Callan: Good point about Zombie games. I guess there is the potential to make a decent game out of the limited Weapon-Races that we have. A lot of video games only have a handful of monsters anyway, and just re-roll color pallets later in the game. Boss-like monsters would still be a bit of an issue though, otherwise any game would just be the wholesale slaughter of endless horizons of sranc.... But there are other game types than RPGs. Maybe a RTS/TBS, or a shooter, or a stealth....
Anyway, back to "the topic":
I think I've settled on a new bit to convince people to read Bakker. After reading Game of Thrones, just the first book, I have decided upon a line of questions.
Do you read fantasy? (if the answer here is no, abandon ship for TSA, but perhaps consider Neuropath or DotD)
Do you like Game of Thrones? (Yes or no doesn't matter)
Why? (this is important, based on the response here determines whether I bother continuing)
Well, The Second Apocalypse is similar to GoT, though a bit darker and with more magic/creatures. The Darkness that Comes Before is the first book of the series, by R. Scott Bakker, and I always recommend it to people who enjoy GoT. You should check it out (and/or, if I know the person well enough: I've got an extra copy of it, I can lend it to you if you'd like).