Sid Meier's Memoir!

A great memoir about a game designer that's been responsible for some of my fondest childhood memories playing Civilization with my brother on our family PC. Not only is this a great trip down memory lane, Sid also shares some insightful principles of his about game design and ultimately user experience design in software products - no software genre focuses so relentlessly on the person in front of the screen, and in a world that has at times shifted toward treating players more like a wallet with a keyboard than the focus of attention, Sid remains uncompromising and clearly, one of the greatest of all times.