Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is an action-adventure video game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Namco Bandai Games. Announced in 2009 as "Enslaved", it was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in October 2010. As a loose adaptation of the novel "Journey to the West", the game is set 150 years in a future post-apocalyptic world following a global war. Only remnants of humanity survive, along with the still active war machines left over from the conflict. The game's story follows Monkey who is forced to escort Trip home safely after they survive a ship crash. Players play as Monkey, who must combat enemies using his staff from a third-person perspective, engage in different platforming challenges and solve puzzles.
Howard Clarke
Clarke is the author of "The Gospel of Matthew and Its Readers: A Historical Introduction to the First Gospel" (Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2003). He has also authored "The Art of the Odyssey" (Prentice-Hall, 1967; rpt. Duckworth, 19940); "Homer's Readers: A Historical Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey" (University of Delaware Press, 1981), he has translated from the Polish "The Return of Odysseus" by Stanisław Wyspiański (Indiana University Press, 1966); and he has edited "Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Odyssey" (Prentice-Hall, 1983) and "Vergil's Aeneid in the Dryden Translation" (Penn State Press, 1987). He was a sergeant in the Army Security Agency in Berlin (1953–56). Since 1993 he has been working as a Destination Lecturer on cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean area.