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Bite My Shiney PC-Metal Game

Posted by Hemos on from the a-metal-collectable-case dept.

dagashi writes "'The ingenious, creative mind of Matt Groening (The Simpsons) now brings arguably his greatest creation yet, Futurama, to the interactive entertainment screen.' Looks like Futurama is signed to become a game. Yeha!"

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  1. If it's as good as the Simpsons games by L-Train8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all of high-quality, super-fun-to-play Simpsons games, I'm very excited about this.

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  2. Wow... by krmt · · Score: 5, Funny

    This will go down in history right beside the many memorable, thrilling, and compelling Simpsons games for the NES and SNES, as well as nearly every other license-based game ever made. I can hardly contain myself.

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  3. Re:Game... yay by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but at least you don't have to worry about people canceling your game every week.

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  4. Preempted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judging by the last new episodes I watched; I think this game is going to be football based.

  5. Parse these statements by sam_handelman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's fire up Yacc. Okay, I've parsed these statements, and yes, they really are an advertisement for a videogame.

    The ingenious, creative mind of Matt Groening (The Simpsons) now brings arguably his greatest creation yet, Futurama, to the interactive entertainment screen.

    so, this parses into
    {TAGLINE} {TAGLINE} {PLUG}

    Featuring Bender, Fry, Leela and a whole host of other Futurama characters we've come to know, love and bemuse at, this 3D arcade adventure game is winging its way toward you soon.

    {TAGLINE} {ATTEMPT AT HUMOR} {THIS GAME IS QUAKE}

    Recall, an advertisement for a videogame can be parsed with the following grammar:

    where
    ADVERT:
    | PLUGS JOKES THIS_GAME_IS_QUAKE
    ;

    PLUGS:
    | PLUG PLUGS
    |
    ;

    JOKES:
    | ATTEMPT_AT_HUMOR JOKES
    |
    ;

    PLUG:
    | TAGLINE PLUG
    | a statement that a game is to be made.
    ;

    ATTEMPT_AT_HUMOR:
    | TAGLINE ATTEMPT_AT_HUMOR
    | something which is uniquely characterised as not funny.
    ;

    TAGLINE:
    | a cultural reference.
    ;

    THIS_GAME_IS_QUAKE:
    | any sentence containing the words "adventure" and "3D."
    ;

    Next week we'll learn how to parse slashdot comments, a preview -
    {INACCURACIES | BAD_JOKES}* {IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER} {TOPIC}

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of... er.... videogames.

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  6. Willy Saves the Day Again by LPetrazickis · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Shinney Metal Ass! Do you want to get sued, boy?:)

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  7. All Hail the Video Game by bpfinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Hypnotoad commands you to buy the video game.