Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 05:00 GMT
Dante’s Inferno producer has been thinking about a Macbeth game for “years”
If you’d told us years ago that classic works of contemplative literature would make excellent window dressing for games around which phrases like “gore fountain” and “double decapitation” might be thrown, we’d have said you were completely nuts.
“Years” ago, however, Dante’s Inferno Executive Producer Jonathan Knight was already kicking around ideas for a videogame based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth.
“Macbeth the game is something I’ve been thinking about for years, but now, I think the emotional quality that games are achieving and the value level of the acting and the sound work makes it possible,” he told Industry Gamers.
“The thing is, the unique quality of games is being interactive; it’s about action and killing things and pursuing those mechanics is tricky when bringing in classic media; Dante’s is more of a violent interpretation of the poem for example. Macbeth would be great, though; there are witches and a supernatural experience along with plenty of intrigue and murder.”
We, personally, can’t wait to confront a 40 foot-tall, rocket-spewing Macduff at the game’s conclusion. “Hohoho,” he’ll bellow. “Your blows are weak. They are but sound and fury, signifying nothing!” Then he’ll launch into a 30 minute soliloquy.
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2 comments
#1
Neolucifer
03/02/10, 5:18 am
sigh , so Shakespeare was spared , but not Dante ..
How about then :
War and Peace
Synopsis :
*A cyborg from the Future is sent to pre-revolutionary Russia to stop Napoleon from defeating the triumphant Russian troops,thus allowing Genghis Khan to come back from the Past getting the Piece of Brian and raise the undead soldiers of Alexander the Great who bear the terrible curse of Ramses II.
And also coming soon :
Les Miserables
*Zombie dinosaurs from outer space invade the streets of 19th century Paris and you must rally the pauper masses and lead them to victory.
I’m exagerating , but i really can’t say , that while a decent game (with borderline plagiarism) , it’s hardly respecting the source book as it pretend to .
And including it in a collector book wont absolve the sin :p .
#2
Gheritt White
03/02/10, 11:54 am
I, for one, am *loving* the idea of more interactive liberal interpretations of classic works and really hope it’s the start of a long trend. Maybe we’ll finally see a proper Sherlock Holmes videogame soon?