Videogame Fan Fiction
Fan Fictions are stories written by fans of pre-existing cultural artifacts using and reworking the characters, plots, settings, etc. to the author's liking. It seems natural that fanfictions will be written based on
movies,
TV shows and even
classical mythology.
But there is an active and enthusiastic core of fan fiction writers creating stories from
video games. Again, this should not be too surprising for games that have well defined plots and characters such as the
Final Fantasy series. But people write stories based on
Sonic the Hedgehog,
farming simulators and even
Minesweeper.
Here, do we have marvelously active imaginations, people with too much time on their hands, or both?
Disclaimer and shameless self-promotion: this blogger is a
videogame fanfiction writer himself. Too much time on my hands in my case.
