Ernst Stavro Blofeld lapels, has a full head of hair, and is disfigured in the course of the film, echoing the Pleasence version's duelling scar. He is also briefly shown holding a white Persian cat. Blofeld appears in the 2004 video game "", with the likeness of Donald Pleasence, voiced by Gideon Emery. Blofeld is a playable multiplayer character in the 2010 video game "GoldenEye 007" for the Wii, with the likeness of Charles Gray. Blofeld is one of the main characters in the 2012 video game "007 Legends", featured in the mission based on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", in which the
James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his organisation SPECTRE; however, this was changed to avoid a possible lawsuit over the rights to this character, which originated from the novel "Thunderball". The paperback edition became an instant bestseller in the UK, staying on the British bestsellers list for several months. Critical reception of the novel were mixed, though most praised Wood's skill as a writer. Marghanita Laski, writing in "The Listener", called Wood "an apparently promising thriller writer struggling to emerge from obligatory bits of set-piece nastiness." Former Bond author Kingsley Amis wrote in "The New Statesman" that, despite several reservations, "Mr Wood