Well, now I want to make video games. This is book 1 of 3 looking into the creation of Condor/Blizzard North (creator studio of Diablo, bought by Blizzard Ent/Davidson) and S&S/Blizzard Ent, with the development of the first Diablo the primary game focus of this volume. Subsequent volumes will deal with D2 & StarCraft, the failed D3, W3, WoW, and perhaps the creation of Flagship and Runic (among others) post-Blizzard North exodus/layoffs.

It's a little hard to give this a definite recommend to the laypeople who aren't gamers, as it's only part of the overall story and somewhat assumes you have a working knowledge of the culture (if not necessarily coding, programming, drawing shuffling undead...). Once the final volume is out (book 2 releases in weeks, with book 3...maybe 2021?), I think we'll have a great oral history/narrative non-fiction account of these great developers and the magnificent games (and drama) they created.