‘Stay Awhile and Listen’: How Diablo became the game that fascinated millions and helped make Blizzard famous

Click, click, click. That’s the sound of millions playing the famous action role-playing game Diablo. Now picture skeletons, demons, and dark, gothic architecture, with little piles of gold and loot spilling everywhere after a successful slaughter.

What you probably don’t think about as often are the faces — the people behind Diablo and the story of how they created a legend from a relentless, unforgiving love of gaming. Stay Awhile and Listen: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire (available for $10 on Kindle, iBooks, and Nook on Oct. 31), the first volume in a new series on Blizzard’s history from Digital Monument Press, gives voice to both.