Bite My Shiney PC-Metal Game

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!"

Will there be..

[MikeSweetser]

blackjack? And hookers?

If it's as good as the Simpsons games

[L-Train8]

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

Wow...

[krmt]

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.

This just in.

[Jonny Ringo]

Futurama will be released at the hight of its popularity. Exactly one year after its cancelation from FOX.

Great Timing!

Re:Game... yay

[unicron]

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

Re:Game... yay

[Jonny Ringo]

Ummm Yeah. You don't wait for games to come out do you?

Re:Shiney?!

[mcpkaaos]

I'm assuming for the same reason 'yeah' is spelled 'yeha'. I didn't catch that one until I realized it wasn't a Dukes of Hazard reference. Now if only they will release that game! Oh well, so long as I can find a Daisy skin for the Futurama game.

--
[McP]KAAOS

game premise

[neurojab]

now YOU can navigate through fry's small intestine, defeat the "truck stop sandwich" parasites, find the splanknic ganglion, and personally tickle it. Yay!

Preempted?

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Shiney?!

[Xerithane]

give it up. Have something better to do than criticize peoples' typing, dude. You have typos in your post, so watch that glass house action!

Which typo are you pointing out? Hemos spelled "shiny" wrong. He was asking if it was a joke that he should laugh it. It's not a joke, but you can still laugh. Go ahead, laugh. It's healthy. Even at the expense of others who can't spell shiny. [dictionary.com]

Re:If it's as good as the Simpsons games

[unicron]

A game isn't a game unless you can hit someone with a vacuum.

Parse these statements

[sam_handelman]

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.

Matt Groening cashes in on the stupid.

[raehl]

Matt Groening recently announced the latest creation in a series of video games based on his Fox TV shows. "Futurama", based on the TV show of the same name, is his first non-Simpsons forray into the realm of video game spin-offs. "The potential for this game is amazing," said Mr. Groening. "We made a killing with the Simpsons games despite a complete lack of creative effort. One can only imagine how successful a game based on a show that's actually been cancelled will be." Stan Skinner, owner of TheStupid.com, concurred, adding "TheStupid will snap this game off the shelves. Everyone knows that the writers save the best jokes for the video game spinoffs, making purchasing this game an absolute necessity for the Futurama fan." "I'm just so happy that Matt has been so generous," exlaimed Judy Thomas. "There arn't many in the television industry who would so readily leap at the chance to sell old material in a new media format."

Willy Saves the Day Again

[LPetrazickis]

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

All Hail the Video Game

[bpfinn]

The Hypnotoad [hypnotoad.org] commands you to buy the video game.

As seen on TV!

[phillymjs]

To make the Futurama game experience as much like the TV show as possible, the game checks the date and time when it is launched. If the game is launched on Sunday evenings between late September and January, it starts in the middle.

~Philly

Re:Game... yay

[LittleGuy]

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

One of the new features of the Futurama game is, before you can play it, you have to sit through 25 minutes of NFL Action 2003.