14 DAY TRIAL // As reported yesterday, LittleBigPlanet, one of the most interesting videogames launched for the PlayStation 3 in 2008, is definitely among those titles well suited to be played with the family this Christmas. Now, a United Kingdom based magazine is offering gamers a chance to create a real life SackBoy that they can decorate however they want.
Simply Knitting has seen the potential of videogaming and decided to publish the first template based on a game character. The SackBoy is said to be pretty easy to make, if you know the basics of knitting. The template has been designed by Alan Dart and is now available in the Simply Knitting magazine that you can pick up from all news stands. Keep in mind that the template is unofficial and not supported by publisher Sony or developer Media Molecule, so all complaints should be directed to Simply Knitting.
The very cool thing is that you can take the SackBoy which you create by knitting, decorate it, then take a photo of the model with the help of the PlayStation Eye camera, and use the image in LittleBigPlanet. You can also get the model for the knitted SackBoy if you buy magazines like Official PlayStation3, PSM3 and GamesMaster.
Debora Bradley, who is the editor of Simply Knitting, stated that “Sackboy will be tremendously popular and this is the perfect time of year to knit the little chap. Knitting and customising him means that he will be utterly unique and a very cool accessory. We’re very lucky to have him in the magazine and we hope that he’ll help to increase the already sizable crossover between the great communities of gamers and knitters, online or not”.
Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship between videogaming and knitting?