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Covering a decade on the inside of the games industry, SEX, DRUGS, AND CARTOON VIOLENCE lifts the curtain on the whirlwind of hype and promotion surrounding the launch of a multimillion dollar game. From all-expenses paid junkets, to multi-million dollar parties, to exclusive ÒpreviewsÓ, these are the stories youÕve never heard about the way video games are sold and reported.
Written by a veteran games reporter and former television producer, this is the story of an accidental journey into Ñ and back out of Ñ one of the weirdest niches of journalism in the world.
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Called ÒThe Indiana Jones of games writingÓ by goodgameswriting.com, Russ Pitts has spent more than ten years traveling the world writing about video games. Pitts is the former editor-in-chief of the six-time Webby Award-winning website, The Escapist; the former features editor at Vox MediaÕs premiere video game website, Polygon and the former head writer and producer of TechTVÕs ÒThe Screen Savers.Ó
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