I'm not a big video game player, other than the occasional game of Star Wars Lego (that is just FUN) so I was surprised when I saw an announcement for a new video game--Dante's Inferno.
Now I'm pretty sure it's NOT like the book... playing Dante and just following Virgil around for nine levels of peaking in on the Las Vegas party-style that is Hell and ending up with the "I went to Hell and all I got was this t-shirt" t-shirt.
I have no details on what's actually in the game, but I'd be more inclined to play it, if everyone's favorite Middle Ages poet strapped on a pair (of guns) and laid waste to the hellish wasteland that is... well, Hell.
But this got me thinking about what other novels could be turned into video games...
The Lord of the Flies: Play as Ralph, Jack, or Piggy. Defeat the other kids on the island, grab the pig head for extra power and take on the the Beast with a laser gun made from Piggy's glasses.
Hamlet: Why suffer the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" when you can make others suffer? Start off by driving your girlfriend to suicide, and then eliminate everyone in your Friends and Family calling circle. In the final boss level, take on Fortinbras and his army in classic first person shooter style.
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Wander around the streets of London as Edward Hyde beating up Bobbies and Harlots and stealing nearby carriages for transportation, all the while earning money and Hyde potions, until you can take on Queen Elizabeth herself in a Mortal-Combat style fight (I just wonder what the Queen's finishing move would be?)
Apparently great literature is for more than just reading, you can also play it!
P.S. If you get to the final level of Inferno, remember your thermal jammies.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
GodTube?
Seems the Vatican is getting a channel on the popular video sharing site YouTube. Details are sparse on what content the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church has in mind, but a quick look around YouTube should give him a few ideas...
* A video blog... wouldn't you like seeing the Pope hunched over in a chair, trying to stay in the frame of the web camera on his laptop lamenting about everything from the last movie he saw (probably Slumdog Millionaire, seems like everyone's seen that one but me) or just something that happened at work that day... I know I would be glued to the screen.
* Mashups... mix some pope videos with popular, but lyrically empty pop songs and watch the view counts soar... and I can't imagine ANY record company sending a cease and desist order against the Holy See. But be prepared for the unauthorized mashup of the Pope and Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl".
* Clips and Trailers... "This Week in Church..." a quick cut video (but without those goofy 80s style tilted angles) of some snippets of a reading, part of the sermon, and the happy faces of all those who just received communion...
Just a few ideas, and I'm sure the Vatican has even farther reaching plans, like a church in Second Life, or a Twitter account...
* A video blog... wouldn't you like seeing the Pope hunched over in a chair, trying to stay in the frame of the web camera on his laptop lamenting about everything from the last movie he saw (probably Slumdog Millionaire, seems like everyone's seen that one but me) or just something that happened at work that day... I know I would be glued to the screen.
* Mashups... mix some pope videos with popular, but lyrically empty pop songs and watch the view counts soar... and I can't imagine ANY record company sending a cease and desist order against the Holy See. But be prepared for the unauthorized mashup of the Pope and Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl".
* Clips and Trailers... "This Week in Church..." a quick cut video (but without those goofy 80s style tilted angles) of some snippets of a reading, part of the sermon, and the happy faces of all those who just received communion...
Just a few ideas, and I'm sure the Vatican has even farther reaching plans, like a church in Second Life, or a Twitter account...
Friday, January 9, 2009
My 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Ok, you should all know the premise by now, if not, check the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon page on Wikipedia.
I hadn't thought about my own degree number, till a friend of my on Facebook talked about hers. So that got me thinking and I was surprised to find it was easier to figure out than I thought. See a few years ago I was taking theater classes at the local community college. While there...
Speaking of Bacon (Kevin, not the pork food), the Oracle of Bacon is a great site for finding the shortest distance between two actors (it defaults to Kevin Bacon as one of the two, but you can substitute any two names). What's really impressive is putting in silent film stars like Charlie Chaplin or Fatty Arbuckle and finding out they are both within 3 degrees of Kevin.
I hadn't thought about my own degree number, till a friend of my on Facebook talked about hers. So that got me thinking and I was surprised to find it was easier to figure out than I thought. See a few years ago I was taking theater classes at the local community college. While there...
- I performed in The Crucible with John Esteban
- Who appeared (as an extra) in The New World with Colin Farrell
- Who appeared in Minority Report with Tom Cruise
- Who appeared in A Few Good Men with... Kevin Bacon
Speaking of Bacon (Kevin, not the pork food), the Oracle of Bacon is a great site for finding the shortest distance between two actors (it defaults to Kevin Bacon as one of the two, but you can substitute any two names). What's really impressive is putting in silent film stars like Charlie Chaplin or Fatty Arbuckle and finding out they are both within 3 degrees of Kevin.
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