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June 15, 2011 Link to this post
More proof that Halo's good for you
Interesting. We received a press release from someone at Random House, publicizing Eric Nylund's latest book, The Resisters. What's intriguing about this to a Halo fansite is not so much the book itself (it's a science fiction title aimed at younger readers), but the impetus for writing the book in the first place.
Ten years ago, Eric Nylund started writing books based on the HALO video games—HALO: THE FALL OF REACH; HALO: FIRST STRIKE; and HALO: GHOSTS OF ONYX.
Soon thereafter Eric received a few letters and e-mails from kids (and their parents) from around the world who said they never liked to read, but they liked HALO. The kids had picked up and fallen in love with Eric's HALO books. A "few letters and e-mails" soon became dozens, hundreds, and then thousands—and Eric found himself pleasantly surprised to be a gateway for a new audience into the world of reading.
So it seems that to the arguments that video games (and Halo, specifically) can improve reaction times and accuracy, you can add that Halo novels have drawn new people into the wonderful world of reading! Nice. (Louis Wu 18:22:42 UTC)
