Lara Croft … as a guy
I kind of love this. What if Lara Croft was a man? Not new but definitely worth a post:
Check out the rest on DeviantArt.
Patrick Ness: More Than This
Look what landed on the desk this week?!
A signed proof of Patrick Ness‘ More Than This.
There goes my weekend!
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Trailer
Check out the trailer for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - based on Rick Riordan‘s series!
The Future of Publishing | Bestsellers on Digital Shifts
What do you get when you put 5 best-selling uber authors and two publishers into a Google Hangout?
Mashable and Google bundled Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Greg Iles, Sam Barry and Ridley Pearson (chaperoned by Lisa Rutherford and Jen Lou from Coliloquy) into a chat for an hour - and the results were interesting. Funny, sometimes insightful and interesting and sometimes infomercial. Definitely worth a skim!
Leap Frog Ultra
Q: Is the Leapfrog Ultra Tablet the answer to getting kids the ultra tablet?
I got to play with one of these the other day - and the Ultra is inching closer to being a tablet over a toy - Leapfrog’s latest is still disconnected from the iOS or Android store but it does feature a browser built for kids. It’s no iPad mini, and I still have a soft spot for the MEEP, but the Ultra competes head-to-head with Nabi 2. Meanwhile a Nook and Kindle look almost shabby compared to the camera and browser ability - the content available from both is still stronger.
Anything that has a wider feel as a Nexus or iPad is still winning out - parent-controlled second-hand tablets and phones are still making the biggest waves.
A: Not yet.
Remember Me: E-Book goes live
Game developer Capcom have published a book, Remember Me: The Pandora Archive, based on the game release Remember Me (June 2013). Friend of these parts Paul Rhodes, Orb Entertainment, worked with Capcom to bring the book together (alongside author Scott Harrison). According to Rhodes:
“Digital has levelled the playing field. It is now possible for games companies such as Capcom to extend their fantastic stories into the literary marketplace without having to rely on a traditional licensing deal with a book publisher.”
The market is shifting - I’m working on a similar project at the minute with Digit Games - but I don’t see it as the end to partnerships, more that those too will shift.
One thing that is hard to argue - the direct reach that a games company has with their audience is huge and with an incredibly brand-loyal market this isn’t the first, or the last time, that developers will produce books of their own.