RIP, Prima Books--and Strategy Guides, a Cornerstone of Game Culture

For a long time, my most prized possession was a strategy guide. A lush, thick booklet of information and art devoted to the first game I ever beat: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I would look lovingly at the concept art and screenshots on the pages as I learned how to find all the Gold Skulltulas and forge the Big Goron's Sword--and discovered, definitively, that the Triforce was not a collectible item. Years later, short on cash, I sold that strategy guide at a used games store. They gave me three dollars for it.