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Games And Books Getting Along
The Guardian and Wired are taking a look at the connections between books and games this week. The Guardian's Games Blog has a look at games in literature. Wired, on the other side of the coin, has a look at books written in gaming worlds. From the Wired article: "Sam Fisher is, of course, the hero of the Splinter Cell video game. I've spent countless hours using my Xbox controller to sneak him past armed guards, scale walls and club enemies unconscious. But I didn't know much about his personal life until I wandered into an airport bookstore recently and encountered Splinter Cell -- the novel. That's right: the novel. In the last few years, publishers have taken a cue from the booming world of fan fiction and have begun commissioning novels based on famous games. It's now such a successful cottage industry that when you wander into any Barnes & Noble, there are shelves groaning under the weight of books written from Resident Evil, Halo, Tomb Raider and MechWarrior."
Sorry, but actually, the "MechWarrior" books were out before the game... although it was under the Battletech umbrella.
Sorry, just had to.
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My instincts tell me that game-based books will eventually go the way of the Magic: The Gathering books - they'll find their target audience in only the most hardcore of hardcore fans. (Of course, that might not be a bad thing.)
The Imperial Library has everything you want and then some.
Transcriptions of all of Morrowind's (and all Elder Scrolls games) books, interviews and commentary from the creators and fans, timelines, glossaries, you name it.
Enjoy.