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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

High art

I can't believe I'm so stoked about a video game novelization (particularly for a game I've never played), but this one—written by internationally successful author Miyuki Miyabe—just looks so cool. (The cover art is the same as the Japanese and European versions of ICO; American gamers, sadly, got stuck with this.) The book was originally written in 2004, but VIZ is releasing it here in the States on August 11th.

Labels: Book Covers, Miyuki Miyabe, Video games

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Role-playing Jane Austen

According to AustenBlog, the fine people at Reflexive Entertainment have produced a video game inspired by Jane Austen’s novels called Matches & Matrimony. There is a trial download available for Windows (with a Mac version coming soon), and I'm totally excited to play it. Nothing says "Jane Austen" to me like a hokey, low-budget, mid-90s-style adventure game with some inexplicable anime influences tossed in, you know?

Labels: Jane Austen, Video games

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Pride and Prejudice and cell phone apps

AustenBlog has posted a generally-positive guest review by some dude named Douglas R. Burchill of the new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies video game for the iPhone. If you're looking for the short version, here goes: Mr. Burchill liked the game overall, but thought it was too short. However, for $2.99 you can't go too far wrong, can you?

Labels: Jane Austen, satire, Video games

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Who knew she was dating Harry Potter?

Speaking of Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet, there's a game! It's an interactive "Hidden Objects" sort of deal, and apparently there will be separate games for each book in the series. Now, I'm not gonna lie: I love Hidden Object games, but the voice-over for this one was so embarrassing I had to close the window. Still, if you're a braver woman than I am (and trust me, most of you are), feel free to check it out on the I-play site.

Labels: Nora Roberts, Video games