Novelization?

[Sp0tted]

Back in the day, when a LA adventure game came out, a fan would write a novelization of it.

Has anyone put any thought/effort into attempting a project like this for the current seasons?

[langley]

Writing the novelized version of a fart joke seems like some kind of literary sin.

[Sp0tted]

It worked for Shakespeare

[Gresman]

i have to read shakespeare again i have to find the fart joke

[Will]

Most of Shakespeare's plays have at least one fart joke.

[Tester Scott]

Fart jokes have been around for ages. Haven't you guys ever seen those ancient cave paintings of the guy bent over with people passed out behind him. Though that may be not so much a joke as a warning to stay upwind of that guy.

[Gresman]

i usually try to stand as far away from aperson who is known to fart alot but sometimes you cant avoid to be near such a person

[Molokov]

Not sure I can remember any fart jokes in Shakespeare but there's plenty of knob[1] jokes.

[1] or euphemism of your choice

[Gresman]

whats a knob?

[AussieEvil]

It's what you open a door with.

[Gresman]

okay thats a knob but how can someone make jokes about them they arent funny

[Mel]

(k)nob is a slang term for a penis

[Gresman]

okay that one i didnt know
this forum is sorta educational

[wisp]

haven't heard that one as well, sounds rather short. furthermore the expression knob job, even though sounding kind of funny, seems a bit odd. isn't the x in x job, where x is supposed to be a variable like in math, usually referring to what is used to handle the job instead of what is handeled? you know, like in...hehe..hehe...paint job. the paint is used to color the car, otherwise it would be a car job.

[Kedri]

DERAILED o_O

We already have a Sam & Max book. It's called Surfin' the Highway. :)

And I think making books of the episodes themselves is like making a book based on the Wizard of Oz movie, or worse still, the Lord of the Rings movies.

[TrogLlama]

DERAILED o_O

We already have a Sam & Max book. It's called Surfin' the Highway. :)

And I think making books of the episodes themselves is like making a book based on the Wizard of Oz movie, or worse still, the Lord of the Rings movies.
...
Please tell me you were aware that they both were originally books.

[tabacco]

I think that might have been the point :)

[ShaggE]

Back in the day, when a LA adventure game came out, a fan would write a novelization of it.

Has anyone put any thought/effort into attempting a project like this for the current seasons?

Sam reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the typewriter ribbon he had stumbled upon in Jurgen's castle earlier. He tried to push it against Max's head, but after a few attempts, he realized that this was getting him nowhere.

"I can't use this with that!" Sam muttered to himself.

----

Max menaced the jukebox. Seeing that the machine refused to cower, he wandered around for a few minutes, pausing only to pick at his navel lint and sniff things.

To Sam and Stinky, he was merely keeping himself amused. But Max was using this opportunity to question his role in life. Was he forever destined to chew on dictator heads and make hilarious quips? Or was there a higher calling? Max's true dream in life was to be a calliope player, but he knew Sam only wanted to solve cases. So he forced a smile every morning and pretended to be excited about his job. If Sam only knew the sacrifices Max made to keep him happy.

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So yeah, I don't see a novelization working. :p

[mre]

Sam reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the typewriter ribbon he had stumbled upon in Jurgen's castle earlier. He tried to push it against Max's head, but after a few attempts, he realized that this was getting him nowhere.

"I can't use this with that!" Sam muttered to himself.

----

Max menaced the jukebox. Seeing that the machine refused to cower, he wandered around for a few minutes, pausing only to pick at his navel lint and sniff things.

To Sam and Stinky, he was merely keeping himself amused. But Max was using this opportunity to question his role in life. Was he forever destined to chew on dictator heads and make hilarious quips? Or was there a higher calling? Max's true dream in life was to be a calliope player, but he knew Sam only wanted to solve cases. So he forced a smile every morning and pretended to be excited about his job. If Sam only knew the sacrifices Max made to keep him happy.

---

So yeah, I don't see a novelization working. :p

Hey! I don't see a Mary Sue in that! It's mandatory, you know. :mad:

[LuigiHann]

I think some games need novelizations. Like, I'd read the book version of a Final Fantasy or Earthbound game, because in games like that it tends to feel like the gameplay is merely an obstacle in the way of story. Sam & Max is easy enough to get through that I don't have that feeling.

[langley]

I think some games need novelizations.

Quix: The Novel

[Will]

Please sir, the correct spelling is Qix. The story of Qix is explicated in Megadrive's classic Ultimate Qix.

"The spaceship Monotros is just about to arrive home safely, when the crew discovers that a deadly alien force has beaten them home. Their mother star completely annihilated, the crew hops back in their ship to fly around the planet looking for survivors. When they come upon an S.O.S. signal, their adventure is just about to begin. Approaching the planet's surface again, our heroes discover that their last allies are under attack! Pilot the Monotros into battle against fierce alien attacks and unknown terrors in this science fiction epic. An entire star's fate rests in your hands, so use the individual strengths of the crew members to your advantage and pray for the best."

Clearly you are not a true fan, sir.

[langley]

Touché.

[JusSonic]

I think there should be novelization of Sam and Max seasons, especially the other Telltale Games. They would be fine reading as well as help those who don't got the games or never go to Youtube a lot figure out what's going on.

[guitarsareboring]

Does anyone else remember the novelization of Smash TV?

[GinnyN]

Sam reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the typewriter ribbon he had stumbled upon in Jurgen's castle earlier. He tried to push it against Max's head, but after a few attempts, he realized that this was getting him nowhere.

"I can't use this with that!" Sam muttered to himself.

----

Max menaced the jukebox. Seeing that the machine refused to cower, he wandered around for a few minutes, pausing only to pick at his navel lint and sniff things.

To Sam and Stinky, he was merely keeping himself amused. But Max was using this opportunity to question his role in life. Was he forever destined to chew on dictator heads and make hilarious quips? Or was there a higher calling? Max's true dream in life was to be a calliope player, but he knew Sam only wanted to solve cases. So he forced a smile every morning and pretended to be excited about his job. If Sam only knew the sacrifices Max made to keep him happy.

---

So yeah, I don't see a novelization working. :p

Or I'm too nervious, or bored, or this is really funny

(It's the third option, I'm sure!)

[Rather Dashing]

Hi 2008. I'm here...FROM THE FUTURE.

[light_rises]

Somewhere around ShaggE's post, a unicorn exploded into a bright cloud of rainbows, butterflies, and delicately-crafted European chocolates.

And thus my annoyance at the necrobump has largely dissipated. Largely.

[Remolay]

You know, I like to write a lot. I may not be able to make a novelization of season one, but I may be able to make a short storylization (that needs to be a word now)
I'll work on it when I remember it next

[Irishmile]

From
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act I, Sc. II
"I'll speak in a monstrous little voice. "


Clearly that is a fart joke :p Ok maybe not.

[Rather Dashing]

From
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Act I, Sc. II
"I'll speak in a monstrous little voice. "


Clearly that is a fart joke :p Ok maybe not.
If you're going for a Shakespearean fart joke, at the very least use the actual Shakespearean fart joke.

A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind,
Ay, and break it in your face, so he break it not behind.

The Comedy of Errors
Act 3, Scene 1

[Remolay]

Try this
Demetrius: "Villain, what hast thou done?"
Aaron: "That which thou canst not undo."
Chiron: "Thou hast undone our mother."
Aaron: "Villain, I have done thy mother."

Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene II

Thanks to Gravity on the Real Life forums

Shakespeare, making everything classier since the 1590s.

[Irishmile]

If you're going for a Shakespearean fart joke, at the very least use the actual Shakespearean fart joke.

Do you bite your thumb at me sir?

[The Highway]

Do you bite your thumb at me sir?

I do bite my thumb at you, sir.

[Udvarnoky]

Back in the day, when a LA adventure game came out, a fan would write a novelization of it.

Actually, a LucasArts employee named Jo Ashburn would, only he'd write it in the form of a walkthrough and it would be included in the hint book. The one for Hit the Road is swell (http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=samandmax&page=4).

[Avistew]

I had no idea people here realised Shakespeare made popular, gross jokes or I wouldn't have used it as an example in another thread :P

I don't see why a novelisation wouldn't work, but don't count on me to write it.

[Shwoo]

I haven't read much Shakespere, but I get the impression that he used a lot of lowbrow humour. His plays got popular because they appealed to so many people.

Sam reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the typewriter ribbon he had stumbled upon in Jurgen's castle earlier. He tried to push it against Max's head, but after a few attempts, he realized that this was getting him nowhere.

"I can't use this with that!" Sam muttered to himself.

----

Max menaced the jukebox. Seeing that the machine refused to cower, he wandered around for a few minutes, pausing only to pick at his navel lint and sniff things.

To Sam and Stinky, he was merely keeping himself amused. But Max was using this opportunity to question his role in life. Was he forever destined to chew on dictator heads and make hilarious quips? Or was there a higher calling? Max's true dream in life was to be a calliope player, but he knew Sam only wanted to solve cases. So he forced a smile every morning and pretended to be excited about his job. If Sam only knew the sacrifices Max made to keep him happy.

---

So yeah, I don't see a novelization working. :p
That was funny, but writing can be exactly as silly as cartoonish video games can. It's a medium, not a genre. There's really no reason why the games can't be novelised. Except that I don't think a novelisation would add much. That said, I'm going to try a written version of the final puzzle of 106. I've had the idea for a while, and this thread is a good excuse.

[Sp0tted]

Actually, a LucasArts employee named Jo Ashburn would, only he'd write it in the form of a walkthrough and it would be included in the hint book. The one for Hit the Road is swell (http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=samandmax&page=4).

This is cool, but it's not what I am talking about...

This is...http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/neches/158/snm1.htm

[Sp0tted]

ps. More of them are here: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/neches/158/index2.html

[LikaLaruku]

Heheh, I actually just saw the Video Game Novel section at Borders yesterday; Halo, Myst, Baldur's Gate, Word of Warcraft, Icewind Dale, Hellgate London (I think)...those are the only ones I can remember off the top of my head.

[LuigiHann]

Heheh, I actually just saw the Video Game Novel section at Borders yesterday; Halo, Myst, Baldur's Gate, Word of Warcraft, Icewind Dale, Hellgate London (I think)...those are the only ones I can remember off the top of my head.

Most video-game based novels tend to be original side-stories and stuff using the game's world and characters, generally, whereas a "novelization" implies a book that retells more or less the same story that the game tells, like with film novelizations. Not trying to correct you or anything, just sort of contrasting the original poster's idea with the examples you mention.

I'll also add that the Myst novels are fantastic. Highly recommended reading.

[Irishmile]

I read an official Kings Quest nove (http://kingsquest.wikia.com/wiki/King%27s_Quest:_The_Floating_Castle)l when I was a teen.... It wasn't based on any of the games it was an entirely different story...

[The Highway]

I heard there have been two Professor Layton novels. But only in Japan. Boooooo!

[Avistew]

I wonder if they ask you to solve puzzles in the middle of the novel.

"Hi, my dear Layton, I wanted to go buy some food but I'm wondering, what's the very longest path for me to go from my house to the shop taking only 3 turns?"

[The Highway]

I love fan fiction

[GinnyN]

I wonder if they ask you to solve puzzles in the middle of the novel.

"Hi, my dear Layton, I wanted to go buy some food but I'm wondering, what's the very longest path for me to go from my house to the shop taking only 3 turns?"

I heard they will do that IN THE MOVIE so, I don't think is that impossible..

[The Highway]

I heard they will do that IN THE MOVIE so, I don't think is that impossible..

I heard they already did that in the movie.

[tredlow]

"Oh, hi. I'm Mendelev," says the archer. "I used to run a shooting range here with my brother Dongolev. But we don't talk so much anymore. I haven't seen him in a Jhonka's age. If you ever run into him, tell him I said 'haldo'.
"You mean 'hello,'?" Rather Dashing asked.
"Oh, um. No. Shut up. I said 'haldo' and I meant 'haldo.' Tell him I said 'haldo.'"

[Shwoo]

You added six words. That's not much of a novelisation.

[Videlectrix]

"Oh, hi. I'm Mendelev," says the archer. "I used to run a shooting range here with my brother Dongolev. But we don't talk so much anymore. I haven't seen him in a Jhonka's age. If you ever run into him, tell him I said 'haldo'.
"You mean 'hello,'?" Rather Dashing asked.
"Oh, um. No. Shut up. I said 'haldo' and I meant 'haldo.' Tell him I said 'haldo.'"

Dear Sir

We are the proprietors of all copyright in a literary/artistic/musical work entitled Peasant's Quest(The "Work"). We have reserved all rights in the Work, which was first expressed in material form on August 2, 1982.

It has come to our attention that your work entitled Peasant's Quest: The Really Really Short Excerpt of A Potential Novelization, is identical/substantially similar to our copyrighted Work. Permission was neither asked nor granted to reproduce our Work and your Work therefore constitutes infringement of our rights. In terms of the Copyright Statutes, we are entitled to an injunction against your continued infringement, as well as to recover damages from you for the loss we have suffered as a result of your infringing conduct.

In the circumstances, we demand that you immediately:

1. remove all infringing content and notify us in writing that you have done so;

2. credit all infringing content to ourselves in the following manner: Videlectrix Read!;

3. pay a licensing fee in the amount of ONE MILLION DOLLARS;

4. immediately cease the use and distribution of copyrighted material;

5. deliver-up for destruction all unused or undistributed copies;

6. undertake in writing to desist from using any of our copyrighted Work in future without prior written authority from us.

We await to hear from you by no later than close of business on yesterday.

This is written without prejudice to our rights, all of which are hereby expressly reserved.

Yours faithfully,

Videlectrix*

*not really

[iambecomedeath7]

All of this is irrelevant. We need a BioShock novelisation.

[Rather Dashing]

All of this is irrelevant. We need a BioShock novelisation.
That would be like making a novelization of the Harry Potter films. The Bioshock novelization is Atlas Shrugged.

[iambecomedeath7]

That would be like making a novelisation of the Harry Potter films. The Bioshock novelization is Atlas Shrugged.

No, Atlas Shrugged is like a prequel novelisation, BEFORE everything turned to shit. I mean, *sublime.*

Also, let's all ignore Videlectrix. Copyrights are for n00bz0rz. They have their demands and I think that they're unreasonable. Those parasites.

[Rather Dashing]

No, Atlas Shrugged is like a prequel novelisation, BEFORE everything turned to shit. I mean, *sublime.*
Isn't that enough for you, though? What would a novel reveal about Bioshock's story that the game did not?

Also, let's all ignore Videlectrix. Copyrights are for n00bz0rz. They have their demands and I think that they're unreasonable. Those parasites.
But is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

[iambecomedeath7]

Isn't that enough for you, though? What would a novel reveal about Bioshock's story that the game did not?

No, no. It's cool. Don't worry. A novel is needed. Trust me on this, friend.

But is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

Look, as I told Sinclair during the economic run-up, I would not offer legal protections on products. If you want to protect your market share, you have got to provide a better product. It's economic Darwinism and a cornerstone of my philosophy. This is not a cop-out. Men are still entitled to the sweat of their brows. I am not a giant hypocrite. Just ignore what the game tells you in that regard.

[The Highway]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rather Fucking Annoying

That's a bit harsh

[Rather Dashing]

That's a bit harsh
True, but also funny. :D

[The Highway]

True, but also funny. :D

As long as you're okay with it, then a harsh insult turns to comic gold. :D

[tredlow]

You added six words. That's not much of a novelisation.

Actually, I just replaced 'you' with 'Rather Dashing'.

[Avistew]

You added six words. That's not much of a novelisation.

I feel the need to post six-word stories now.
But my shortest story was about 10 words long so instead I'll link you to this (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html).

(I love this one):
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.

[Remolay]

I did one.

There was a guy. He died

[Leak]

"Titles. Wacky adventures. Credits roll. Fin."

[Astro Gnocci]

Once upon a time, the end.

[Irishmile]

falling ball, bounce

[Alcoremortis]

Boy meets girl. Girl calls cops.

[Astro Gnocci]

Boy meets girl. Girl calls cops.

Genius !

[questionthemajority]

Having written the vaguely popular (and I use that term loosely) fanfiction "Sam & Max vs. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac," I have to say that writing for the Freelance Police in a novel format is difficult. You don't have the ability to rely on artwork or animation to carry out some of the jokes and instead have to hope that you can accurately portray the precise image through text alone in order to be sure people get some of the sight gags. Or whatever a sight gag would be called in a medium that doesn't include artwork.

[Shwoo]

That really depends. When I write Sam & Max fanfiction, I focus more on the character driven humour than the sight gags, and give the perspective character an internal monologue. This is usually Sam, because Max seems like the kind of person who would get bored in the middle of a thought. It just seems a waste to be writing in prose and not trying to get into anybody's head.