Yogscast: The Diggy Diggy Book

by The Yogscast

Overview

Drop your axe. Lower your sword. And open the ultimate, must-have book for gamers of all ages! The Diggy Diggy Book includes the best (and worst) jokes from the massively successful YouTube creators. Meet the Yogscast, see exclusive look inside YogTowers, become a JaffaQuest cadet, read the tourists guide to Datlof and more, so much more that we don't want to give away. (Yet!) If you've ever watched a Minecraft YouTube video, chances are you know who The Yogscast is. This is THE book for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545956802
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	02/23/2016
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	36 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Editorial Reviews

A collection of information, humor, songs, and puzzles, this book is derived from the popular BBC YouTube network, Yogscast. This network, and its related YouTube shows, provides gaming-related videos and associated content. The book tries to capitalize on the popularity of the YouTube shows, and for die-hard fans, it probably succeeds. The book begins with descriptions of the Yogscast characters, as well as a few words from the network’s CEO. From there the reader is presented with various short adventures based on concepts developed for the YouTube shows. Readers are treated with visits to YogLabs and Owl Island, information about the “Hand of Truth,” instructions on how to break out of Yogsey Penitentiary, and a description of the secret world of dwarves. The humor is quirky and the illustrations are big and colorful. Unfortunately, the text sometimes bleeds into the gutter margins, and the green font on the black background does not work very well. The main thing about this book, however, is that its audience needs to be fans of the Yogscast YouTube network. Readers who are not familiar with the shows will likely have a difficult time understanding or getting anything out of the book. Fans however, will probably enjoy all the references to people, places, and things that they are familiar with. An unusual instance of a book being derived from a visual medium (rather than the other way around), this book represents a new development in the constantly changing media environment. Reviewer: Leona Illig; Ages 7 to 12.

Children's Literature - Leona Illig