If Emma were a video game...?
More just random brainstorming. I'll work more on the idea a little later.
When you read a book, particularly a comedy of manners, it is collosally boring because youre just sitting there watching these idiots talk about each other (IMHO). But what if we gave the normal person access to these stories? What if you could manipulate the worlds of Shakespeare and Jane Austen? That's right, what if Emma were a video game?
You could interact with the characters and be fully engaged in the action.
Say, Romeo and Juliet..
In the beginning you can chose whether to actually be involved in the fight that got this all going, or it would depend on who won.
You would be an observer. A random person in Verona, .. In the beginning you can be in your house and a fight breaks out in the street, you decide to either stay inside or go join in the fight. If you kill Tybalt in the fight, then that alters the whole story. Its like several huge fanfics all shoved together into one game. The actualy literature would be the player's guide (until someone wrote an easier one) but at least they'd also then be familiar with the plot and general Ness of the play/writing/whatever.
The only thing I can see wrong with this is that after playing the game, the books will be boring. We could have some characters with no explanation for their actions, then there would be fandoms, then theyd read the books for the fanfic-like quality. I can make shakespeare into a fanfic writer???
There can be crossovers in the games too.. a character who needs help writing a sonnet, if you give them the right line they'll give you a +8 sword of doom, or if you can lead Puck to the faerie queen he'll give you some of the love potion stuff. The more involved you get in the game, the more weird stuff you can do to the plot, soon its not even Romeo and Juliet anymore but Mercutio and Benvolio if you damn well please. Oh the possibilities.. Good thing Sheakespeares long dead, wouldn't want him to see how im butchuring his work.
When you read a book, particularly a comedy of manners, it is collosally boring because youre just sitting there watching these idiots talk about each other (IMHO). But what if we gave the normal person access to these stories? What if you could manipulate the worlds of Shakespeare and Jane Austen? That's right, what if Emma were a video game?
You could interact with the characters and be fully engaged in the action.
Say, Romeo and Juliet..
In the beginning you can chose whether to actually be involved in the fight that got this all going, or it would depend on who won.
You would be an observer. A random person in Verona, .. In the beginning you can be in your house and a fight breaks out in the street, you decide to either stay inside or go join in the fight. If you kill Tybalt in the fight, then that alters the whole story. Its like several huge fanfics all shoved together into one game. The actualy literature would be the player's guide (until someone wrote an easier one) but at least they'd also then be familiar with the plot and general Ness of the play/writing/whatever.
The only thing I can see wrong with this is that after playing the game, the books will be boring. We could have some characters with no explanation for their actions, then there would be fandoms, then theyd read the books for the fanfic-like quality. I can make shakespeare into a fanfic writer???
There can be crossovers in the games too.. a character who needs help writing a sonnet, if you give them the right line they'll give you a +8 sword of doom, or if you can lead Puck to the faerie queen he'll give you some of the love potion stuff. The more involved you get in the game, the more weird stuff you can do to the plot, soon its not even Romeo and Juliet anymore but Mercutio and Benvolio if you damn well please. Oh the possibilities.. Good thing Sheakespeares long dead, wouldn't want him to see how im butchuring his work.
posted by Mabreg at 10:36 AM
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