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@bitnerd.gvg.io

Hello there! My name is Derrick Bitner, writer and editor at GVG, and now a published author! In fact you may be interested in my upcoming book, "A Communal History of Metroidvania Video Games," which explores the origins, evolution, and state of the beloved genre! www.lostincult.co.uk/metroidvania

lostincult.co.ukA Communal History of Metroidvania Video Games — Lost In CultA Communal History of Metroidvania Video Games retraces the genre’s steps back to the 1970s, from there uncovering fifty years of discoveries and dead-ends. Through incisive retrospectives and persona...

27/3/26, 4:57 pm71 reposts235 likes

ville111

@ville111.bsky.social

27 Mar

Looks like a very stylish book. Would love to see some small glimpses of the actual text, though. I'm not fluent in Lorem ipsum. 😄

Derrick Bitner

@bitnerd.gvg.io

27 Mar

Maybe I can convince Lost in Cult to let me release some samples to entice down the line.

ville111

@ville111.bsky.social

27 Mar

That'd be great!

Flavien Gaudelet

@melchiador.bsky.social

1 Apr

Congrats Derrick! Any plans for localization to other markets?

Dave Mueller

@dave-mueller.bsky.social

11 July

My son will love this! He LOVES Metroidvanias!

KevinTheTimeGhoul86

@kevinthetimegeek86.bsky.social

27 Mar

Ooh... congratulations, Derrick! Gonna have to check that out!

Da Funchi Lucio 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽🇬🇹

@dafunchidlc.bsky.social

29 Apr

Once you get to chapter 10 you unlock a special item to go back and finish chapter 6 but there you find the passage to chapter 13. Don’t read it! It’s tempting but you gotta get through all the first 5 chapters, which are linear, then through 12 to get the lore. JK! Jokes aside I wanna read this!