Grumpy Gamer

DeathSpank at PAX

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:31:10 -0700

As if PAX wasn't exciting enough, not one, not two, not three...oh...wait...yes...three DeathSpank teasers will be shown on the big screen at the Hothead booth. And now, for those of you not fortunate enough to be making the gamer pilgrimage to PAX this year - with no further ado - I present:

The Battle:

The RPG:

The Adventure:

Please note that the stuff at the end of the first teaser is just red colored corn syrup. Mmmmm. Tasty. Red is the most delicious flavor of them all.

Coming in 2009. FYI.

I'm going to PAX!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:43:15 -0700

Just saying.

I'll be there Friday and Saturday. Stop by the Hothead booth and say "hi". We won't be demoing DeathSpank at the show, but we will have the highly sought-after (and soon to be collectors item) DeathSpank T-shirts for sale. We'll also be showing three DeathSpank teasers on the big screen. Why three? Because a game this good needs three teasers just to do all the teasing it needs to do.

DeathSpank is not...

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:49:32 -0700

Despite what 1UP said, DeathSpank is NOT a superhero. I hate superheroes. I'm one of only 5 people on the planet brave enough to admit the new Batman movie was a big pile of poo. Come on people. Think about it. There was only one superhero movie worth more than the vomit of plastic it was printed on and it was pure genius: Unbreakable.

To recap:

DeathSpank: Not a superhero.
Batman: Big pile of poo.
Unbreakable: Pure genius.

You are all now better people.

Talkinator

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:51:27 -0700

A friend of mine, Paul Tyma, created a nifty web gadget called Talkinator that allows websites to embed a login-less group chat room. The Grumpy Gamer chat room can be found on the main page on the sidebar to the left. Your other left.

Since there is no login, beware of people pretending to be other people or having the Secret of Monkey Island.

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Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:01:01 -0700

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Things Said

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:17:26 -0700

Gamasutra posted an interview I did with Chris Remo back when DeathSpank was being announced. I always like being interviewed by Chris. He asks a lot of very interesting questions.

And just for the record, I am not in favor of unionizing the game business. It may become necessary one day and there are a lot of benefits in doing so, but if it were to happen any time in the near future, it would be a complete disaster.

Guybrush for President

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:20:21 -0700

Get the full story here, and remember that in the America it's OK to vote as many times as you want.

Sporn

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:35:49 -0700

With the release of the Spore Creature Creator, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the first thing most people want to do is create genitalia. I certainly hope it's not a surprise to Wil and the crew at SporeCo. I have no doubt that smart scientists using today's modern super computers could calculate the "time to penis" of any game editor.

And yes, I realize that by trying to obscure the above image, I've only made it worse.

The Pirate Book

Mon, 26 May 2008 08:11:58 -0700

Last week a mysterious package arrived at the Hothead corporate offices. It was addressed to me and from a far off and mystical land called "It'a-ly". After the bomb/bio-squad left, I embarrassingly opened the brown padded envelope to find the most wonderful book inside, a gift from Giulio Palmieri, a long time Monkey Island and Pirate fan. I placed it in my Cabinet of All Things Pirate where it sits proudly. Thanks man. First George and Steven make me a new Indy film, and now this.

Indy 4

Fri, 23 May 2008 06:58:45 -0700

I saw the latest Indiana Jones movie on opening night (thanks Steve and George) and it was awesome and anyone who thinks it was awesome is awesome and if you didn't then you're not. Awesome.