Book lovers are everywhere. No, really, they are. And to prove it, I set out on a quest to bring you a sampling of book-loving characters in video games.

My first instinct was to call dibs on Hermione, but that would just open the door to all the book-first characters who made it over to the video game world. And that would be cheating, I also disqualified all the ancient, eccentric mentors from this category (I’m looking at you, Samos the Sage from Jak and Daxter), no matter how many books or pairs of reading glasses they have.

Here is my shortlist of book-loving video game characters! Continue reading →