Have we lost touch with our cultural roots? In a society that lives life in the fast lane, we are becoming increasingly removed from those who have gone before us. Gaming is no exception, where the next fad is defined by the five minute consumerism of titles like Flappy Bird. Forgetting our past darkens our future.
But, all is not lost. In a small, yet significant, way games can bridge the divide between generations, allowing us to reconnect with our cultural forefathers.
Pendragon is an extremely dynamic and adaptable narrative experience, and one which makes excellent use of the rich source material of Arthurian legend.
Inkle is bringing two of its narrative adventures to Nintendo Switch. 80 Days will launch on October 1st, while Heaven's Vault will come in early 2020.
Tom Kail from Inkle studio talked with Sector.sk about Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, possibility of another Sorcery! game, and indie scene in general.
I think there is a great opportunity here to put classics works to good use. Would love to see some of my favourite books from my childhood go interactive and choice-driven. The more the better I say.
Hopefully A Clockwork Orange is one classic we never see turned into a gamebook :P
This is one of two goals I want to see, I want history lessons turned into games where I learn and have fun similar to civ5 and assasins creed. Second goal would be for true emotion and feeling, like in movies and books that make me truly care.
Very true. We just saw an indie release taken from a classic Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken. We've seen the adaptation of the adaptation...Spec Ops: The Line...borrowing heavily from Apocalypse Now...which was inspired by Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
There is plenty of room for games to take some of the heavier themes from many classic novels and weave tales that will make you go back to want to read them. As with movies, it really comes down to having the vision and the ability to do so.
Could also be seen as the dumbing down of literary masterpieces for a generation with no attention span, but I guess some culture is better than no culture