Blast from
the past:
An interview with
author Patrick
Hickey Jr.
Courtesy
of Nintendo
SNES Classic
BY JAIME DEJESUS It’s game on for a longtime Brooklynite who has penned his fi rst book, focusing on the
history of video games and signifi cant fi gures in the industry.
Assistant director of the journalism program and full time lecturer of English at
Kingsborough Community College, Patrick Hickey Jr. is a man of many hats. He founded
and runs an entertainment site called Review Fix, was a news editor at NBC , and has
interviewed high profi le athletes, actors and musicians for various publications, just
to name a few.
His decades of passion for video games and journalism landed him a deal with publisher
McFarland & Company to pen his fi rst book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With
Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming).
In this interview, Hickey touched on his inspiration, some struggles, and the joy of
bringing his book to the masses.
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Courtesy
of Patrick Hickey
Patrick Hickey
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24 FALL 2017