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# At last, EarthBound gets the paperback it deserves
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/191-pages-nintendos-biggest-cult-hit-coming-your-way-earthbound/
- Published: 2014-01-07T21:19:15.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:22:55.000Z
- Description: EarthBound for the Super Nintendo—with its several hundred dollar price tag on eBay—is the stuff of legend, and that’s why Ken Baumann wrote a book about it. As the first in a series of paperbacks to endearingly tribute classic games (including an upcoming one on Super Mario Bros. 2 by our own very
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, JRPG, nintendo, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

*EarthBound* for the Super Nintendo—with its several hundred dollar price tag on eBay—is the stuff of legend, and that’s why Ken Baumann wrote a book about it. As the first in a series of paperbacks to endearingly tribute classic games (including an upcoming one on *Super Mario Bros. 2* by our own very talented Jon Irwin), the piece of nonfiction, simply titled *EarthBound*, dives deep into the history and cultural significance of this old-school RPG about a boy with a baseball bat whacking space men against a psychedelic backdrop. Also, plenty of fawning.

To give you a better perspective on this fabulous game and book, here’s a quote I found particularly illuminating:

> *Hundred million dollar games like Grand Theft Auto IV are made by reclusive Lamborghini-driving auteurs and massive teams of developers, programmed to simulate American hustle, but I don’t think there’s a game that embraces—and satirizes—America’s sentimental mongrel spirit better than EarthBound, which was produced by less than twenty people, helmed by a copywriter-turned-philosopher.*

You can pick it up *EarthBound* the book at [*Boss Fight Games*](http://bossfightbooks.com/?ref=killscreen.com), in electronic or paperback format.