Backward Compatible

For fans of Scott Pilgrim and The Guild comes a gamer geek romantic

Not too long ago, in a town that, depending on your current location, is either not super far or actually quite close…

For George and Katie, it’s hate at first sight. What kind of person steals another person’s video game – at a midnight release – when it’s the Last. One. Left?

Of course, for gamer geeks home for break from college in the winter and with little else to do, their paths end up crossing again, both at the mall and online on Xbox Live. When they discover that the newest installment of Fatal Destiny includes a secret boss, they team up with a band of heroes – the hipster blogger, Jeff, who goes by Seynar; a strange man who is known only as Danger; George’s best friend, Lanyon, who refuses to take a hint when George and Katie may want some alone time; Lanyon’s nerdy preteen brother, who has nothing else to do; and an unlikely ally discovered through Katie’s best friend, Anna, a girl who is everything Katie hates, except when it’s Anna.

Striving to be the first group to achieve absolute victory, George and Katie also realize that maybe, just maybe, the other isn’t so bad after all.