Simon Griffee
Design consulting, art direction, photography.

Complementary Books & Videogames

Published 2018 March 16

A list of good book and videogame pairings, last updated 2018 March 28:

1984 by George Orwell;
Lord of the Flies by William Golding;
First Blood by David Morrell;
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville;
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming;
and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff;
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino;
and Assassin’s Creed Origins.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan;
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke;
and Elite: Dangerous.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus - 1818 Edition by Mary Shelley and The Witcher 3.

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Far Cry 2.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and Fallout 4.

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs and Sim City.

The First and Last Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurti and Everything.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Plunkbat.

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler and Max Payne.

The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Nethack.

Wind, Sand, Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager and Digital Combat Simulator.


Suggestions, please:

The Monkey Wrench Gang and ??? (Just Cause 3 or Jagged Alliance 2 or Arma 3 with Exile mod?)

??? (Mulholland Drive Screenplay?) and Grand Theft Auto 5.

??? (A Song of Ice and Fire?) and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.