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The Dawn of Literary Video Games

Some of us here at Kotaku are fond of the idea of highbrow literature getting the game treatment. Suda 51's Kurayami, based on Franz Kafka's The Castle, could be leading the pack in games inspired by literature not really associated with great fodder for the gaming medium. But what of the downsides of a gaming landscape that includes Joyce and Lawrence?:

... With all this high regard would come pretentiousness, and everybody would be too scared to admit that they didn't particularly like - or even understand - Konami's latest FPS based on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, or Square Enix's RPG adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, in the same way that nobody in the art community will admit that, really, Damien Hirst's stuff is a load of bobbins.

His suggestion on what to do with Finnegan's Wake is brilliant. I'm not sure the world is quite ready for a Dostoevsky-Squeenix mash-up, but it would make for some interesting reviews to be sure.

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The Ryan Lambie column: the dawn of literary videogames [Den of Geek]

10:30 AM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Maggie Greene
1,694 views, 55 comments

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Classic Literature Gets the Game Treatment

We posted a little musing on books that should be made into games a while back, which spawned plenty of discussion. Now someone's gone the extra step and added screenshots and more complex mechanic ideas for Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff's Revenge, Huckleberry Finn's Xtreme Rafting, and To Kill a Mockingbird: Furor Excessum:

The town of Maycomb, Alabama found itself the center of controversy in 1930's and now you can be a part of it with this ground breaking massively multiplayer online role playing game. Finally players will have a chance to experience social injustice any way they want. Help Atticus Finch win the trial of his life and help Boo Radley start his life anew all while avoiding rabid dogs and the Klan. The open world design of this sleepy small town provide hours of game play.

Classic Literature Video Games [FunBox, thanks Will!]

1:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By Maggie Greene
3,117 views, 65 comments

Latest by phimuskapsi: Wow "Below the root". Talk about a blast from the past I remember playing that on an Apple IIe, I have been looking for the game in an emulator form but I have been looking for "Under the root". Thank more »

frolic with faeries

Stormfront Tackles The Spiderwick Chronicles

Have you ever dreamed of entering a fantastical world filled with adventure, danger, and furries faeries? I know, only every day, right? Well Sierra Entertainment and Stormfront Studio are looking to make that dream come true, as they announce The Spiderwick Chronicles, the game of the movie of the book series, coming in 2008 for the Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, and Nintendo DS. Based off of the 2008 film by Nickelodeon Films and Paramount, the game will follow the adventures of twins Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory Grace as they move into the decrepit Spiderwick Estate and discover a field guide to fairies that launches them into an alternate world full of magical creatures such as brownies, elves, and nixies *happy sigh*. It's all based off a series of children's books by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, who do a lovely job of creating captivating stories in the vein Narnia author C.S. Lewis. Children young and old can start exploring the Spiderwick Estate next February. More »

10:20 AM on Thu Aug 9 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,578 views, 8 comments

Latest by n/a: BAH! Such rubbish! This game will crash and burn like every licensed piece of junk before it. And the cries of the damned will sound like this: AHHH!!! HELP!!! HELP ME!!! LITTLE HELP HERE!!!! AHHH FURRIES!!! FURRRRRRIES!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO FURRIES!!!!!!! HELP!!!! AHHH!! Remember more »

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World's Longest Epic To Be India's First Hit?

Indian game site GameGuru interviewed the team behind upcoming PC title and possible Xbox 360 port Mahabharata: The Dawn of Kaliyuga — A game created by Gujarat-based dev Syncere Arts. Says the team: More »

11:00 PM on Mon Mar 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
917 views, 10 comments

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WoW and Chaucer: A Match Made in High School

High School student, Bei337, was working on an English project on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and decided that World of Warcraft was a perfect match for the 14th century classic. So, he created this little machinima for his assignment and ended up getting the highest grade in the class along with the admiration of his fellow students and teacher. It might not be winning any awards for voice acting (didn't he have any friends in the Drama club?) but, you got to give the kid props for the awesome combination of video games, literature and education. Huzzah! Flynn De Marco More »

9:00 AM on Sun Feb 11 2007
By fdemarco
206 views, 13 comments

Latest by Doc P: As both an English major and a gaming nerd (though not a WoWer), I gotta say, bravo! Yeah, the voice acting is nails-on-a-chalkboard awful, but there's some great work going on here. Nice job! more »

charlotte's web

Children's Book Turned Into Jumping Pig Game

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5:22 AM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
427 views, 17 comments

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LFG Hamlet, Need Guildenstern

Tipper SixSider points us to this CNET article, in which it is reported that the MacArthur Foundation is set to announced a $240,000 grant to Edward Castronova and his team to build "Arden: The World of Shakespeare," a Bard-based MMO. More »

6:40 PM on Fri Oct 20 2006
By egauger
598 views, 15 comments

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Teacher Teaches Homer To Idiots With Sonic

A Minnesota middle school teacher had problems getting through the magic of reading to the illiterate, spaced-out cretins in his eighth grade English class. His solution? Irrelevantly and inappropriately comparing the plots of Homerian epics to Sega hedgehogs who can just run really fast. More »

8:40 AM on Wed Jun 14 2006
By brownlee
100 views, Comment