Sometimes you really shouldn’t see how the sausage is made. Say, with sausage.
But sometimes it can be fun. Maybe not as fun as eating sausage, but still a lot of fun in its own way.
Which brings me to The Art Of Psychonauts (hardcover), a new making-of book about the titular 2022 platforming video game, which was the sequel to 2005’s cult classic Psychonauts.
In the following email interview, Ashley Esqueda — who wrote the text and assembled the art (and who is one of my video game journo buddies) — talks about how this book came together, as well as what sets it apart from other video game art books.