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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land I got excited in 2008 when news hit somebody was making a game based on Tad Williams’ Otherland series of books. That game never turned up. Since it was an MMO, I am already over it, and now excited all over again because Otherland is being turned into very expensive motion pictures instead.
I don’t read too many books these days. Blame video games & comics for that. But back when I did read books, one of my favourite series of all time was Tad William’s Otherland series. Which, despite first appearing over ten years ago, did a pretty good job of depicting a future world hooked on MMOs. So imagine my surprise/delight/concern when I see that Real U – a new studio comprised mostly of ex-Melbourne House staffers – are making an MMO out of the series. As background, know that the books consist of a bunch of people travelling between virtual worlds, from WW1 France to a house that’s a world to a dystopian, war-torn Oz. If the MMO lets you do as it’s setting out to, and let you jump between completely different worlds like that, it’ll at least be interesting.
