Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were a character in your favorite book? Kinda like Choose Your Own Adventure, but without the almost-certain death?

Well, even if you haven't, someone else out there clearly has: Namely, video game designers.

For instance, next year will see the release of Dante's Inferno, a very intense reimagining of the classic poem. In this version, Dante is a warrior who returns home from battle to see his girlfriend pulled into hell. And as Dante, you get to slash your way through ghouls, demons and even Cleopatra. I'm sure she had it coming, right?

If that's a little too intense for you -- and let's face it, the gluttony level is going to be unbelievably difficult to stomach (pun entirely intended) -- IGN has suggested a list of classics they'd like to play at home. 

Games include the "Pride and Prejudice" dating simulation, "All Quiet on the Western Front" first-person shooter and "A Separate Peace" game, in which you attempt to balance on a tree branch while another player tries to bounce you off. You know what happens if you fall.

In fact, just about every book you could think of has at least one corresponding video game. Sherlock Holmes. Dracula. Even fairy tales get the pixelated treatment.

How about you? Any lit-based video games you'd like to see?

(1861 illustration of Limbo by Gustave Dore)