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Combining The Simpsons with MarioCart

Posted by timothy on from the two-great-tastes-that-taste-great-together dept.

FortKnox writes: "The game Simpson's Road Rage was just announced for the Nintendo Game Cube (it'll also be available on PS2 & XBox). Looks like it will be extremely similar to Mario Cart, but with a heavy Simpsons theme. I remember the hours we would play mariocart at college (usually while drunk). This is one of the only ways to improve that game ..." Just a blurb right now, but "Sunday Driving mode" is the sort of thing I wished more games offered -- the ability to explore and poke at the virtual world without obsessing over levels and points.

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  1. And the heavens sing... by crashnbur · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There could not be a greater cartoon on the face of the planet.
    There could not be a greater kart-racer on the face of the planet.

    Mmmmmm... forbidden donut...

    I think I might have to indulge myself when this hits! And speaking of the Simpsons, I just bought a wonderful book called The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer. I read one of the essays at Barnes and Noble, and I was wonderfully surprised. The editors of this book put together some brilliant essays concerning the Simpsons' relation to some serious philosophical issues. Seeing as how we nerds tend to like things like the Simpsons and Philosophy, I figured you guys might not mind a quick review.

    Also look out for the Simpsons Season 1 DVD boxed set, 25% off at Amazon.com. :)

  2. There are only seven rock songs. by Chiasmus_ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some famous music critic once remarked that "only seven songs have ever been written in the history of rock music; most bands just learn one and play it over and over."

    This statement especially holds true for video games. Once a game breaks into the mainstream, thousands of imitations will appear, merely tweaking a theme or giving a boost to graphics performance. Primary examples:

    1. Super Mario Brothers - side scroller
    2. Street Fighter 2 - head-to-head side scroller
    3. Doom - First Person shooter
    4. Warcraft 2 - Realtime Strategy
    5. Dragon Warrior - Overhead RPG
    6. Pole Position - First person race

    I'm not sure that it would be unfair to say that 75% of video games ever written were based on one of these six themes. Sure, there are plenty of others, like Tetris-style puzzles and Koei-style map-based war games, but in my mind, these are the big five.

    I just wonder - will there be enough imitators of Mario Kart to make it the "seventh rock song ever written"?

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    "Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master."
  3. Am I the only one that thinks that... by or_smth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Futurama would be a better license?

    You could pick up and deliver packages all over space, and of course stop off at any planet you want. It certainly would make a lot more sense then picking up and dropping people off in the Springfield (as far as I know there hasn't been any taxi-like situations in the show at all), whereas futurama, the entire show is about making deliveries. I would also think that it would be a lot cheaper, since almost everything in Futurama is made up (spaceships etc.). Oh well, just a thought.