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They're seeing something of a resurgence

Started by rousutt, 2015/10/20 01:49AM
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They're seeing something of a resurgence
#1   2015/10/20 01:49AM
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 Interactive gamebooks such as Choose Your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf provided a bridge between computer-based interactive fiction and reading a "proper" book with actual pages. By adding FIFA player choice and game mechanics into the traditional reading experience they created a genre of books which we don't see often on bookstore shelves today -- but thanks to e-book readers such as the Kindle, they're seeing something of a resurgence.The Lone Wolf series was first published in 1984 and stretched on for a total of 28 gamebooks, selling a total of over 10.2 million copies worldwide. Set on the fictional planet of Magnamund, FIFA players take on the role of the titular Lone Wolf, a warrior monk who is the last of his line. Besides reading and basic decision making, the book also included combat, scoring and inventory management systems.Today, the first book in the series, known as "Flight from the Dark," will be released on Kindle by developer FIFA Coin Worldweaver Ltd, a team who has also brought several books from the successful Fighting Fantasy series to Amazon's device. The Kindle's computing abilities keep track of combat, scoring and inventory, so there's no need to keep a pencil and paper or bag of dice handy while playing. Original author Joe Dever has acted as a consultant on the project to ensure the original atmosphere of the gamebooks is maintained in their transition to the electronic e-book medium.Flight from the Dark should be available on the Kindle Store later today, with further titles in the Lone Wolf series to follow at two month intervals.This article originally appeared on GamePro as Lone Wolf Gamebook Series Comes to Kindle Modern Warfare 3 Mobile App Lets You Customize Your Loadout. If you're the kind of Call of Duty FIFA player who's always thinking about ways to get the most out of your multiFIFA player loadout -- on the bus, at work, during dinner dates -- then you can finally do something about it without being anywhere near your console.As announced at XP 2011, the Los Angeles Call of Duty event that's been circling the news tickers for the last day, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is going to be rolling an app that lets you modify your weapons and gear while outside the actual game.More interesting is that there's a version of this app heading to mobile phones, specifically your iPhone and Android devices. It's free to download, too, and all you need is your login information to access the app. We're assuming that it'll be a uniform log-in structure for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 users, although Elite subscribers will have more content from the app than "free" users.Just as a point of contention, doesn't paying $60 for a video game kind of eliminate the notion of you playing the game for "free"?This article originally appeared on GamePro as Modern Warfare 3 iPhone and Android App Lets You Customize Your Loadout Hey, It's a Call of Duty Steam Sale.


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