In my post “coming out” (for lack of a better term) as a ‘Breadtube Leftist‘, I mentioned the book ‘I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream’, a sci-fi dystopian horror by Harlan Ellison.

Well guess what nerds, that short story got adapted into a video game with direct input from the creator, while also being canonical to the original text! So, in the spirit of things, here’s a few of my favorite books that deserve gaming adaptations!

The City Watch (Terry Pratchett) or Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer) series: Film adaptation? What film adaptation? There’s no film adaptation in Ba-Sing-Se, leave me alone! Jokes aside, I really enjoyed the books and the way magic functions in Artemis Fowl is ripe for gaming-mechanic parallels. I haven’t read the City Watch novels, but I’m lead to believe they’re similar in places despite focusing on more ‘adult’ themes of racism and sexism. Shaun’s mentions of Monstrous Regiment (What If An Entire Regiment of Mulans) and Snuff (The Literary Equivalent of a diss track on JK Rowling’s house elves) have sparked my interest, and I’ll be sure to give the books a try.

Ready Player One (Ernest Cline): Okay, this is an easy one! The book about folks in a VR metaverse going on extravagant adventures with famous characters from anime, film and gaming? You could probably lift the existing mechanics from many pre-existing racing games, actions games and puzzle games, string it together in ghost train ride fashion and Bob’s your uncle!

Ikigami is a manga series by Motoro Mase that follows multiple episodic storylines of characters in a strange unique dystopia. To grossly oversimplify: A selection of people between the ages of 18-24 get injected with a Death Pill that will Death Kill them at a preset time and date (unknown to the injected). This is with the encouragement of getting people to live their best life and accomplish as much as possible before dying. I think this is a brilliant idea for some kind of indie roguelike, where the player can just up and die at random with each death and have to utilize multiple “lives” in different ways. Maybe mixed with a permadeath system for good measure.

Hell’s Underground series by Alan Gibbons: I’m no horror aficionado, but considering I started this book with the second in the series by accident, THEN read the first one and still had a brilliant time, I think there’s plenty to work with here! Without spoiling anything, there are some supernatural elements to the horror that make it ripe for both The Last Of Us-style action-horror and Outlast-style running and hiding.

What books would you like to see put to the world of gaming? Comment down low folks.

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The popular JRPG series has so much content that fans want to make a guide for everyone that needs one…

Final Fantasy has been around for over 34 years now and has received multiple sequels, spin-offs, remakes, adaptations and even MMOs, so it is expected that fans are finding it more and more difficult to keep up with the lore of the series.

That’s why there are a group of fans who decided to launch a Kickstarter for an encyclopedia guide that will have everything you need to know regarding Square Enix‘s franchise.

The Legacy of the Crystal

Final Fantasy Union is attempting to create a comprehensive reference guide for enthusiasts and historians to better understand the Final Fantasy franchise which is titled The Legacy of the Crystal. 

In the guide, all 127 games created in the franchise will be represented, covering from the very first game released in 1987, to the upcoming game, Final Fantasy VII: The First Solider. The book will be separated into four sections covering Numbered Titles, Spin-off Titles, Sequels/Prequels, and Remakes. These sections will include stories of how each game was developed, covering the design philosophies and the themes conveyed in each entry as well as feature the wider story of Final Fantasy and how it became what it is today thanks to Square Enix saving the franchise from financial ruin.

The book will consist of 200-250 pages and a word count of approximately 60,000. There will be digital PDF, softcover and hardback editions up for grabs as different rewards for pledgers.

The Kickstarter project has already reached its pledged goal of £8,500 and is currently standing at £35,980 with the backing of 473 pledgers and still with 28 days to go, so there’s still time to back the project now!

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