Local author combines sports and video games in latest book
Patrick Hickey Jr. has had plenty of success in the gaming world. In 2018, he released his first book, “The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming).” The book was about classic games and their creators. It struck a chord with gamers and allowed Hickey to attend several conventions. He then decided to make a series out of studies in gaming. Earlier this year, he wrote a book about adventure games.
Now, Hickey Jr., an assistant director of the journalism program and faculty advisor to the Society for Collegiate Journalists at Kingsborough Community College, has taken his passion for games and combined it with sports in “The Minds Behind Sports Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming).”
The book consists of more than 35 interviews with game developers of some of the best sports games, including “RBI Baseball” on the Nintendo Entertainment System, which was the first game to feature a license with the Major League Baseball Players Association, and “Lakers Versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs,” which features two legendary teams.