Bite My Shiney PC-Metal Game 191
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.. (Score:3, Funny)
If it's as good as the Simpsons games (Score:5, Funny)
Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
This just in. (Score:2, Funny)
Great Timing!
Re:Game... yay (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Game... yay (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shiney?! (Score:2, Funny)
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[McP]KAAOS
game premise (Score:1, Funny)
Preempted? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Shiney?! (Score:3, Funny)
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 (Score:3, Funny)
Parse these statements (Score:5, Funny)
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. (Score:2, Funny)
Willy Saves the Day Again (Score:5, Funny)
All Hail the Video Game (Score:5, Funny)
As seen on TV! (Score:3, Funny)
~Philly
Re:Game... yay (Score:3, Funny)
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.