

For me, Sim Earth has the coolest manual. The thing was huge, maybe 200 pages and the size of a trade paperback. It was basically a primer on planetary science and was absolutely fascinating for 12 year old me to read.
Honorable mentions to to the manuals for the Warcraft RTS games and StarCraft. Those had some great backstory and lore.











At this point, we’ve jumped all the sharks in the ocean. They’re now jumping us.