The Making of GoldenEye 007 -- a History of the N64 Classic

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Gabe Durham
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Based on exclusive interviews w/ the game's creators, Alyse Knorr's book covers the development & release of Rare's 1997 surprise hit.
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Dates: Jun 22nd -> Jul 7th (16 days)
Project By: Gabe Durham
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31 Hours Left + Paperback First Look!

July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey All, Just 31 hours left to go on the campaign, and we're at $36,850 and 979 backers. Will we hit $40k? Will we hit 1000 backers?? Regardless, thanks so much to all of you who have backed and shared -- you've made this our most successful per-book... (Read More)

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July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, Our awesome layout designer, Chris Moyer, sent me a couple of mock-up (not finalized) images of the interior of the deluxe hardcover edition. I got excited, seeing this -- it makes it feel real! Mockup of Deluxe Hardover Pages with... (Read More)

Meet Alyse Knorr, the Author of GoldenEye 007 -- Q&A and Video

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, Last night the GoldenEye campaign hit $30k -- amazing! Thank you so much for backing the campaign and spreading the word. Thanks to you, everyone who backs the campaign for $30 and up gets a free PDF edition of The Legend of Argus: The... (Read More)

Amazing first day! Target reached & stretch goals obliterated.

June 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Everyone, On behalf of the author and the rest of the BFB team, thank you so much for supporting this book! It means so much to us that you showed up for this project. I checked my email yesterday and discovered that Alyse sent Mike and I a... (Read More)

'GoldenEye 007: The Making of an N64 Classic' book on the way

June 22nd - via: gonintendo.com
Boss Fight Books has taken to Kickstarter to fund a new book based on GoldenEye for the the N64, and they’ve already hit their funding goal. GoldenEye 007: The Making of an N64 Classic is a book that will look at the absolute phenomenon of GoldenEye for the N64. (Read More)

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