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Combining The Simpsons with MarioCart
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.
It's a fundamentally different game from Mario Cart. Instead of participating in races from a predefined point A -> B, you can travel anyplace on a map and grab passengers to shuttle around.
There could not be a greater cartoon on the face of the planet.
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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.
Not just old news, but positively antique. Here's a link to a C&VG article complete with screenshots of the PS2/XBox versions, which were announced long before the GC one. Also an IGN preview of the PS2 version.
++ Say to Elrond "Hello.".
Elrond says "No.". Elrond gives you some lunch.
Sunday driving mode is cool.. but what about Saturday Morning driving mode?
You start the game in this mode, and all of a sudden all the games sounds get WAY to loud. Then you notice that your view of the road starts going blurry. Then you notice that all the colors seem to be REALLY bright...
The icing on this mode, of course, is the fact that when you "turn" left, your car doesnt start turning until a few secs later...
With this mode, everyone will be able to experience the joy of hangovers and having a bit to much alcohol STILL in their system after a nice night of lan partying...
Read the links for the images on IGN's site (comment 2302558-- sue me, I'm too lazy to hyperlink). Whoever set up the site has probably never seen Simpsons
Apu isn't driving a "Red Car"; it should be a circa 1978-era Trans Am-like car (they already had to license the Simpsons characters; I wonder if they'll bother to license the car makes)
Homer definitely isn't driving a pink Cadillac. It's just a pink American sedan.
The game should put Marge in her Canyonero (I guess Krusty should have one too). And they should make Homer's "The Car Built for Homer" a bonus car. Or even his 70s-something Dodge Charger (with sideburned-clad Homer to boot). Then they could put a younger Marge in her Gremlin.
What about Mr. Burns? Would he be in his limo? Or would they show him driving his Model T-type car where the tires must be revulcanized?
For completeness sake, Otto should be in his school bus (although his character is annoying in anything more than 10 second doses).
What about celebrity cameos? Ed Begley Jr can show up in his eco-friendly car powered by his "own sense of self-satisfaction".
They've already got Barney in his Plow King snow plow. Are there any other vehicles they should show?
Sometimes I wonder if the game programmers are actually fans of the show (if so, they should be aware of the above vehicles), or if they just tacked a Simpson's theme on a Crazy Taxi ripoff they were already doing.
Insert simplistic political, ideological, or personal proselytization here.