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The Simpsons' Latest Episode Spoofs Video Games with "Guts of War," "Funtendo" at E4

Evan Narcisse — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:40:00 EST

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When a show's been around as long as the Simpsons, it'll periodically touch on the cultural ripple effect generated by the video games industry. Last night's episode of the long-running cartoon—"The Food Wife," which deals with Marge's obsession with foodie culture—took Homer and art to a fictionalized version of video games' biggest trade show, with pitch-perfect parodies of some familiar franchises. One really dead-on bit has a developer lamenting the months he's lost on a game that Bart manages to finish in a few minutes. A GameTrailers interview about the episode with Simpsons writer Matt Selman appears above and you can head over to the Simpsons official site to watch clips from the episode. More »

The Minecraft Version of the The Simpsons Intro is Amazing

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:45:00 EDT

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What is the brick-building, world-shaping game Minecraft good for? So many things. Including re-creating the intro of The Simpsons. Enjoy. More »

A Tale Of Two Blinkys

Justin Page — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:30:00 EST

Pac-Man and The Simpsons make for a great combination in Aled Lewis' new series of mash ups. Check out his Bonnie & Clyde and Inky illustrations. More »

Street Fighter vs The Simpsons

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:30:00 EDT

Dean Fraser's Springfield Punx website - where the artist renders celebrities and famous characters as if they'd appeared in The Simpsons - has long been a favourite internet time-waster. Especially now there's game characters on it. More »

The Simpsons Lampoon Nintendo Straightly With The Funtendo Zii

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:40:00 EST

Last night's episode of Fox's long-running The Simpsons parodied, I guess, the Nintendo Wii with the introduction of the Funtendo Zii. The Simpsons' take on Nintendo's motion controlled hit was far more straightforward than it was skewering. More »

What Did The Simpsons Ever Do For Video Games?

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:30:08 EST

Since the Simpsons' TV showed launched in 1989, more video games have been made about them than just about any non-game franchise this side of Star Wars and Dragonball Z. Unfortunately, the medium doesn't have much to show for it. More »

Simpson Arcade iPhone Preview: Steeped in Authenticity

AJ Glasser — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST

The Simpsons has enjoyed a lot of unique video games to its name in the last 18 years. Even the Grand Theft Auto knock-off, Hit & Run, felt special just because it was The Simpsons in all its Matt Groening glory. More »

Jimbo Jones As Master Chief

AJ Glasser — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:30:00 EDT

Here's what you missed if you didn't catch The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XX special: Dolph as Venom, Kearney as Heath Ledger's Joker and Jimbo in the guise of Master Chief. With sneakers. More »

Marge Simpson Enjoys Her First Teabagging In Halo

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:30:12 EDT

The twentieth season of Matt Groening's The Simpsons introduces the corpse-desecrating act of "teabagging" to the stalwart Simpsons fan in a not-so-subtle nod to Bungie's Halo 2, complete with mostly accurate Xbox controllers. More »

Groening's Life in Hell Gets Video Game Trademark

Brian Crecente — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Last week a trademark was filed for Simpson's and Futurama creator Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip for, among other things, a potential video game. More »

The Simpsons Almost Killed Dead Space

AJ Glasser — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:40:00 EDT

If you wonder why Dead Space cribs from other material, consider the fact that they were the sole new IP developed in competition with The Godfather, Lord of the Rings and The Simpsons. More »

Writers from The Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy Working on Machinima Experiment

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:40:00 EST

Writers from 15 televison sitcoms, including The Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy, have signed on with Machinima.com to 15 original episodic comedy pilots for the online network using video games. More »

The Simpsons Meet...Quake III

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:30:00 EDT

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EA: "Content for Grand Theft Scratchy Has Not Been Removed"

fdemarco — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:00:21 EDT

Like a child's game of "Telephone" gone horribly wrong, it seems that the whole Rockstar vs. The Simpsons Game controversy has been blown way out of proportion. Around the time of Leipzig, rumors started flying around the blogosphere that complaints Rockstar made about the game had been the impetus for some posters promoting the "Grand Theft Scratchy" level of the Simpsons Game being removed from the show. As the weeks went by, the rumors grew to titanic proportions with stories of actual content being removed from the game and a level name change. All of this resulted in quite a bit of speculative Rockstar bashing not only from the press, but from some of the games' writers as well. But, as we've now discovered, it was mostly unfounded. More »

New Simpsons Trailer is Japanese for Fun Fun

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:00:41 EDT

Picking up where the apparently banned The Simpsons episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" leaves off, the above trailer lampoons all things Japanese. This time around, it's games like Katamari and Pokémon. Mr, Sparkle for added big super happy fun fun! More »

Simpsons' Writers Go Off on Rockstar

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:00:24 EDT

The Simpsons writers were talking some major smack during the weekend's Game Head. Smack talk specifically aimed at Rockstar. Here are the choice quotes, straight from the writers: More »

Will Wright's Simpsons Game Appearance

Brian Crecente — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:00:33 EDT

Check out one minute, 20 seconds or so in to see Will Wright deliver a message to the gamey versions of the Simpsons. In it he describes himself, as he tucks his glasses firmly up the bridge of his nose, as the "nerdiest nerd in the computerverse." And "Will Wright bitch!" More »

Super Mario Galaxies Videos

Mark Wilson — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:00:51 EDT

Here are two SHORT but interesting clips from the upcoming Super Mario Galaxies. The first is a dramatic boss reveal. And the second gives us a quick look at wielding firepower through the Wiimote. It's the first time in a long time that simple Wiimote gestures have looked fun to me at all. Maybe it's just the huge explosions finding their way into Mario sound design. More »

Simpson's Land of Chocolate

Brian Crecente — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:00:17 EDT

The more I see of The Simpsons game the more I want to play it. Good thing they aren't releasing it anywhere near that abortive movie. What a piece of crap, I can't believe how bad it was. More »

Rockstar: Waaahhhhh!! (hypocritical sniffle)

Mark Wilson — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:56:00 EDT

The Simpsons, who doesn't love The Simpsons? Apparently Rockstar. Or at least that's EA's story since Rockstar has demanded that content be pulled from their new Simpsons game. Lead Designer Greg Rizzer elaborates further:

I was always under the impression that when you do parody, it's a sign of respect... If we make fun of Grand Theft Auto, we're not going to hurt the sales of Grand Theft Auto... But yeah, we've definitely had some reactions - we've had to pull stuff from the game.

He also adds that during Leipzig Games Convention, EA had to pull a GTA parody poster (Grand Theft Scratchy) from the floor due to a Rockstar-sourced complaint. More »

Limited Simpsons Xbox 360 Coming

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:40:16 EDT

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. More »

New Simpsons Gameplay

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:00:44 EDT

I wrote a bit ago about what I thought of the upcoming Simpsons' game. Here's a bit of video from last night's event. What do you think? Was I right or wrong? Brian Crecente More »

Simpsons The Game, The Details

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:00:03 EDT

The biggest news at last night's Electronic Arts gathering was about their new Simpson's game, unfortunately, the company's press release had, for the most part, already stolen their thunder. More »

EA Shows Gameplay For New Simpsons Game

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:40:38 EDT

Today, a big ol' surprise announcement was expected at EA's San Francisco event. Turns out it was to show off some gameplay for the upcoming Simpsons' game. Our ~~pirate~~ man on the ground Brian Crecente will be posting about it later. He might even get some time with the game, so be sure to check back. Later, even! Brian Ashcraft More »

EA Reveals The Simpsons Game

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:00:37 EDT

Electronic Arts has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to bring the Simpsons starved masses an all-new "mind-busting" experience with The Simpsons Game. While Simpsons fans may have been looking forward to a proper next-gen remake of the classic Bonestorm or a sequel to The Simpsons Bowling, EA's The Simpsons Game will be something totally unique. More »

The Simpsons Attempt GTA Funny

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:40:36 EST

Since I live in Japan and don't have cable, I haven't seen The Simpsons in like six years. But game blog Aeropause posts that a recent episode of the show features a Grand Theft Auto parody. From the original post: More »

Gallery: Various Marios, All Not Mario

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:00:46 EST

The Simpsons Going Next-Gen

Brian Crecente — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:00:20 EST

Electronic Arts just landed The Simpsons. The LA studio of the developer giant will be handling the games, the first of which will land on the next-gen systems. The EALA studio will be working closely with Fox's Gracie Films and The Simpsons writers. The Guardian's Gamesblog has posted some odds for what form the first EA Simpson's game will take: More »