Chair's Ender's Game Video Game Series Put On Hold

Ender's Game was really amazing sci-fi, especially for a book that came out in 1977. I doubt the video game would (have) focused on the more philosophical debates of using the weapon (forgot its name) and the side story about his sister and brother and Ender's complete mental breakdown, although I would have been really interested to see their attempts to include those details in the video  game. I also suppose it would take some elements from Dead Space regarding the space setting and the zero-g elements. Eh, wishful thinking. 

I love learning about a new game and hearing about its demise in the same day...

" Bummer. I love Ender's Game. "

I read Ender's Game a few years ago and I didn't think it was as good as the people say it is.

" @ryanwho, @ArbitraryWater: Who said anything about being "politically correct" or "liberal"? Liberal and conservative don't necessarily apply here - what does apply is who, in this time of economic and political uncertainty, is deathly afraid, for whatever reason, of dudes marrying dudes. So which are you, hrm? "

" I read Ender's Game a long time ago, it's a great book but the man is so repugnant I don't want to touch anything else he's involved in. I felt weird buying Shadow Complex but figured what I give to the organizations like the Human Rights Campaign should off-set that fraction of the 15 dollars he gets many times over.  "

" @nicklott said:

" I read Ender's Game a long time ago, it's a great book but the man is so repugnant I don't want to touch anything else he's involved in. I felt weird buying Shadow Complex but figured what I give to the organizations like the Human Rights Campaign should off-set that fraction of the 15 dollars he gets many times over.  "

Why is he "repugnant"??  Shit, now that OSC is off of their games, I gotta say, their own "unique IP" to save a few bucks will probably be the Chair's sirens call.  So fuck'em.  They should sell the OSC IP to Cryptic.  We'd be better off.  At least none of this namby-pamby "we don't do  great IPs" bullshit. "

I'm glad one of my favorite books isn't going to be shat on after all.

Regardless of what Orson Scott Card's views are (are they really relevant to this article, or do you just like showing how politically correct you are?), I don't think he's a good author, and I don't think Ender's Game is very good source material.

" @ryanwho, @ArbitraryWater: Who said anything about being "politically correct" or "liberal"? Liberal and conservative don't necessarily apply here - what does apply is who, in this time of economic and political uncertainty, is deathly afraid, for whatever reason, of dudes marrying dudes. So which are you, hrm? "

The battle school thing is something you'd have to put a lot of time and a lot of money into getting right.  To date, no one has pulled off zero-g movement to any effective or accurate degree.  Dead Space tried, but really all they did there was have you jump from wall to wall in a straight line.  
 
Also, regarding Card, the fact that he's a jackass should in no way deter you from reading his books, especially the ones from early in his career.  Being a jackass doesn't make him any less a fantastic author. 

" I'm glad one of my favorite books isn't going to be shat on after all. "

" @LumpyTheCook said:

" @ryanwho, @ArbitraryWater: Who said anything about being "politically correct" or "liberal"? Liberal and conservative don't necessarily apply here - what does apply is who, in this time of economic and political uncertainty, is deathly afraid, for whatever reason, of dudes marrying dudes. So which are you, hrm? "

How does this apply to the article? It doesn't. The comments page is full of people who know this man from a well publicized statement instead of his award winning novel because they're a generation of illiterates addicted to tabloid. I wonder how many of these people ban Jackie Chan movies because of his stance on racial casting. Probably not many, because they're actually familiar with his body of work and can separate the two. But if you're just some fucking clueless kid, you see any thread related even vicariously to Card and talk about some shit not at all relevant. "

" @knightlyknave said:

" @patbaer said:

" While the book means alot to me, I hope a game never comes out. Any money in the pocket of OSC could get used to further his homophobic agenda. Fuck Orson Scott Card. "

Wow, I had no idea about that. How can anyone who writes sci-fi be so closed minded? "

It's quite sad.  I never knew he was that much of a nutjob until later, and while I still love Ender's Game and have some affinity for the rest of the series, I'll never purchase another of his books again. I was worried about Shadow Complex, though Chair successfully removed any political overtones from the story that OSC wrote.  Keep your politics out of my video games. "

And you loved the Hangover, and residuals from that go to convicted rapist Mike Tyson. You live in a world of arbitrary double standards, its fine dude. Nobody takes you seriously anyway.

I have never read any of Orson Scott Card's novels and have no real interest in them. I did buy Shadow Complex though. People are able to separate an artist and his work, I'm not going to stop listening to Wagner because he was a horrible anti-semite, he still wrote great music. James Brown and Ike Turner still recorded great music which I am perfectly able to enjoy despite the fact they would beat their wives. I'm a liberal, pro gay rights and pro gay marriage, but I am still able to appreciate Jamaican reggae and dancehall by some deeply homophobic artists. If you want to boycott Orson Scott Card then fine, but it doesn't mean those who do buy his books are necessarily supporting homophobia. Besides you can always buy his books on ebay if you really want, putting no money in his pocket.

I love Ender's Game, but I think it would be a.really niche game. So much of the stuff there is about spatial disorientation (The enemy's gate is down) that without the physical cues of motion, it would be even harder to keep track of orientation. At the same time, as a physics sandbox for people to experiment, I think the potential for people to come up with their own clever solutions to the scenarios thrown at Ender is really intriguing. I mean if people can jump Warthogs...

Huh...EG is a great book and could have been a great game...but they probably would have just fucked it up.

I thought Shadow Complex was one of those games.

" The battle school thing is something you'd have to put a lot of time and a lot of money into getting right.  To date, no one has pulled off zero-g movement to any effective or accurate degree.

Loved this book as a kid, however I don't see the battleroom being a good vidya game,

Yeah agreed. I'd much rather see a Shadow Complex 2 than Ender's Game. Unless Ender's Game was going to be a side-scrolling Metroid-vania style shooter. In which case I would take either of those.  
 
Or better yet just make a new IP and cut Card out of the loop. I love Shadow Complex probably more than the next guy (It's my only S rank) but the story was laughably bare-bones. I don't see why Chair couldn't just make up some nonsense story on their own. And they'd definitely get a lot less flak.