Overall, [Game Quest] is a fine achievement and a vast coverage of places, ideas and people seldom seen in a first novel or, for that matter, most novelists mature work. - Musea

Game Quest is an excellent novel, likely the best novel yet written about the computer gaming industry... McGinnis is a master at the middle game-- keeping his material together, weaving his plotlines into the general flow, maintaining momentum, slowly but steadily increasing the drama.... It's a cliche to say this about a young novelist: If he can write a novel this good, he can write a better one. - Karl 'King' Wenclas, Underground Literary Alliance

McGinnis is just as clever a writer as the characters he has invoked in The Red Fez - Dig This Real

Leopold McGinnis is a good writer. [Game Quest] is full of detailed scenes and dynamic characters, and it has a well-structured plot... - Emily Morganti, AdventureGamers.com