It's the Overlord!, Dragon Quest Heroes and '98 Books

On 08/28/2015 at 01:55 AM by KnightDriver

I just saw today that Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is coming out late September for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. I am so psyched! It does look a bit more like Diablo this time, but how can I resist the funny writing of Rhianna Pratchet, script writer for the other Overlord games and the recent Tomb Raider reimagining. I'm preordering this tomorrow even though I still don't have a current gen console. I think I might finally get a Xbox One for this though.

My friend pointed out Dragon Quest Heroes coming in October as well for PS4. A reason for me to jump on board the PS4 bandwagon too. I don't know how I'm going to work it with my friend not having the funds for a new system, but maybe it'll be back to same-screen co-op. Then it's just a Wii-U at Christmas time and I'll finally be caught up. Well see, but I'm psyched to do it all this holiday season.

And back to my 1998 fest and books. I must've started reading again in '98 because Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf came out and I couldn't resist picking it up. Beowulf was one of the first books I had to read in English class in High School. I liked Heaney's translation and now I'm looking up his poetry and original works too.

What I didn't realize came out in '98 was the second Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Yes this is the UK release date. It came out in '99 in the US. Still, I put it on my list, and since I'm just about done with Toni Morrison's Jazz. I ordered the audio book from the library today so I can start it tomorrow.

That's all folks. Onto Film and TV in '98 for tomorrow.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/28/2015 at 07:54 AM

WOOOO FILM AND TV '98. TITANIC. lol

Chamber of Secrets was ok. I started to REALLY get into the series with Prisoner of Azkaban.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/28/2015 at 09:13 PM

yeah Chamber of Secrets was definitely so so. People who didn't read the books and only saw the movies missed out on a lot though. She's a good writer.

08/28/2015 at 10:42 PM

The movies were all pretty much just ok to me. I've gone back and read a couple of the books, but I was pretty much done with each of the movies after one squat in the theater unless they came on TV ... in which case, I mostly still didn't care.

KnightDriver

08/31/2015 at 01:06 AM

I still haven't seen Titanic even though it was in the theaters for like the whole year.

I've listened to the first two discs of Chamber of Secrets now and I was thinking about the similarities to Road Dahl's Matilda book. After a while I fogot about the comparison and I think that says something good about Harry Potter. The story is good enough that you get caught up in it and forget about what inspired it. It's its own world.

08/31/2015 at 08:31 AM

There are tons of references in those books to literature, ancient beliefs and mythologies, etc. I always read them pretty straightforward, but they can be dense if you're really looking.

09/01/2015 at 01:03 AM

I read Matilda recently and it really jumped out as a main inspiration. The story is very similar in a kind of basic way.

09/01/2015 at 03:54 AM

The abused kid getting magic powers thing. Yeah, I can definitely see that. To me, that's only a small part of the series though. When he's off at school is the meat.

09/01/2015 at 04:29 PM

Yea, it's mainly when he's home at the Dursleys that it's like Matilda. I hate those parts. He's treated like an animal and I want to scream.

09/01/2015 at 06:46 PM

Which is what makes him a sympathetic character. Gotta have the dark to appreciate the light I think.

09/02/2015 at 03:42 PM

It's almost as bad at school though! Drako always pestering him, and Prof. Snape trying to get him in trouble all the time. It's unbearable! At times it goes a little bit over the top and I remember it's a kind of fairy tale. Then I can put up with it.

09/02/2015 at 04:01 PM

You read the whole series, right?

09/02/2015 at 04:12 PM

I've seen all the movies but I've just read the first book. I'm about half way through the second. I know about Snape though. I'm just trying to read it without thinking about what I already know. I think I'll finish Chamber of Secrets this week and start Prisoner of Askaban next.

Alex-C25

09/11/2015 at 05:25 PM

Titanic is from 97....

09/11/2015 at 09:25 PM

December 19, 1997, you're right. I guess I remember the hype for it coming from 1998.

09/17/2015 at 02:38 AM

Yea there's always this thing with movies released late in the year carrying over to the next year's list on wiki. Titantic was in the theaters for all of 1998 even though it released in '97. What to do. . .

Machocruz

08/28/2015 at 06:09 PM

Did the publisher mention cross platform play for DQH? It's coming out for PS3 too.

Ranger1

08/29/2015 at 09:04 PM

You may have just made my year with that bit of news.

08/30/2015 at 02:09 AM

Apparently the PS3 version isn't coming to NA :(

08/31/2015 at 06:40 AM

Now I'm going to go cry in a corner.

08/31/2015 at 01:07 AM

Yea, I saw that it was out on PS3 for Japan and Europe but not NA. Darn it! I'd like to get a PS4, but maybe not yet.

08/28/2015 at 09:12 PM

i read that Beowulf. I remember liking it. But I can't remember a lot of it now.

08/31/2015 at 01:09 AM

I've been trying to get back into some poetry reading but I don't know the contemporary poets other than Seamus Heaney. I'm going to start with him.

08/29/2015 at 02:42 PM

hey! did u see this??

http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Defense-Force-4-1-Despair-PlayStation/dp/B00Z9LTDFS/ref=sr_1_62?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1440873691&sr=1-62&refinements=p_n_date%3A1249090011

08/31/2015 at 01:11 AM

Oh man!!! How on earth am I going to get two PS4s so Mark and I can play it co-op? I am going to preorder the game anyway though. The console will be around, the games sometimes get scarse, plus I want to support the series.

FAF101

08/29/2015 at 06:22 PM

I am so excited for Dragon Quest Heroes! I wish I had a PS4!!!!!!

08/31/2015 at 01:13 AM

So do I. I need two so my friend and I can play it co-op. I'm not going back to couch co-op. That's so 2004.

08/29/2015 at 09:06 PM

I tried reading the Heaney translation, but I still like the Donaldson translation I had to read for my college Beowulf class better. Heaney is one of Jason's favorite poets.

08/31/2015 at 01:19 AM

oo! Prose translation. I'll have to check it out.

Cary Woodham

08/31/2015 at 12:09 PM

I saw a little bit of Dragon Quest Heroes at PAX this past weekend. I got a Slime fan and they had a wall of bubble wrap with Slime stickers that you could pop. Later this week you can check out pictures on the GamerDad.com site!

09/01/2015 at 01:09 AM

Cool! After playing DQ VIII, I'm a fan of the series and am familiar with all the characters. I really want to play it.

PixlBit