I gotta tell ya, I'm cautiously optimistic about EA's new game based on The Simpsons. Conceptually, they knocked it out of the park. The episodic layout, exploiting Treehouse of Horror-like surreal situations for a series of video game parodies, finally giving a non-Simpsons Wrestling game the cel-shaded effect—all of these things help confirm that someone at EA LA knows how to take advantage of the license.

Did you see those gameplay videos? Brilliant stuff.

This limited edition Simpsons Xbox 360 makes the announcement that much sweeter. Only 100 of these Homer-yellow consoles are going to be manufactured and the only way you'll be able to score one is through a "series of special events and promotions." And, of course, the inevitable eBay auctions that follow.

Stay tuned for more. Michael McWhertor