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An entertaining and provocative look inside big-time video game development.-- Kirkus A compelling look into a world that doesn't like to spill its secrets to outsiders...[Significant Zero] has a bright Hero's Journey arc (complete with setbacks, small deaths) and the winning of boons through cleverness and combat. -- NPR Narrator Kevin Collins gives listeners a bird's-eye view of professional life in the video game industry...His soft, wry delivery fits well with Williams' deadpan jokes and commentary on annoying bosses, lame industry practices, and quirky video game culture. -- AudioFile Williams reveals the video-gaming industry in all its lucrative shine and questionable morality...[and] provides a refreshing and realistic portrayal of succeeding at attaining a dream via an unforeseen career trajectory. -- Booklist

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Walt Williams is originally from Louisiana and attended Baylor University in Texas on an Air Force scholarship, fully prepared to become a military chaplain. Quickly realizing the regimented, religious life was not for him, he moved to New York to pursue a writing career and took a job at 2K Games, one of the largest video game publishers in the world. Although he'd intended the job to be only a temporary bill-paying situation, Walt quickly fell in love with the potential of interactive storytelling, and has been working in the industry ever since. Over the past ten years he rose from entry-level game analyst to senior writer, walking the line between publisher and developer, helping bring life to such beloved franchises as Bioshock, Civilization, Borderlands, Mafia, The Darkness, and the acclaimed, genre-bending Spec Ops: The Line. Kevin T. Collins, an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator, is an actor, singer, recording artist, and director who can be seen off Broadway, on television, and in films.

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