A really good book to read, but then I did spend endless years as a teenager playing many online platform games on various computers. This book as I said was like trawling back through those teenage years. Some I remember quite clearly, others I had completely forgotten about. Now Sonic the Hedgehog and the Super Mario Bros were the two main big hitters in the platform world, and I would like to make a special mention to Donkey Kong. Half of the book does reveal all the games I played, and the second half then reveals the games I know much less well and probably when I had to grow up and be sensible and get a job. The book is very comprehensive and I didn’t realise how many games were related to such few characters. The book is full of info and I loved all the facts throughout.

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The History Fella

It’s definitely a book for enthusiasts of the genre, but as a casual reader, I enjoyed the random bits of information. If you want to get into platform video games it’s probably a decent gazetteer of the genre and a starting point for exploring. The writing is decent, informative and amusing.

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Everything is Better with Dragons

As featured in Nintendo Life ''Jumping For Joy' Leaps Into Platforming History, With Plenty For Nintendo Fans To Enjoy'

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Nintendo Life

Jumping for Joy is a terrific and exhaustive celebration of a game genre that’s older than its writer, and continues to live on in wonderful ways. Scullion’s friendly writing style draws you in, and his love for his subject leaps off the page onto a higher platform, then does it again and again until it reaches the flag. A joyous recommendation.

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Finger Guns

As featured in

The Yorkshire Reporter, June 2022