Mike Drucker

Hello. Hello. I don't think that last part's true, but hello.

Hello. Hello. I don't think that last part's true, but hello.

Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Sure thing. So basically, during the 2023 writer's strike, I wasn't allowed to write movies or TV shows or at least pitch them. And so I wanted to write something that I knew I could like sell and like focus on during the strike. And so I had a few ideas for books and this was the one I was most excited about. So I pitched it to my agent who then helped me put together a pitch.

Sure thing. So basically, during the 2023 writer's strike, I wasn't allowed to write movies or TV shows or at least pitch them. And so I wanted to write something that I knew I could like sell and like focus on during the strike. And so I had a few ideas for books and this was the one I was most excited about. So I pitched it to my agent who then helped me put together a pitch.

We pitched to HarperCollins and they bought it. So what it basically is, was. I've been reading a lot of books about movies and music where people write about how they influence their lives, like Patton Oswalt's Silver Screen Fiend, you know, a lot of like, I don't know, even like Chuck Klosterman stuff that we all used to like.

We pitched to HarperCollins and they bought it. So what it basically is, was. I've been reading a lot of books about movies and music where people write about how they influence their lives, like Patton Oswalt's Silver Screen Fiend, you know, a lot of like, I don't know, even like Chuck Klosterman stuff that we all used to like.

And people just don't really do that about games, or at least there's no like book where it's just sort of like about a very on the ground, how it influenced my life in a funny way book. And it's not that I saw a hole in the market that I wanted to fill. It was more like, oh, this is something that I want to talk about. If other people aren't doing it, I would love to do it.

And people just don't really do that about games, or at least there's no like book where it's just sort of like about a very on the ground, how it influenced my life in a funny way book. And it's not that I saw a hole in the market that I wanted to fill. It was more like, oh, this is something that I want to talk about. If other people aren't doing it, I would love to do it.

And so I wrote this book, which is a series of comedy essays about events in my life where I've humiliated myself in some form with video games. The stories about like crushes that failed, bad cosplay, a time at Nintendo when I got shot, shot during a paintball gunfight. It's just it's kind of it's supposed to be a very, very fun light book about video games and how much we all love them.

And so I wrote this book, which is a series of comedy essays about events in my life where I've humiliated myself in some form with video games. The stories about like crushes that failed, bad cosplay, a time at Nintendo when I got shot, shot during a paintball gunfight. It's just it's kind of it's supposed to be a very, very fun light book about video games and how much we all love them.

Thank you very much. I think the fact that I sent one person at Nintendo a PDF and then I think everyone at Nintendo got that PDF. And the fact that they've been very nice about it is very nice.

Thank you very much. I think the fact that I sent one person at Nintendo a PDF and then I think everyone at Nintendo got that PDF. And the fact that they've been very nice about it is very nice.

I have not yet given up on games. Right now, the two games I've put the most time into are still Avowed, I'm still in the middle of Avowed, and Two Points Museum.

I have not yet given up on games. Right now, the two games I've put the most time into are still Avowed, I'm still in the middle of Avowed, and Two Points Museum.

So I've got a little handgun I've upgraded in one hand, and I've got a big grimoire in the other, and I'm just going to town on people. Yeah.

So I've got a little handgun I've upgraded in one hand, and I've got a big grimoire in the other, and I'm just going to town on people. Yeah.

I'm like 10 hours in. But like any time I've turned it on, I lose like an hour and a half. Like each time I'm like, I'm just going to like futz with my museum a little before I have to head out. I just get sucked in. But it's it's so fun. And I grew up loving museums. Like as a kid, they were one of my favorite places to go.

I'm like 10 hours in. But like any time I've turned it on, I lose like an hour and a half. Like each time I'm like, I'm just going to like futz with my museum a little before I have to head out. I just get sucked in. But it's it's so fun. And I grew up loving museums. Like as a kid, they were one of my favorite places to go.