The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2

Mostly excellent albeit a bit scattered at times, this gets a bonus for being one of the few straight history books discussing video games after the PlayStation 1 era.

3.5 stars.

Much like it's predecessor it largely ignores PC games in favor of console gaming. It has a single mention of Valve and Steam, despite how integral that has become to modern PC gaming. Blizzard gets more coverage than it did in the first book, but it's mostly in the context of the rise of Activision.

It is still a solid book on the last few generations of console games. However it's far from “ultimate”.