> The main problem I see with the proposal is attempting to squash all those hours of gameplay down into one book or movie, as someone else said. One game could be a series of books, I suppose. But really, what's the point of rehashing it all? The only people interested in seeing a movie or reading a book made from a video game RPG are those that have played it, I think. And they know what's going to happen already. It might be somewhat interesting to see how well it translates to film/writing, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

Hm. I was thinking as it more of filling in the missing bits between the gameplay, and reading the author's opinion on how the characters looked based on the sprites for a book, and how they could find live actors to look like the characters (If they didn't wimp out and use computer animation or something). If the game has a huge fan base, then the fans would generally be willing to read or see a movie or book based on the game, seeing if the writer could recreate or reinvent the characters that they like.