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Life Is A Game: The inspirational success story of a legendary game developer

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Fusion Retro Books are proud to be distributing Mev's book from here in the UK, cheaper than anywhere else. In stock, and ready to ship! 

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"Life Is A Game" tracks the fascinating life and successful career of legendary game developer Mev Dinc.

The story begins in a mountainous Black Sea village; his father left him and his mother when Mev was only six months old, and with no home and thrown into poverty, they were left to survive the harsh winters alone.

By the time he'd arrived in the UK in 1979, he had an English wife but couldn't speak a word of English. He then bought a ZX Spectrum in 1983 without any desire to use it.

But through his resilience and ingrained will to overcome any obstacles, he learned to speak English, and taught himself programming and game development - all in two years! 

The rest, as they say, is history!v

This incredible story shows how Mev Dinc came from these humble beginnings and ended up becoming an award-winning developer, a member of BAFTA and the founding father of the Turkish Gaming Sector. 

This intriguing rags-to-riches tale will inspire as much as it entertains.

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AL
11/02/2023
Andrew L.
United Kingdom
I recommend this product

Excellent

Great book, packaged well and promptly dispatched.

RL
05/02/2023
Richard L.
United Kingdom
I recommend this product

Great read, highly recommended

I hadn't heard of this book before I got an email about it being available at discounted price. I'm so pleased I bought it. Mev's story is full of lovely detail, about someone who I imagine grew up in a very different set of circumstances to most game devs who had success in the UK and it really is inspirational.

AF
09/20/2021
Andrew F.
United Kingdom

A brilliant memoir and a fascinating story

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Mev's book, he was involved in some great games and it was a pleasure to find out more about them. But his life journey - from childhood in Turkey to marrying a British woman, and then going back to Turkey to help start up the games industry there, before moving around Europe - is just as fascinating. The short sections rather than chapters made it very readable and hard to put down, with plenty of photos and illustrations along the way. There was just enough technical information without getting too bogged down in specifics. I did a YouTube unboxing and review for my channel here: https://youtu.be/xcO41EIl8Xo