Henry David Thoreau: Coming Soon to a Game Store Near You!
by jackijinx
Yep. This guy. Alright, folks. We all know there's been games inspired by literature ranging from murder mysteries like Agatha Cristie: Murder on the Orient Express , to post-apocalyptic science fiction like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream , to completely twisted children stories like American McGee's Alice in Wonderland , but I think it's rather safe to say that there are no book based game...
Yep. This guy.Alright, folks. We all know there's been games inspired by literature ranging from murder mysteries like Agatha Cristie: Murder on the Orient Express, to post-apocalyptic science fiction like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, to completely twisted children stories like American McGee's Alice in Wonderland, but I think it's rather safe to say that there are no book based games on of the philosophical, autobiographic nature. So guess what? Tracy Fullerton is filling this void with Walden: The Game, based on Henry David Thoreau's book Walden, a story documenting the portion of his life where he attempts to isolate himself from society in order to become more objective about it. That's a hard core philosopher for you. It's a concept I have a hard time seeing as anything beyond an interactive story, but perhaps there's just something I'm not seeing here.
In any case, I'm getting a copy of the book from my library to get the details down so I know what horrific things get altered when it's released. I suggest all other not-so-well-read cynics do the same.
On a side note, what is up with this guy's beard? Did he super-glue a bunch of used Brillo pads to his chin and call it a day? I think so.
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