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| Video game about a Red State Blue State Civil War |
| 2006-11-10 |
| Hugo and Nebula award-winning sci-fi and fantasy author Orson Scott Card has made a name for himself with best sellers like Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. Now he's taking his storytelling abilities to the world of video games with independent game developer Chair Entertainment. While Card's writing fueled classic LucasArts games The Dig and The Secret of Monkey Island, his latest book, Empire, is part of a multiformat franchise that was conceived from the ground up for video games, comic books, novels and films. Empire, which hits bookstores Nov. 28 from Tor Publishing, is set in a near-future America in which a civil war has erupted between the political left and the right. Card was involved from day one in building the franchise across entertainment mediums. He took some time to talk about his latest venture and to explain why he doesn't enjoy playing video games any more. ... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 On the other hand if the right were the ones trying to grab power I think the military would side with the lawful government. That is the only way to have a meaninful 'civil war' otherwise it would be a short blood-bath. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-11-10 23:56 |
| #2 Right, OS. The military would not go along with an extraordinary powergrab by the Dems/LLL. They would be grease spots on the L&N tracks. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-11-10 22:11 |
| #1 Considering which side the military goes on - and the gun owners, and the military bases... Be a rather short war. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-10 21:28 |