National Geographic Getting Into Video Games

penguin_dance writes "The AP is reporting that National Geographic is getting into video games. National Geographic Games, a subset of the parent company, will 'work with game publishers to turn its material into games for PCs, consoles and handheld devices.' The first title is out for the PC and iPhone. It's a hidden-objects game called Herod's Lost Tomb, and is built around their program on King Herod and an article in the magazine. They also plan to publish and distribute games for the console market, including PS3 and Wii, and the handheld market as well. 'The games will be drawn from a broad range of content and themes across National Geographic's properties.' National Geographic: Africa will be out next month, from Sony. Other upcoming titles include Rain Forests and Greencity. Also available this month will be National Geographic: Panda for the Nintendo DS."

Comments

Rated?

[philspear]

National Geographic games: rated Adults Only for scenes of intense animal violence and occasional photos of tribal women in traditonal garb showing their boobies.

Re:Rated?

[Commander Doofus]

occasional photos of tribal women in traditonal garb showing their boobies.

Herod's Lost Tomb
Copyright 2008 National Geographic Games. All rights reserved.

West of house
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a tribal woman here.

> Examine woman.
The woman is clothed.

> Examine boobies.
I see no boobies here.

Re:Rated?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why not rate it 'P' for 'Pompous'?

Re:I hope they don't use DRM

[corsec67]

Car analogy:

Imagine there was a gas station selling a special "HP+" gas that made the car more fun to drive, but had a chance of ruining the engine, requiring a rebuild before the car would work again.

You are saying "why worry about how often it ruins the engine, it gives a +100HP boost!"

The GP is saying "will this gas break my engine like some of the other HP+ fuels out there?"