Anthony McCarten's sequel to his novel Death of a Superhero charts a grieving family's retreat into the world of computer games. But the implications of teenagers immersed in games of mass murder really worry him

Will computer games kill off the novel? Books have survived the coming of film, television and rock ’n’ roll ... and tomorrow’s novels can only be enriched by the likes of Grand Theft Auto, writes Charlie Higson.

Despite the rivalry between EA and Activision over the years, Battlefield 3 is only like its competition in the fact that they both have guns.