The Gamesmaster
My Life in the '80s Geek Culture Trenches with G.I. Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, and The Transformers
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Rare Bird Books
Published:25th Jun '20
Should be back in stock very soon
The Gamesmaster is a narrative memoir chronicling the life and career of Flint Dille. And while he isn't exactly a household name, you almost certainly know his work-which includes credits from some of the most important and successful entertainment franchises throughout the world across the cartoon, film, video game, and comic book industries andFlint Dille wrote your childhood. From his work on 80s cartoon classics like Transformers, G.I. Joe, the Garbage Pail Kids, and Inhumanoids to the interactive novels he wrote with Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Flint had a hand in many pockets of 80s popular culture.
He's worked with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Frank Miller, Jack Kirby, and a raft of others as a writer, story editor, show runner, and/or producer of iconic entertainment in almost every medium.
The Gamesmaster is Dille's memoir looking through his own unique story, his blend of pop culture, social history, and reportage about the groundbreaking 1980s, and the parts he and his colleagues, collaborators, employers, and friends played in making it a genuine Golden Age.
"The Gamesmaster is a fond and honest firsthand assessment of a defining time in pop culture."
—Foreword Reviews
"The Gamesmaster is a delightful dungeon walk through Hollywood in the 1980s with a focus on how arcade games, Hasbro toys, Dungeons & Dragons, and Saturday morning cartoons commingled to bring on Geek Culture."
—Booklist
"Flint is a born yarn-spinner. Spending the 80's with him was to watch a man make an adventure of the era."
—Frank Miller, Eisner award winning-author of Sin City, 300, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
"Reading The Gamesmaster, I laughed, cried, and remembered. What a crazy amazing time it was. I'm certain none of us have ever experienced anything quite like it since. And Flint Dille was the big shaggy beast at the center of it all."
—Linda Woolverton, screenwriter of Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Mulan
"As all great epics do, this one begins humbly, with an unlikely collection of squires and apprentices gathering their dice, raising their plastic lightsabers and shouldering their Macintosh 128Ks to answer adventure’s call. In a time yet to come, these young men and women will play significant roles in defining the popular culture of that era. But now draw close and hark ye well, for this is how it all began."
—Paul Dini, Emmy award-winning writer of Batman: The Animated Series
"I met Flint in 1983 at the mansion that served as the headquarters for nascent Dungeons & Dragons Entertainment Corp. I lived at the mansion with my Dad and brother. Dad was gone a lot traveling, so oftentimes I’d wander out to see what Flint was up to in the studio. For anyone that knows him, it’s no surprise that I managed to convince him to play games, swim and generally hang out. Flint is able to tap into the fantastic and create vivid stories that influenced generations because he remains a kid at heart no matter that he is 6’5” and bearded."
—Luke Gygax, son of Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax
“I sometimes liken Flint to an imaginative cyclone ripping joyfully through the kaleidoscopic trailer park of pop culture. His creative impact on many of our most beloved fictional franchises still echoes across the decades.”
—Chris Metzen, creator of World of Warcraft
ISBN: 9781644280126
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312 pages