/em\u003e. For years Minor was senior editor at Geek.com, and he is currently a writer on the Apps and Gaming team at PCMag. He has also written freelance articles for multiple prominent gaming outlets, including Kotaku, The A.V. Club, Paste magazine, 148Apps, and The Escapist. Minor graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is a proud member of the New York NewsGuild, the New York Video Game Critics Circle, and the 2023 Game Awards Future Class. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e is a singular achievement, and Minor's book is a comprehensive guide detailing how this piece of video game history was developed, including the lessons from \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Sunshine\u003c\/em\u003e's failures that helped guide the artistic triumph \u003cem\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/em\u003e represents. It's an \u003cstrong\u003eawesome\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ewell-researched\u003c\/strong\u003e read.\" - \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeather Anne Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, host of \u003cem\u003eGet Played\u003c\/em\u003e and Writer\/Executive Producer at Rick and Morty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A game like \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e warrants an interplanetary scope, and I can think of no better pilot to guide us through the cosmos than Jordan Minor. This book joyfully introduces readers to the artists, designers, musicians, fans, and critics floating in the game's orbit. Between expeditions, Minor returns to his own experiences with the spacefaring plumber, affording us moments to relax and refuel. The result is a book that combines \u003cstrong\u003ecriticism\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ehistory\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal reporting\u003c\/strong\u003e into \u003cstrong\u003esomething truly stellar\u003c\/strong\u003e.” - \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Plante\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, host and founder of Post Games\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Jordan Minor takes us on an orbital tour of one of Mario's most beloved and thematically textured games. 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