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Midway to Create Adult Swim Titles

Posted by Zonk on from the i'm-driving-down-highway-40-in-my-big-old-pickup-truck dept.

Midway Games will be coordinating with Cartoon Network to create titles based on the Adult Swim block of shows, Voodoo Extreme reports. The shows up for conversion include Harvey Birdman, The Brak Show, and Sealab 2021. From the article: "ADULT SWIM is a phenomenon with young adult viewers who identify with the edgy, irreverent tone of the shows and the block...Clearly, lots of ADULT SWIM fans are avid gamers, and we look forward to working with Midway to make games the fans will love."

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  1. Humor is not interactive by MBraynard · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But video games are. They may borrow the characters, but I doubt they will feature much more than amusing quips - witness "Simpsons: Hit and Run."

  2. Re:I smell BS by softspokenrevolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know you're in trouble any time someone uses the word 'edgy'.