Games and Literature

摘要

In my previous column (Games and Literacy, LJ 6/15/09), I talked about literacy, reading, and writing associated with the gaming hobby. In libraries, we also pride ourselves on being about literature, not just Dick and Jane or Clifford the Big Red Dog. Surely gaming and literature have no common ground, right?rnWrong. Gaming and literature are both about narrative and storytelling. J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy delivers a powerful literary narrative with ties borrowing from mythic sources. In the same way that writers like Tolkien adapted and expanded on earlier literatures to create new works for new audiences, game developers are building new legends from older material today.