The Matrix(TM): Path of Neo Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) [Paperback]

BradyGames (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames) | Publication Date: November 4, 2005

BradyGames’ The Matrix: Path of Neo Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

• A comprehensive walkthrough of the entire adventure.
• Extensive area maps.
• Detailed listing of items, fighting techniques and weapons.
• Expert boss strategies to defeat even the toughest boss.
• In-depth bestiary.
• Game secrets revealed!
• Signature Series guide includes an exclusive foldout, bonus content and more!

Platform: PS2, Xbox and GameCube

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale worldwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Brady Games; 1 edition (November 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744006589
• ISBN-13: 978-0744006582
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.

Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."

Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.

Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Complete and effective, April 29, 2011

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This review is from: The Matrix(TM): Path of Neo Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) (Paperback)

I rate the guide higher than the game, actually. I was able to find everything I was looking for, and the spoiler ratio was acceptable (for those moments when I violated my better judgement and scanned ahead).