Blue Wizard Is About To Die! Prose, Poems, and Emoto-Versatronic Expressionist Pieces About Video Games (1980-2003)

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ALL YOUR POEMS ARE BELONG TO US! The first collection of poetry about video games ever published, Blue Wizard takes you on a psychotic and hilarious tour through the arcade and console games “I laughed, I cried, I took a break to play some Arkanoid. Ok, so maybe | didn't cry." -Demian Linn, Editor-At-Large, Electronic Gaming Monthly “Seth 'Fingers' Flynn Barkan (AKA Doktor Nicodemus Strangelove) is a stone-cold genius. He's also a damn fine poet." - Jarret Keene, author of Monster Fashion ‘There is insight, humor, irony, and humanity to be found in these pages." - Marc Polonsky, author of The Poetry Reader's Toolkit “In a perfect world, there would be no message boards full of the incomprehensible ramblings of gamers everywhere trying desperately to put into words the essence of so many hours whiled away at their strange and oft-misunderstood passion. There would only be poems like these." - Kevin Anderson, poster of over 3,000 messages to the ClassicGaming.com website forums - Intro Cinema - Mario - Things I’ve Learned - Things I’ve Experienced - Bushido Blade - Crazy Taxi - Karnov - Fire Show - Kid Icarus - Paperboy - Sinistar - 3D - Shareware - Doom - Quake - Lag - Meditations On Murder - Mario In Exile - Half-Life - The Mega Man Haikus - A Good Walk Spoiled - Smoking Light Guns - Dragon’s Lair - Mario Vs. The Punk Rock Hero - Joust - Interesting Concept - A Very Special Message From Major Havoc - Astrosmash - Missile Command - Bubble Bobble - Midway - Pac Man - Defender U7 - Boss Encounters - Cocktail Mode - Counter-Strike (Or: Black Elvis) - Skookie Sprite - Living Room Ballet (A Tragedy) - Oregon Trail - Manifest Destiny - Kage - The Long Night of The - Fists of Fury - Bondage - The Lay of the Lan - Smash TV - Haven't Played In Years - My Afterlife - Appendix A: Immortals - Appendix B - Appendix C: Grue Hunting - Appendix D: References - Appendix E: Resources - ALL YOUR BASE