2011年2月11日星期五

They've been the inspiration for a wave of cartoons

They've been the inspiration for a wave of cartoons targeted to adults. It introduced the word “D'oh!” to the American lexicon, spawned a feature film and convinced people to buy Butterfingers.The mark the show has made on video games is less spectacular. Yes, there have been a lot of Simpsons games. About 24 or so, according to replica Rolex 118208CDD Men's Watch Wikipedia. I doubt a gamer out there will claim there is an X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter or a GoldenEye among them.The best Simpsons game? It might be one of the earliest, the 1991 Simpsons arcade game (pictured left via GamerTell), a four-player beat-'em-up in the style of so many others, including the heralded Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game.

The last big Simpsons game, EA's 2007 The Simpsons Game, was one of the funnier games released in recent years. Credit the involvement of writers from the show and the core concept of the title: A skewering of video game cliches. Players earned a single Achievement point on the Xbox 360 for pressing the start button, were encouraged to replica Rolex 118238DD Men's Watch spot and collect examples of in-game cliches and were offered plenty of laughs with then-topical humor (A black supporting character about to be sawed in half at a saw mill chirps that “This won't happen when Obama is President”). All that material couldn't disguise critically panned gameplay and level design.

(Above: EA's The Simpsons game) Simpsons games have been, well, solid at their best, judging by my own recollection of playing them and conversations I've had with fellow gamers this week about the topic. Apparently I missed the really bad ones, like Bart Vs. the Space Mutants.The Simpsons has been one of those bandwagon licenses, replica Rolex 118238 Men's Watch infiltrating the hot genre of the moment. Simpsons wrestling. Simpsons skateboarding. Crazy Taxi Simpsons? See The Simpsons Road Rage. Grand Theft Auto Simpsons? The Simpsons Hit & Run.No one has yet been able to identify for me something