Video Game Book Club -- Soft and Cuddly by Jarett Kobek

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Published on October 13, 2021 9:21:13 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCCzSCE7mc

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This book covers the games Soft and Cuddly and Go to Hell. Both games were released on audio cassette for the ZX Spectrum. This format allowed the games to be pirated. Jarret talks about this when he goes through some compilations which were released in Eastern Europe.

A lot of this book is spent talking about what was going on in the UK during the 80s. It works really well as both of the games don’t really need a ton of explanation. To explain why these games matter, Jarret explains the computer industry, politics in the UK, and the moral panics in the 80s.

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