OT: Classics Video Games
by Merope on Feb 7, 2010 12:20 PM PST
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PrintI originally heard about this on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" this morning.
Apparently Electronic Arts is coming out with a video game version of Dante's Inferno.
Nine levels of Hell...nine levels of game play...
Of course the NPR folks couldn't let it go at that and wondered if this would spawn a new trend in video games based on classic literature. There were about 12 suggestions rattled off, and I could only remember a few (I was driving at the time)
Don Quixote Kong
A Thousand Years of Solitaire
War and Peace, but mostly War
I immediately thought of the McCoven and the ginormous list you all'd be able to generate.
I think I thought of "The PacMan Cometh," but it might be an NPR title I forgot I heard.
I'm looking forward to reading all of your ideas.
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There already are a bunch of games based on classic literature.
Alice in Wonderland games.
Many Sherlock Holmes games.
LOTR games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_based_on_books
by positiveuphemism on Feb 7, 2010 12:32 PM PST reply actions
Oedipus Rex
A mystery/puzzle game in the Whodunit fashion with a bizarre twist – if you solve the mystery, you lose.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Also: There are raptors.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
I would place this.
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Play too!
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Yeah, that game was a lot of fun
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by Giant among Angels on Feb 7, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know… any video game starring Jake Gyllenhal seems a little silly to me.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 8:03 AM PST up reply actions
Dante's Inferno
looks really fun. The demo’s nice.
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Go Kill It On the Mountain
Invincible Man
SimCity of God
The Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald
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I feel like there was a Photoshop Phriday based on this theme
Catcher in the Rygar
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by Natto on Feb 7, 2010 3:41 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Jane Air Combat
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I declare this the winner.
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Oh! The Places We’ll Go-Kart 64
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tycoon
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Pokemon in the Iron Mask
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The Sound and the Fireball
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Alternatively
The Sound and the Furious
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A Farewell to Armageddon
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Super Smash Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
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Not a particularly creative title...
But I like the idea. I’d play that game in a heartbeat.
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Brave New World of Warcraft
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 7, 2010 7:16 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Even though the game itself is based on a book
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Characters in Search of an Author
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 7, 2010 7:37 PM PST reply actions
The Satanic Versus Capcom
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
by rotorueter on Feb 7, 2010 7:59 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
My favorite
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 7, 2010 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
Well done. I’ll rec it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
The Wealth of Zombie Nations?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 7, 2010 8:04 PM PST reply actions
Tender is the Night of the Living Dead
by imovermyhead on Feb 7, 2010 8:19 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Cry, the Beloved Donkey Kong Country
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win
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by j14 on Feb 7, 2010 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Call of the Wild Duty
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Feb 7, 2010 8:25 PM PST via mobile reply actions
This one is underrated.
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Hehe
Doody.
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Galaxian of Green Gables
Congo Bongo Tell It On The Mountain
The Jungle Hunt
Pitfall of the House of Usher
In The Mouth of Marble Madness
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
The last two made me LOL
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 7, 2010 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
The other NPR ones
Pacman and the Sea
Grand Theft Odyssey
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Love in the time of Tetris
Kids in the back seat cause accidents. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaga
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AROUSED
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Simple, yet very effective.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...-----RIP, MY SON
The Prince of Persia and the Pauper
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Feb 8, 2010 5:29 AM PST reply actions
if you did one based on both a book and a movie
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My friend and I were actually joking about a Grapes of Wrath game last night.
You don’t even have to change the title. Just downplay the grapes and increase the wrath. It’s the perfect game!
Although our joking went like this:
Level One: Escape the Dust Bowl
Level Two: Wrath!
Level Three: Grapes
I don't know about that, to the groin.
Heart of Darkness
would make a good game as well.
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
This one's kinda cheap
A Tale of Street Fighter Two Cities
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ALPHA
TURBO!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
Hardly great literature, but...
Dr. Mario’s Mandolin
Heh, the movie was directed by John Madden. Aw, they’re remaking My Fair Lady?! What the fuck!
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Feynman’s Rainbow Six
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It's been done
Richard and Alan’s Escape from Hell
We loved this game in college! Wow… it’s way more obscure than I thought… doesn’t even have a wikipedia page!
TEMPORARY SIG AWAITING FINAL SABEAN APOCALYPSE
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
no one remembers this one?
Tragic.
(and get off my lawn)
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PARPG- Indy post-apocalyptic roleplaying game in development
To Kill a Mockingbird II: Radley’s Revenge
The Illist-iad
Aeneid/Sea Battle
The Jungle with Cooking Mama
Sesame Street Learning Game: M is for Murder
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
#2 in Fanshots
Starring Ted Bundy
This could actually be a good game. Or a horrible game. A horribly good game.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Would a video game with a serial killer protagonist be a worthwhile experience? You have to do the whole stalking thing, gaining their trust, and then murdering violently. You could even coin your own modus operandi. Maybe it would have to be a Dexter kind of thing, just to keep the critics at bay.
I’m a bad person for even imagining this. Still, in a society where Saw is in its seventeenth iteration…
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Or you could just play GTA 3
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 8, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
For me, GTA was all about speeding. The thieving and murder was secondary.
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People already play hitmen, assassins, and gangsters deliberately robbing and murdering in games. Doesn’t seem too different.
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
God of War was pretty amoral, but Greek myths were pretty savage on their own accord, so I guess it’s explicable.
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Hitman?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 8, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I seem to remember that in Hitman, all your hits were justified in some elaborate manner.
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bloody comma splice
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Yeah, but it’s still killing people, and a lot of murdering at that.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 8, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
but you were penalized for killing indiscriminately! And that’s just wrong. What I want is the stalking and murder without the moral justification. Is that so wrong?
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No, it’s not wrong!
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Manhunt?
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Rockstar is kinda disturbing.
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But they’re MATURE!
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This could also be a Spiderman story arc.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
It would probably be better than whatever the actual comic is doing now.
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In the world where all classic comics are being translated to screen, is it ironic that most of those watching the films don’t bother to buy the books themselves?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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You’re just coming up with names for bad murder mysteries at this point.
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If that's the game...
Strychnine in the Soup
or
Strychnine in the Guacamole
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I got to check out Dante’s Inferno behind the scenes at EA last year while they were still working on it, I did camera work for this show http://crackle.com/c/Jace_Hall/Katee_Sackhoff_Dante_s_Inferno/2453907 (Dante’s stuff is at 4:40) it looked pretty awesome
Zincecaingarnerchez (Zins-ě-keyn-gahrnər-chez)
1. A five-headed monster that turns grown men's legs into jelly.
Dante's Inferno's looks super tight.
Chick's dig the long ball.
by The Montana Giant on Feb 8, 2010 3:49 PM PST reply actions
finiliad fantasy
Les Plack = more chicks
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mega Man
Mother 2-less Brooklyn
Gravity’s Rainbow Six
Grimm Fandango’s Fairytales
The Falloutsiders / Fallout Stealing Horses
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mega Man
Win.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Feb 9, 2010 7:47 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t forget Moo Man.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s NBA Courtside
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nice
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Bengie Molina: "I don't understand why they didn't want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that." Brain Sabean: "He's certainly welcomed back with open arms".
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Feb 9, 2010 6:59 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, that’s an actual game!
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It should be a book, too.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Feb 8, 2010 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
HALOrd of the Rings
a combination of the two? aragorn as the arbiter? gandalf as sgt johnson?
orcrist is a shotgun and glamdring is the sniper rifle and sting is the needler…ok, imma shut up with this now, im nerding myself to death
Les Plack = more chicks
Yahoo FFL champ 2009
Dingerz.exe League Champs 2009- The Rile Rods...managed by yours truly.
Chose the Saints and the under to win my bet with my gf...i'm on a roll.
by Headhunter Rollins on Feb 9, 2010 12:05 PM PST reply actions
along the same lines
HALO and the purple crayon.
My career path, have you seen it?
by say hey nation on Feb 9, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Doesnt seem to be online anymore, but a few months ago in GameDeveloper mag there was a satire piece with a producer doing an “interview” about how kick ass his companies new game “Madame Bovary” was. Complete with chainsaws, zombies, sex, and suicide pacts. It was pretty damn funny (especially if you are in the industry)
Timmy thats not a bong....
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