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Classic literature for classier video games (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

A video game based on classic literature.

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ELECTRONIC ARTS DOES "DANTE’S INFERNO" JUSTICE (Asbury Park Press)

February 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” from “The Divine Comedy,” a three-part poem. It has hell’s signature foreboding and a litany of monstrous entities that any game developer needs for a good head start.

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Levinson honored for his writing (Baltimore Sun)

February 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Baltimore native looks back on unexpected career Saturday night in Los Angeles, Baltimore native Barry Levinson received the Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America, given whenever the WGA wants to recognize a screenwriter who has “advanced the literature of the motion picture.” The previous winner, in 2008, was the late, great Budd Schulberg. He wrote “On the Waterfront,” one of Levinson …

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Game review: Electronic Arts does ‘Dante’s Inferno’ justice (San Jose Mercury News)

February 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” from “The Divine Comedy,” a three-part poem.

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F*ck A Thug: NBA Players Book Club (Bossip)

February 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

With all of the foolishness surrounding Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton and their gun-toting locker room fiasco, it seems like the NBA is attempting to portray the players in a more positive light: New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor, whose parents both hail from Nigeria, is one of the league’s most accomplished fans of literature.

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Review: EA does `Dante’s Inferno’ justice (AP via Yahoo! News)

February 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” from “The Divine Comedy,” a three-part poem. It has hell’s signature foreboding and a litany of monstrous entities that any game developer needs for a good head start.

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Review: EA does `Dante’s Inferno’ justice (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Review: EA does `Dante’s Inferno’ justice (Washington Post)

February 11, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

– If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” from “The Divine Comedy,” a three-part poem. It has hell’s signature foreboding and a litany of monstrous entities that any game developer needs for a good head…

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Students earn awards for artwork (Peninsula Gateway)

February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Dakotah Carr won the Visual Arts category. Key Peninsula Middle School celebrated some of its artists last month in a contest sponsored by the PTSA.

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10 Literary Classics That Should Be Videogames (Wired News)

February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Libraries brim with epic tales of war, madness and whitewashing. With the new Dante’s Inferno lighting the way, Wired.com takes a stroll through the stacks in search of the next big literature-based videogame franchise.

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10 Literary Classics That Should Be Videogames (Wired News)

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Oundle Festival of Literature details released (Peterborough Today)

February 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment 

TICKETS and programmes for a prestigious literary festival are now available. (29/01/2010)

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