Gaming cookbooks have been completed, it is time for a brand new daybreak of hardcover tie-ins. It is time for videogame kids’s books. And I am not speaking about straightforward cash picks like Spyro or Mario, present me some actual deal M-rated stuff filtered in such a approach that little Billy is not scarred for all times—he’ll get sufficient of that on YouTube, Discord, and Roblox.
That is proper, we’re getting The Little Witcher, a kids’s e-book about all people’s favourite mutated monster hunter and serial sorceress monogamist. The Little Witcher is about to launch Might 13, 2025, and options illustrations by Giada Carboni with writing by “the artistic minds from The Witcher videogames.” I am curious concerning the collective credit score vs. particular person writers from CD Projekt, although it is attainable their names might be connected to particular person tales within the e-book. Though this can be a CDPR joint, I am reminded of a quote from the sequence’ authentic writer, Andrzej Sapkowski: “If I received paid, Geralt may seem in a toothpaste business for all I care.”
However I do not suppose there’s a lot trigger for cynicism right here: The Little Witcher seems cute, and it is laborious to think about these making it aren’t in on the joke. Amongst different demographics, The Little Witcher is focused at “Witcher followers elevating Little Ciris of their very own” and “gamers searching for a light-hearted twist on their favourite sport.” The e-book’s blurb on Penguin Random Home’s web site reads:
“With assist from Geralt and Ciri’s closest companions—together with the motherly magic of Yennefer of Vengerberg and the knowledge of uncle Vesemir—these lovable tales of a non-traditional household will make you snort, make you sigh, and make you understand that elevating a Little Witcher isn’t that totally different from elevating some other child. Certain, bedtime tales may embody warnings of monsters who fart when shocked, and Geralt may invoke the Witcher Code to get Ciri to brush her enamel or clear her room, however even the formidable White Wolf is aware of to give up on the subject of bedtime battles or Afternoon Tea with the toys.”
So all of it appears to be good enjoyable, however I used to be racking my mind attempting to think about different M-rated kids’s e-book alternatives. The one one I may muster was “Grand Theft Auto: Good Metropolis.” Is there any juice there?
