Kotaku: adult swim

Konami To Unveil Metalocalypse Game At Comic-Con

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 MDT

According to The Wall Street Journal, Konami and the Cartoon Network will later this week take time out of their busy Comic-Con schedules to announce a new game based on Metalocalypse.

The Adult Swim series, which stars five very stupid, very metal band members, isn't the most obvious franchise to be turned into a game, but then, the show's popular. A game will make them money. They'll find a way.

Not much yet in the way of details - that'll come later in the week - but we do know that the show's creator, Brendon Small, had a hand in it, so at least it should be reasonably faithful to the source material.

Metalocalypse, the Video Game: Fighting Roadies and Heavy Metal [WSJ]

Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon

Mike Fahey — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:40:36 MST

The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is back with another irreverent flash game to help you while away a lazy Monday morning. This time around they're taking on the Trauma Center series with the game Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon. Join Alan, a pizza delivery guy whose truck's faithful meeting with a former doctor leads him to give up his day job in favor of performing unauthorized surgery in a dirty clinic. Open the patient with your pizza cutter, remove glass with salad tongs, close them up with your stapler and then cauterize the wound with your Zippo! Other available tools include a corkscrew, a car battery, and an Etch-A-Sketch? All the fun of surgery with none of those silly hygiene guidelines - plus his name is an anagram for Anal Probe! Top quality.

Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon [Adult Swim Games - Thanks king_e_dawg!]

ATHF Game Better With Fellatio, Free Trips

Mark Wilson — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:00:25 MDT

ATHF co-creator Dave Willis sat down with FHM to talk about his upcoming PS2 title Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am. Aside from revelations that his game was best experienced "while being blown" (not news), he explained a development idea he wanted to include with the game that would have made it well worth the price of purchase:

We wanted the end of the game to basically have Shake hold up a cup from winning the 18 holes and then say, 'Fuck this. I was always meant to play quarterback.' Then the game goes Madden-style and Shake's playing quarterback, but he's so slow that he gets sacked constantly and there's really no way to avoid the rush of the oncoming defensive line.

Then uberfans would get a special reward:

But if you have enough patience to play and get sacked 429 times then on the 430th opportunity he would have a window to make a naked bootleg to the end zone and then you'd get an all-expenses-paid trip to Bermuda for two. But they told us we couldn't do that. So that sucks.

That does suck. Or it doesn't. You know, depending where we're going with this.

UDPATE: Apparently "being blown" can refer to other activities than purported, but we cannot confirm either interpretation at this time.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am doesn't have zombies or ninjas. What kind of game is it? [via destructoid]

Candy Mountain Massacre

Mike Fahey — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:20:13 MDT

From the website that brought you 5 Minutes to Kill Yourself and Viva Caligula comes Candy Mountain Massacre, the latest highly inappropriate game to grace the Adult Swim Games section. It's a 3D 3rd-person shooter which puts you in the shoes of a sexy female exterminator charged with cleansing the creatures of Candy Mountain, who have been turned into vicious killers due to some sort of plague. Dress up in cosplay or don some black-ops gear as you slaughter your way through leprechauns, bunnies, and cooing babies with three different weapons. It's one of the better web-based shooters I've played, running quite smoothly despite the odd glitch here and there. Probably not safe for work, unless your job doesn't mind dying representations of Irish folklore shouting, "Look what you did, ya slut!"

Candy Mountain Massacre [Adult Swim]

Hot Flashes: Viva Caligula!

fdemarco — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:00:00 MDT

The twisted folks at Adult Swim who have brought us such Flash game awesomeness as Orphan Feast and Five Minutes to Kill Yourself, comes a twisted romp through ancient Rome in the form of Viva Caligula! Take on the persona of the infamous Emperor Caligula and slaughter your way through Roman citizens, guards, skeletons and prostitutes with up to twenty six collectible weapons. As an added bonus, scream into your microphone to increase your "rage factor." Collect all the weapons for special entrance into the orgy! Not to be confused with Viva Pinata.

Viva Caligula! [Adult Swim]

Robot Chicken Questions Link's Chivalry

Mark Wilson — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:00:22 MDT

So just why do Link and Mario keep chasing the princesses time and time again? Robot Chicken believes there's a clear motivator...call it the quest for a "high score." We always knew that we were perverts and we liked video games. But who would have thought we liked video games because we were perverts?

This is why our wives prefer we play Metroid.

Robot Chicken Shoe [via siliconera]

Hot Flashes: Bible Fight

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:20:01 MDT

Don't write off Christian gaming. At least, not until you've played Bible Fight. This divine Flash-based game, hosted by Adult Swim and created by Pop & Company isn't just some half-assed brawler, this is a gorgeously animated, hilarious one-way ticket to Hell with unbelievable attention to detail.

With seven selectable fighters, including Jesus, Satan, Noah, Eve (the obligatory T&A entry), Mary, Moses and one unlockable mystery character, there's plenty to do here.

If you play only one Flash game this weekend, let it be this. Amen. Michael McWhertor

Bible Fight [Adult Swim via Digg]

Deep Breath... Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Official!

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:20:11 MDT

Meatwad, Master Shake and Frylock fans already know that the forthcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force video game was unofficially announced for the PlayStation 2 in February, but Midway makes it a respectable product today by issuing the press release.

Fully titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am, the game is "epic, action-adventure combat golf, cart racing game" that will "set a new standard for crime-fighting, golf-obsessed, food battles." Lofty goals, Midway.

Still, any game that features ninja and zombies and golf is probably going to sell, and sell well, regardless of the license. Hell, the press release was even fun to read and I detest the written word. It's after the jump. Michael McWhertor

MIDWAY AND CARTOON NETWORK ANNOUNCE AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE ZOMBIE NINJA PRO-AM

Game Based on Hit Animated Comedy from Adult Swim Scheduled for Release on PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment System this Fall

CHICAGO - March 21, 2007 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that it will be developing an interactive title based on the hit comedy series from Adult Swim - Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am is scheduled to be available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system this fall. The series, which follows the exploits of a trio of sentient fast-food items, has also inspired a feature length film - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters due in theaters April 13.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am is an epic, action-adventure combat golf, cart racing game that gives fans an opportunity to experience the Aqua Teen universe in a whole new way. When Frylock is admitted to the prestigious Jersey Pines Golf Club, Master Shake decides to show the uppity members that he is also just as good (and uppity) and deserves a place in their exclusive club. Meatwad is, of course, persuaded to join in, and the three crime-fighting food products use golf clubs and a variety of other weapons in ways not intended as they battle numerous villains, fan favorites and other show characters.

"Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a unique and completely hilarious property," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "We are working closely with Aqua Teen creators Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis to bring the tone of the TV show and movie into a video game."

"We are thrilled to be bringing the hilarious antics of Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force to a one of kind gaming experience," said Christina Miller, VP of Consumer Products for Cartoon Network Enterprises, the network's global merchandising division. "This game will set a new standard for crime-fighting, golf-obsessed, food battles."

"This golden chalice represents a new age in gaming, the likes of which has never before been seen on this planet. The weak will tremble at the awesomeness of our full color, hand-made graphics!" said creators Maiellaro and Willis simultaneously and in unison.

'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' is an original comedy series that is part of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's top-rated late-night sister service which presents programming six nights per week for a total of 45 hours. 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' had its series premiere in September 2001, when Adult Swim launched. More than 60 episodes of the series have been completed to date. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, also written and produced by Maiellaro and Willis, is scheduled to debut on over 800 screens on April 13, and will uncover the mysterious origins of Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake.

Robot Chicken's PS3 Contest

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:00:00 MST

Robot Chicken isn't just giving away a Playstation 3, they did a "bit" about the contest. To win you have to create and upload your own comedic homemade video. If selected you get the PS3 and your video gets aired on an episode of Robot Chicken. Alright, someone needs to make an amazing stop-animation Kotaku video and it has to be someone other than me. Brian Crecente

Robot Chicken's PS3 Contest [Adult Swim]