Halo Novelization A Bestseller 24
According to Gamerfeed, the latest novel based on the Halo gameworld, called "Halo:The Flood", is a bestseller, cranking it up close to the Top 10 in the 'mass market paperback' category. Do people think that game novelisations, as discussed in this USA Today report, can be worth reading? Marc Laidlaw's CD-ROM novelization, Gadget: The Third Force, is at least one game-related novel I enjoyed a lot.
Myst - The Book of Atrus (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Myst - The Book of Atrus (Score:1)
Re:Myst - The Book of Atrus (Score:4, Informative)
There is a forth book in the works, but no imformation has been realsed as to a publishing date. I personaly would guess it would co-inside with the release of Uru [ubi.com] and/or the Myst mini-series [imdb.com].
Bungie (Score:2, Insightful)
Quality (Score:3, Insightful)
But should someone with talent decide to write one of those, and was careful to write it so that people with no knowledge of the game can understand and appreciate it, then there's no reason why it should be seen as any different from other novels.
Daniel
Re:Quality (Score:2)
Daniel
Similar titles... (Score:2, Interesting)
spectre vr (Score:4, Interesting)
Advent (Score:3, Informative)
And how long is anonymous posting going to be disabled? Make an announcement already!
Re:Advent (Score:1)
Thanks for pointing it out, though.
Re:Advent (Score:1)
Max Payne (Score:3, Funny)
Myst (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Myst (Score:2)
Koules (Score:1)
I am not sure how a novelization would work though. But Koules is one neat game.
Game novel history? (Score:2)
So far I've tracked the Infocom novels [iblist.com] to 1988. Anyone care to go back further?
Re:Game novel history? (Score:1)
I just did a quick web search and found a page about it here [lysator.liu.se]. The publisher claims that it was the first computer game novelization ever.
The authors (Score:3, Funny)
Well, they were well respected.
Great Books (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Great Books (Score:1)
Didn't somebody allready do this? (Score:1)
But hey, anything that gets kids to turn off the TV and READ is a GOOD THING (TM), especially if they discover the great Ringworld series
Good and bad (Score:1)
If you see Outpost 2 (Sierra) on the bargain rack, its a good get. The gameplay isnt as fast paced, but it is difficult. And each mission, you get a decent section from the storyline book. Very nice integration. If nothing else, go
FoR (Score:2)