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Bob Ross And The Joy of Painting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the happy-little-trees dept.

hmccabe writes "'The Joy of Painting', the PBS show that taught many of us how to paint 'happy little trees,' is being made into a videogame. Apparently Nintendo's DS and Revolution systems, and PC computers will be seeing the title, which has been confirmed as not-an-april-fools-joke." From the article: "Hatcher himself admits to being a big Ross fan, which is partly why he wants to make games based on his work. 'I personally loved watching Bob Ross growing up and I enjoyed watching how easily he created his paintings. We want to translate that same feeling of watching the TV show into playing a Bob Ross game," he said. "Whether you are an eight-year-old child, or a 65-year-old grandma, we want anyone to be able to pick up the game to create and play to your heart's content.'" "

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  1. Re:More proof Ninshito is going to suck even more by PFI_Optix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Family friendly needs to go bye bye permanently.

    I agree. I mean, who wants games made for 8-year-olds?

    Oh, wait...8-year-olds and their parents do.

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  2. Re:Wow...so easy by MilenCent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nintendo is chasing after non-gamers for the DS and Revolution, so this has the potential to be a real coop for them to have this on their systems. Bob Ross has greater name recognition, outside of gaming circles, than Grand Theft Auto.

  3. Re:What about the hair? by bwcarty · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you do a bad job? According to Bob, there were no mistakes, only happy accidents.