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 god, someone else besides me played that in like '88.

phimuskapsi

@BStu: OMG, did you just say "Below the Root". My God, I loved that game. You are the first person I have seen who played that game besides me or my brothers. God bless you.

ssoltero

How about "Great Expectations: Miss Havishums Cock Block" where you make sure Pip never gets his willy wet?

ssoltero

@Dioxen: lol when you mentioned braid tugging it all came back to me. I tried to slug though the last few, I really did, but the man lost me. It's too bad about him but seriously, could he not have wrapped it up earlier? I think you could take every holy book ever written, put them end to end and it would still be much shorter than the Wheel of Time series.

Also, in case you were unaware, they did a 'Wheel of Time' game - fairly sure they used Unreal and made some bastardized RTS/FPS hybrid with little to no relation to the books other than creature models that loked vaguely like the Trollocs Jordan described.

The Commissar

@Protector one: My mind, you just blew it.

Also, if Bioshock 2 ends up being a prequel, we pretty much know what the plot will be; it was written about 50 years ago.

A brilliant young man, disgusted by how the ignorant take advantage of the brilliant in the modern world, vanishes from society, taking his revolutionary ideas (such as an engine that runs on static electricity in the air) with him. Over the next 12 years, he begins to build a secret society, far beyond the reach of the general oublic, and he seeks out the brightest minds being crushed by the system to help him build it. As the world dissolves into a communist hell, the last great minds of the world retreat into his utopia, until the world is ready to properly accept their collective genius. He leaves one question behind in the minds of the populace: Who is John Galt?

The answer? FUCKING ANDREW RYAN. Goddamn.

Miksho

@msdoran: Yeah, It would be good and everything, but the only thing that I can see Hollywood from making a movie out of it is that is lacks an overarching plot. Yeah, it's all about Dante's journey of self discovery, but, at that same time, there's no real antagonist and there is no way for the audience to be "Captured" by any of the characters. If someone went at it in an unconventional way, it might work, but too many big movie studios are not adventureus enough to try something that's not a guraranteed success. *Cough* AnythingwithWillFerrelInIt *Cough*

ChunkOFunk

Dante's divine comedy immediately springs to mind. It would be an epic video game with Virgil as your guide taking you through heaven, purgatory, and hell. Honestly I am surprised that Hollywood has not stolen this classic work and made a movie out of it yet, it is ripe for it.

msdoran

1984, Alice in Wonderland, Illiad, Odyssey, and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. All fairly in the mainstream field, arguably, and each very entertaining. Just imagine.

Mesren_Makai

I'd totally play "Lord of the Flies: escape the crazy-ass island"

MasterJoefus

Hey, don't joke. I'd play Windham Classics' "Below the Root" and "Alice in Wonderland" any day. Those games were insanely cool and I'd love to play revamped versions.

BStu

@Jesse in Japan: I think it already exists and is called 'Second Life'.

Protector one

Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is pretty damned classic if you ask me. And it sure as hell needs to be made into a game.

Jesse in Japan

I have no problem with classic books becoming video games. If movies can be made I see no reason that games are somehow impossible. There is a bonus for developers that most classics are out of copyright can be used without paying royalties.

DrXym

The Old Man and the Endless Ocean: Finally, a way to make the writings of Ernest Hemmingway even more boring! Awesome! Sit around on a boat for unlimited hours of fun!

user.error: like jesus christ on acid

Creepy....I just watched that exact film adaptation of Jane Eyre last semester. Coincidence?
I THINK NOT

Mordraug

@MajorMcMuffin:
Born in New Zealand in '64,
A hot-headed actor named Russell Crowe.
He loves to act but he loves one thing more,
Fightin' Around the World!

He fights his directors and he fights his fans,
It's a problem no one understands.
(If there's two things he loves, it's fighting and)
Fightin' Around the World!

Making movies
Making music
And Fightin' Around the World!

excel_excel

@excel_excel: "Tugger, would you like to hear a song?"

MajorMcMuffin

On another note, they should make another Neuromancer game.

I.. I'd like that.

The_Antihippy

I really cannot see a Maycomb MMO working.

But hey, as long as get to play Boo Radley, s'all good.

The_Antihippy

@MaxS:

It's not just "questionable" books that are censored in U.S. schools.
[www.lita.org]

James and the Giant Peach! just what on Earth is bad about that book?
For the last 25 years the American library association has held a banned books week,dig around on that website and you will see some really scary things.
Oh and as we've had Greek mythology with Kratos et al could you imagine how good an old testament strategy game would be?
This land was given to you..now it's time to unleash your armies and take it!

Weirdwolf

There are a lot of classical literary works out there that, if made into games, would show the general public that violence and other contraversial material are not limited to videogames.
(imagine an old-lady slaughtering survival horror based on Crime and Punishment, where after *ahem* axing that granny you are haunted by the specters of guilt and shame for the rest of the game)
And that's the things kids are taught in school (though I don't know if "questionable" books are somehow censored in US schools), which makes the "violent videogames" argument even more flawed.

Though of course, you can always count on the media to make same old conclusions about "murder simulators"...

MaxS

@Anemone:
Oh nice!
But don't give Ubisoft ideas they will want to make it into a mini-game fest on the Wii.
Here's Professor Proust to test you on your memory,spatial awareness and time telling abilities!

Weirdwolf

Shirley we are missing out the obvious choice here
GTA: Long Island!

Pick up flappers and have pre-marital sex at wild parties as you drive like a crazy around the city! Tune into tracks by Scott Joplin and even the newest Negro Jazz music!
All in the new Gatsby Theft Automobile

Weirdwolf

as long as the scarlet letter game has a little hot coffee in it.

ForAllThatEverWas

@two ningas

Jordan told the end of the story to numerous people, so in essence he is still the "main" writer.

however, how about a game based on Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" novels. Just think about it.

schizorogue

I want to play Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

Only done in a No More Heroes style :)

Mahale

@TheJeanGenie: "Oh my god it's Russell Crowe! Oh me me me bleh bleh bleh! Why don't you mind your own business ya scrotum!" AUSTRAILIAN UPPERCUT!!

excel_excel

@schizorogue: But Jordon isn't writing it. Him being... ya know, worm food and all.

Not that I care. Fantasy, outside of a select few titles, is incredibly boring to me.

As far as books that should be video games? Women by Charles Bukowski! Nah, that would suck.

2NinjasTapedTogether

I feel like april fool's is a little early this year...I mean we have more than a week until the real day. I guess people are just REALLY excited this year :-P

fanty

@dioxen

Sorry to hear that. Truly. But please remmember that the series is not finished yet, the last book is still being written. It also sounds as if you have a problem with just one of the characters in it, which many people have problems with her also.

schizorogue

@offrampoffmap: I'll just wait for the reviews. Everyone will claim to have finish the game in its entirety only to have no one actually play through completely

doctorwily

Cantenbury Tales The Game has a longer intro than Kingdom Hearts 2

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

@Gort23: Made me laugh. Except you're not supposed to find out the futility of your actions until you've invested at least 150 - 200 hours into the game.

offrampoffmap

I suppose A Modest Proposal in the vein of Babyz would be
out of the question ^_^?

relic1980

War and Peace the video game: With over 500 hours of game play and stunning detail, the game features both exciting first-person battles and intricate sections where you micromanage Russian farms. The burning of Moscow features graphics that make Crysis look like Pacman. The controls are intricate and comprehensive. However, nothing you do has any impact on the outcome of the game whatsoever.

Gort23

@MasterJoefus: Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre. Emily wrote Wuthering Heights.

Maggie Greene

@Maggie Greene: Charlotte Brontë?

MasterJoefus

@Cruithne: Sorry for being so vague. Of course fantasy, fiction & books omitted from the western canon are exceptions.

choirovwolves

Shoot them.

Edge of Blade

Books can't be adapted into videogames and vice versa.

Lord Of The Rings?

Cruithne

I would totally play a maycomb mmo. Atticus the huntard FTW.

Jaziek

Coming this fall for the Wii, Heminway's Old Man and the Sea. Use the Wii's motion controls to realistically struggle against the Marlin for days on end! Context senstive quick time event segments allow you to fight the sharks for your prize. Stunning voice over work by Ricardo Montelban will allow you to muse over the nature of existence.

Chickeninja

Books can't be adapted into videogames and vice versa. Why? Because books are written by one person and game making a collaborative effort. Oh, and I don't want to hear: "Well, what about indie developers?" Yeah, as if they could singlehandedly conceive an epic novel... *rolls eyes*

choirovwolves

OK, joking aside, Crescente recently made a post about Objectivism in the game Bioshock.
This game already borrows heavily from the works of Ayn Rand, and I'd recommend people check out her books and the philosophy that runs through them.
One of the hallmarks of art, in my experience, is that it spurs you to seek out other works of art. Bioshock did this for me, in spades.

Cruithne

Ah-ha, Wuthering Heights, I knew it.

Ion_Predator

@schizorogue: Not to turn this into Literature Review or anything, but I'd have to 100% disagree with this statement.

I've read the entire series and I really, really wish I could have that portion of my life back. Never has so much been written by so few that said so little.

There were times amidst the braid-tugging and dress smoothing when I actually thought the plot was going to go somewhere but it turned out be much more vigirous braid-pulling and more ferocious dress-smoothing. Then to add one pathetic insult to a whole host of injury he went and died before it could reach any sort of conclusion (I carefully omitted "satisfying")

I'm very bitter about this.

Dioxen

The Metamorphosis: A point and click adventure of questionable entertainment value.

TrevWolf

@excel_excel: "OMG it's Russel Crowe! (Press circle to roundhouse kick, square to uppercut, and triangle to throw a phone)"

TheJeanGenie

Les Miserables the game. I'd buy that.

Demonbird

still waiting patiently for a MMORPG of Robert Jordans "The Wheel of Time" series. If you havnt read it, then you are doing yourself a great disservice.

schizorogue

Pride & Prejudice: The Bitch that would not put out.
In this exciting new point&click adventure from Running with Scissors, your goal is to ensure that Elisabeth remains single, brash and aggresive. Use items such as a steneroscope or a monocle! Solve puzzles through complex and boring lines of tiresome dialogue! Fllip Darcy the berg! The possibilities are endless!

MasterOfPastures

Chick reminds me of Sasha Grey!

mr_dimsum

Why not bust out a Proust adventure game? "You have found a madeleine! User: 'Eat madeleine.' Loading game..."

Anemone

@Raziel3333: Maybe it is because I love doom or because I played that role in a play, but I am picking my ribs up from the floor because of that comment. Win, sir!

MasterOfPastures

'A farewell to Arms- Rear Guard' Not like any FPS you've ever played. In this riveting retelling of WWI, you play as an engineer in the rear lines. You live in a French town about to be taken over by the German forces. Take cover in an exciting "Suprise!" shelling by the invading troops! You might die, and theres no way to know where the shells drop. Go on leave and knock up some French chick, who may or may not die during birth! Abandon your army as the troops rebel against all commanding officers! War has never been this realistic.

ChunkOFunk

My first thought was an Atticus Finch: Ace Attorney game, but I could live with a Maycomb MMORPG.

Actaeus

@jive238: I laughed and laughed at the whole thing, and wished it was longer. An Emily Brontë FPS? It's funny!

Maggie Greene

I bet there's a secret ammo stash behind the tree.

squidboy007

Agreed, pic is comedy gold.

shadow300z

haha love that pic. never thought i'd see Jane Eyre on kotaku!

ladeeda

IT'S KLAN, BOSS! KLAN!!!!! THEY'RE COMIN' BOSS!

ErskinPig

I found that pic more funny than it should be.

jive238

Can't wait for "Harvest Moon: Of Mice and Men"

Hopanoe

FIGHTING ROUND THE WORLD WITH RUSSEL CROWE-THE VIDEO GAME!

excel_excel

Oliver the Video game

GIVE ME THE SOUP MOTHER F***ER!!!
*pulls out BFG9000*

Raziel3333