It took me a while to figure out how to review Double Fisting. Not because of the name either, no the name is great. In fact the books is great and hilarious. No the question was do I approach this seriously or do I goof as well? I still don’t know so whatever here we are, you’re reading it. Double Fisting is an instruction manual for an old school video game. Think NES, you know the golden age of video gaming. As you may have guessed Double Fisting is a spoof on Double Dragons, but as much as I loved DD, Double Fisting is a better game… because it doesn’t exist.

That’s all there is to this book, it is a short instruction manual for a game that doesn’t exist, but it’s hilarious. It’s hilarious not just because of the humor either, but because of the attention to detail. It’s really interchangeable with any old school instruction manual and that alone was enough to make me chuckle.

But there is an overall story that plays out in the instruction manual. Double Fisting is about two brothers and this is two games in one. The first game you play as Bobby and you need to rescue your girlfriend. In the second game you play as brother Robbo and admit to your brother Bobby that you slept with his girlfriend and she’s down for a threesome… Yes this book is awesome and will make you wish that it was a real game.

It’s short as fuck, but I haven’t laughed this hard while reading something in a while. I mean every page has a nugget of hilarity waiting for you to discover. At one point I had to stop reading because I was laughing too much and this isn’t that bullshit in which I say I was laughing and really there’s no emotion on my face at all, no this was real laughter. Damn near cried it was so fucking funny.

Will it bring you the same joy? Well that depends on how old you are, what your experience with video games is like and if the title “Double Fisting” instantly makes you laugh. If you don’t laugh just by reading “Double Fisting” over and over in this review then you probably shouldn’t read the book because there is something already going on with your ass. If it did make you laugh then you’re one step away from reading the hell out of this instruction manual and remembering a simpler time in video games… or something like that.

Score: 5/5

Double Fisting Writer: Geoffrey Golden Artist: Kenny Keil Publisher: Devastator Price: $5.00 Format: One-Shot; Print/Digital Website

You can also here more about Double Fisting on this week's CBMFP