Comments on: DeathSpank Teasers To Delight And Confuse

By: Stupoider

Stupoider — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:56 +0000

Looking forward to this! I grinned at those trailers.

By: ack

ack — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:14:32 +0000

Not saying it’s the best [superhero movie] or anything, but I actually liked Ang Lee’s interpretation of the Hulk, there’s something really sad about it.

the Dark Knight… yeah sure, they touched some nice subjects, like the moral ambiguity of the hero (and the Joker) and the un-”black and white”-ness of the portrayal of “normal” citizens vs. criminals. But I guess that’s the problem, they just touch those subjects, they aren’t part of the entire experience and they’re mostly invisible in the characterisations except for a few sequences. Granted, I’ve only seen it once.

Oh the game? Enticing!

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:00:58 +0000

Man, that is an awesome soundtrack.

Hack’n’slash-meets-adventure sounds like an…unlikely combination. Hopefully it doesn’t mean “excellent adventure marred by substandard action bits”, as plagued the genre from Space Quest’s skimmer sequence to Full Throttle’s fights.

By: bayani

bayani — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:01:23 +0000

this is not me

By: cyrenic

cyrenic — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:08:15 +0000

I want to think that Ron Gilbert blog post is a joke.

By: Reverend Speed

Reverend Speed — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:06:55 +0000

Unbreakable = Brilliant, if only for how well it sells someone with superheroic powers. See Watchmen.

Aaaaaand… thong jokes aside, there is nothing in this world that will stop me from playing DeathSpank.

Monkey Island II came out in 1991, you know? 1991. Seventeen years since we had a full-tilt Ron Gilbert adventure game.

I want to believe that he still bestrides the world as a God amongst men, but that’s quite a hiatus (ignoring kids games, Cavedog, consultancy). C’mon, Mr. Gilbert. Come through for us. The stars are right.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:12:57 +0000

This seems like it could be TF2 meets Diablo 2 (too). As well.

This could be very good. Could.

Let’s see some in game footage please.

By: Arnulf

Arnulf — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:21:09 +0000

Have to agree with The Incredibles there. For once.

By: cullnean

cullnean — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:10:32 +0000

i felt ichi was a little disjointed also id like to include in the superhero genre the Daywatch/nightwatch stuff

also whenever some one mentions ichi i can only think of big fish hooks and chip fat

By: monkeymonster

monkeymonster — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:22:12 +0000

Incredibles = KG said it best
Dark Knight = how can you not love a film that has the line “what busdriver”, and then BAM, hello says Mr Bus [gets ready for pedant city]
Unbreakable = spiral fracture down the stairs, properly done gruesome injuries
Itchi the Killer = very very odd [might need a couple more odds in there too]

Nod to Batman not being a super hero as he has no super powers. I’ve been reading comics a long time and Incredibles as Gillo says ties any comic threads every written/read together into a super bundle [sic].

But more importantly how can the fact you’ve got a PURPLE codpiece of power in a game not make you chuckle and await its coming like a small hamster seeing his wheel spindle getting a good greasing… Anticipation of good times ahead!

By: fanciestofpants

fanciestofpants — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:06:38 +0000

Speaking of superhero movies, here’s hoping The Watchmen turns out good eh? There’s such potential for insane awesomeness there. And I suppose an equal and opposite potential for colossal cockup.

The comic itself is practically required reading for anyone, comic-buff or no (If you haven’t read the damn thing yet, you must).

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:49:34 +0000

Count me in as another who liked “Unbreakable” (before the abysmal “Signs” put me off that writer/director permanently.)

And of course “The Incredibles” is superb :) And I liked TDK lots (if not quite as much as BB). Hellboy was great (and had some of the best one-liners in a long time). I’m looking forward to seeing the new one.

Deathspank… I’m actually interested in it now. Nothing I’d seen or read beforehand had made me remotely intrigued, despite the pedigree. I’m now in “cautiously optimistic” mode.