Known for popular online role-playing game, Sword & Backpack, Gabe
Soria has written books for Penguin Young Readers including Regular
Show's Fakespeare in the Park and Shovel Knight's Digger's Diary.
He has written several comic books for DC Comics including Batman
'66. Gabe also collaborated with friend Dan Auerbach of the Black
Keys on the The Murder Ballads comic book. This is his first work
of original fiction.
Kenall Hale is a cartoonist from Wisconsin whose work has varied
from animated character designs to commercial advertising. He has
produced work for Nick Jr., Bento Box, Skippy Peanut Butter, and
Sandman Studios. He has also taught classes for Brigham Young
University. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his pet rock,
Rock.
"Awesome 80s vibe." - Max Brallier, Last Kids on Earth
"I still haven't beaten the game, but that means I get to read it
again!" - Drew Brockington, CatStronauts
"[Midnight Arcade] doubles down on the nostalgia vibe to awesome
effect." - Brandon Montclare, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
“Once I figured out how to maneuver my spaceship, I effortlessly
defeated the Black Angel on my first attempt because I'm a genius
[sic]... and then I immediately crash landed on a jungle planet and
died like 5 times, haha” - Patrick McHale, Adventure Time & Over
the Garden Wall
"Midnight Arcade combines some of my favorite things like
skeletons, haunted castles, weird aliens and making terrible
decisions into one radical book." - Dave Scheidt, Wrapped Up &
Trolls Graphic Novels
"Worth its weight in quarters" - Ben Bertoli, 101 Video Games to
Play Before You Grow Up
"Midnight Arcade uses nostalgia in the best way possible (for good,
not evil) which makes it straight up super-fun. PUT YOUR TOKEN IN
THE SLOT AND START PLAYING!" - Brandon T. Snider, The Elements of
Harmony: Friendship Is Magic
"Absurdly entertaining. Transported me back to a when games were
fueled by quarters and raw imagination." - Landry Q. Walker,
Project Terra
"...magically immersive..." - Kirkus Reviews
"Like the perennially popular Choose-Your-Own-Adventure theory,
this first Play-Your-Way book gives readers plot options, allowing
them to weave their way back and forth among half a dozen choices.
The conceit though is that the adventures all relate to
old-fashioned (i.e., 1980s-type) video games that abound in the
haunted arcade of an abandoned shopping mall. The protagonist is
“you,” bravely making your lone way into the mall, only to be
confronted by a creepy arcade host who offers a challenge: play one
of two games that lead to a new world of choices. Will it be Space
Battles or Crypt Quest? Will the reader choose a maneuver that pays
off, or one that leaves you DEAD?! (No worries—you can always start
back over at the point where you made your fatal choice.) Nostalgic
digital-style fonts and portrayals of old-style controls give the
book flair. Not for the linear-minded, but those readers who enjoy
video games will be on board for the dizzying turns and restarts,
making the series a likely hit."
- Booklist, Karen Cruze
"This Play-Your-Way novel contains fast-paced action with a video
game feel featuring a game console that drives the alternate
options to the stories. The book contains two different arcade game
storylines that will interest gamers. A group of friends go to a
derelict, haunted mall at the outset of the book. The friends
chicken out on going in, but one young adventurer enters the dark,
eerily quiet halls and suddenly hears arcade music and lights in
the distance. When he investigates, he finds the arcade with lights
on in old-style games. As he investigates this magical place, he
encounters a mysterious arcade worker who gives him a game token.
The reader then picks which storyline to follow to begin the
experience. This book will appeal to readers who like to play video
games and who enjoy choose-your-own-adventure style books. The
stories have many different decisions possible with game console
controls guiding the paths of the stories."
- School and Library Connection, Richard
Fanning, Library Media Specialist, Spring Forest Middle School,
Houston, Texas
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