While Capcom has done a tremendous job with chronicling and expanding the lore of the Resident Evil series, the game company has never gone in-depth to pay respects to its series characters. Alex Aniel’s Itchy, Tasty is an incredibly in-depth look at both the origin story of Capcom’s Resident Evil/Biohazard and the series subsequent sequels. Like a zombie looking for his next meal, Aniel goes straight for the jugular and scores some fantastic interviews from Resident Evil series creators Tokuro Fujiwara, Yoshiki Okamoto, Shinji Mikami, and Hideki Kamiya.

As a fan of the Resident Evil series, I thought myself to be very knowledgeable of all of its development stories. Still, Itchy, Tasty surprised me with many new details about the series that I had never heard before. As successful as the Resident Evil series has been, developing a sequel for the game has seemingly never been an easy achievement for Capcom. Itchy Tasty’s interviews help provide even more context to these business and development challenges and just how much internal pressure there was at Capcom to develop the next great Resident Evil game.

Don’t let the fact that Capcom does not officially sanction this book scare you. Alex Aniel is no slouch to the game industry and provides Resident Evil fans a well-written tome of knowledge that will take your Resident Evil history to the next level.

Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil: