Not sly, exactly, but Elmore Leonard wrote a few different stories that served as the basis for JUSTIFIED. He then wrote a follow-up novel that used some plot points from the series that weren't in the books (e.g. Boyd not dying) but otherwise largely did its own thing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raylan

(Mild pang of regret that I didn't ask about the likelihood of this move even happening)

hey fair enough, I guess everyone of a certain age has an old-timey video game aesthetic they enjoy

Isometric stuff just ages better, Infinity Engine games became classics for a bunch of reasons but one was def that matte paintings and sprites look much nicer than a situation where everyone has fingerless cubes for hands

Yes! Forever embarrassed by how long it took me to connect the dots between "I'm eating huge quantities of nutritionally dubious food" and "I feel bad all day"

(Tiny violin stuff but suppose it's a real dilemma for console manufacturers - release a More Powerful Black Rectangle and you're accused of playing it safe; release anything more interesting and you get Homer's Car comparisons)