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A gem in a dazzling desert of books... TTGYCPIYHBY Review!

I swear that this is the last book review that will ever be published in this blog...


How do I review this book? Bartholomew's Top Ten Games you can Play in your Head, by Yourself is more like a guided daydream not too different from a guided meditation, especially since the whole book comes in an MP3 file. 


The book is supposedly written by J Theophrastus Bartholomew, who did not exist on the internet until this book came out. Even images of my old english teacher would come out if you search for him on Google, albeit being slightly outdated. Whether Bartholomew actually exists or not is still a hotly debated topic. The editors, however, were Sam Gorski and D.F. Lovett, of which Sam Gorski was the founder of the viral YouTube channel Corridor Digital. 


The amazon page has what seems like a wild description for a terrible rip-off that begs the very question of whether this thing actually works. However, The book is far from a fraud. It first lets you do exercises to be able to create games in your head, then, it explains the rules of ten games, each of which are so enjoyable that it is hard to believe that they are all running on nothing but some sentient slime known as a brain. 


I would recommend the book, which is definitely worth 15 pounds (and if it cost £30 I would still buy it), to everyone above the age of ten. Yes. Ten. This book could result in a game worth a R18 rating all the way to a more child-friendly rating of PG. I gave this book 9.75/10 as it is a really good "book" just lacking more training of the reader before they are let loose on the games. 



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