Tis the season to return to the Goosebumps video game universe!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZHb...
@noiselandco
Author of "Bart vs. My Hopes & Dreams," a Simpsons video game retrospective; and host of the Noiselandco channel featuring deep dives into licensed video games. https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Noiselandco%22
Tis the season to return to the Goosebumps video game universe!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZHb...
Hello from the past! I'm going through the show and just got here. In the off chance that no one commented about it, the Patty Meltdown level name has to be a reference to a patty melt: www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28010...
News from me! Last week was my last week at Double Fine. It was an exciting time and I am very grateful to have learned so much at a beloved studio.
This means I am looking for work! If you need someone with social media/community expertise, please reach out.
Eager to start a fresh adventure!
Itβs a great pod! I see youβve survived the trenches of Bartmania but I still look forward to your thoughts on each game, especially my personal fav of those early days π
It only took twentyish years, but I'm stoked to see comprehensive coverage of Simpsons video games from folks like @bartofdarkness.bsky.social and @glitterjaw.bsky.social!
Whether you're showering them with praise or raking them over the coals, each one is our special little video game guy.
Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge: A Simpsons Gaming Podcast Episode #17 Virtual Springfield
New LEE CARVALLO's PODDING CHALLENGE gushes about the PC walking simulator and overlooked gem, Virtual Springfield!
Plus, we discuss the landscape of The Simpsons in 1997, including season 8 and 9 episodes and the infamous Simpsons House Giveaway.
On all podcast apps: glitterjaw.com/lee-carvallo
Also available on itch io:
goodolvic.itch.io/bart-vs-my-h...
Just in time for the holidays, my book "Bart vs. My Hopes and Dreams: Looking Back at Thirty Years of Video Games Based on The Simpsons" is now available as a paperback and ebook on Amazon! Check it out:
www.amazon.com/Bart-vs-My-H...
This brings me joy. This is specifically a Simpsons video game podcast, and they dug into sales/shipping numbers from the Mark Flitman papers in the VGHF Library! We're giving people the resources to become historians
a digital painting of the Four Giants from Majora's Mask meeting Link. The Giants dwarf Link, taking up a majority of the frame, and the background.
FOUR
BIG
GUYS
(2022)
π¨ GAME & DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT π¨
Mythmatch is a Greek mythology community sim about bringing people together by putting things together.
πͺ Help the Mortals
π‘ Rebuild Ithaca
π Create cute creatures
β‘οΈ Defy the gods
store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...
I love 1) how much the writer seems to love his wife 2) how he describes Mario as "the little plumber from Brooklyn"
In Mansion of a Million Monsters, you get to unmask the culprit at the end of each case!
It won't actually always be the Butler. OR will it???
(no, I'm being told that's a very bad idea and not to do that)
wishlist β‘οΈ store.steampowered.com/app/3627210/
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame
Play πThe Beekeeper's Picnicπ, my cosy, fully professionally voice acted cosy point and click adventure starring a retired Sherlock Holmes!
Itch - jabbage.itch.io/the-beekeepe...
Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
Trailer - www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvYj...
@silverscream.bsky.social This movie may be relevant to your interests (donβt skip the comments).
youtu.be/CMyrp5Vk3mU?...
I wrote a thing againβ¨
For those who don't know why some localization companies withhold staff credits, it's so:
1) devs who think loc staff did a good job won't hire them independently
2) other loc companies can't poach them
3) contractors can't find each other to compare notes
4) company brand is elevated above people
We're all tired of corporate overlords, aren't we?
Do what you gotta do etc. but I figured I could at least have a backup copy of the main video series over on Internet Archive, ad-free and unburdened by the hanging axe of copyright strikes.
archive.org/search?query...
When worlds collide !!!
Frankenberry (still a work in progress) meets Frankenstein!!!
This was the special, black and white variant of Frank that was available exclusively to my PATREON followers.
Hello there !!!
I make these ...
An excerpt page from a Simpsons character sheet sent to Konami. This includes art pieces of Martin and Skinner from Bart's dream in "Bart the Genius" as well as Homer and Marge in a Recreational outfits, the Simpsons depicted as a demonic family and the angelic versions of the husband and wife seen in the episode "There's no Disgrace Like Home."
"Crazy Skinner" as seen in his appearance in the level "Dreamland" from Konami's "The Simpsons" game with Homer walking on a cloud, with a letter 'M' falling from the sky.
There's also a character guide that features key art allowed for use in Simpsons merchandise and marketing materials. The Simpsons arcade devs went with "Crazy Skinner" to show up in the Dreamland level, even though it's supposed to be a hallucination of Bart's from the episode "Bart the Genius."
The title screen for Bart VS. the Space Mutants for the NES.
A 'Family Situation' example from a Simpsons style guide depicting the family watching TV with Bart sitting by himself on the family couch.
More VGHF points of interest. They have scans from a Simpsons style guide sent to Konami to specify how characters need to be drawn/shown etc. Very likely this was sent to other companies for things like merch guidelines. This key art was used as the title screen for Bart VS. the Space Mutants.
Looked at the @bossfightbooks.com catalog re: the vital licensed game realm. Solid entries:
Greatest story ever told
A D&D campaign
Disney weirdos hanging with anime weirdos
An even longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away
A v accurate sportsball simulation
The suave spy man who shot everyone
Ok, I got another great find from @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! It's a 109 page document of model sheets for Konami's Bart's House of Weirdness for DOS. This should be of particular interest to @bobservo.bsky.social since he's review this game. archive.gamehistory.org/item/2e50c6c...
My favorite thing I've found so far in the video game history archive from @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
The pitch document of the canceled game Monster Dunk. The Hunchbacks of Notre Dunk deserve to be known by the world.
archive.gamehistory.org/item/13861e9...
heβs here!!! orders are shipping out tomorrow!!
I just extended it to all Spyglass productions. Hasta la vista Heart Eyes, toodle-oo Thanksgiving 2.
My head is spinning. They have so much amazing material.
I'll leave you with this link to a recording session with Dan Castellaneta for Virtual Bart. Go to 12:00 if you ever wanted to hear Dan Castellaneta oink his way through "he's a jolly good fellow."
archive.gamehistory.org/item/8e40e7d...
The new @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social online library is a wonderland of vital minutiae.
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