It's no secret that in the FreezeRay Nerdcave there exists a modded XBox that has 1000s of games pre-loaded onto its console from every major game system from Atari 2600 all the way to Nintendo 64 (the SNES catalog alone keeps your E-I-C busy for hours at a time).  So, yes, the classics are treated with reverence here.  And to discover that a bold new press is basically publishing a series of books on classic video games (read:  Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Super Mario Bros. 2, Galaga, etc) is 8-bit music to our ears.  Their Season 2 is fully funded but still available for pre-order at their Kickstarter website here.

All of these books are available both in print and electronically (DRM-free), which makes all the sense in the world.   Support these folks; they're making thoughtful, engaging texts on these games and their ripples in the authors' lives.  Big thanks to Cartridge Lit to hipping us to this wholly worthy series!

It seems that contributor Ellyn Touchette's "Gene Hackman Suite" is making the lit world tweet crazy.  Check out the props from Noble/GASP!  Qtrly!