Back in the mid 1990s, some unique stuff happened in gaming, but few things are weirder than the bizarre PC adventure game The Dark Eye: A puppet adventure game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and starring one of the 20th century's most influential authors, William S. Burroughs.
The 13 days of Halloween continue as Techraptors Robert Grosso goes into the world of Edgar Allan Poe with this obscure PC game from 1995.
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Novelizations of games are common, but how often does it work the other way around? It turns out more often than you might think.
The increasingly popular Witcher game franchise is widely known as a book adaptation, but it's far from the only example.
Wow, didn't know about The Witcher. Wonder if it's where George R.R. Martin got his inspiration. I suppose with Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) being in the Wither 3, it's all come full-circle.
They are! It's Poland's true pride XD
Seriously, how could anyone not hear about those? There's a whole saga to read! Even TV series and a movie!
I have read the Last Wish. I grabbed it when I heard about the original game. I think it might be better in its original native tongue.
The translation is a good story but...I think there might be some nuances lost in translation.
George RR Martin wrote Game of Thrones in in the 1990s and published in 1996.
The Witcher was written in 1994 but not translated until 2007. It was actually called the Last Wish with the subtitle: Introducing the Witcher.
Therefore, Martin couldn't have been influenced as he can't read the original which is in Polish.
Lovecraft's stories (as well as Poe's, etc) are so old as to be copyright free, so are easily downloadable in epub/pdf format. :)
So, yeah - if you can't get enough bloodborne you could binge read all of HP Lovecraft's stories, haha. Most are short stories too, so good for little creepy bursts.
Man the misinformation here. A lot of these draw inspiration for certain novelists and books but very few of them are games BASED on books. There's a very important discreptency to be made there.
So then you don't have a grasp on the fact that based and inspired are pretty much the same thing...ADAPTATION is the word you use when your literally ADAPTING a book
'Based on' and 'Adapting' are the same thing, however, 'inspired by' is a different thing altogether.
Constantin from NoobFeed talks a bit about the story and characters of Daedalic's upcoming game Blackguards.
interesting
Definitely going to play this.
So William S. Burroughs actually KILLED someone way before video games were made and then later on got into gaming!
Gonna remember this the next time someone goes on a Murder Spree and they blame Video Games.
Games are way more creepy back then.