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Hail Indeed
July 14, 2008
Here's what they're saying about Hail to the Chimp this week:
The McClatchy-Tribune wire service calls Hail to the Chimp "dense with wit," with a "brilliant" teamup mechanic and "absolutely frantic" gameplay that "makes it easy to recommend to anyone hungry for a game of its distinction."
MTV's Multiplayer Blog pitted the game against The Colbert Report in a laugh-off and concluded: "It's definitely worth a play-through to see what comedic gems the game makers could come up with. So chalk one up for the Chimp."
The Chicago Tribune says Hail to the Chimp is "a funny, frenetic fightfest" that "begs to be played by several players at once" and "really makes you want to play again and again."
The Philadelphia Inquirer said "This just might be a sleeper hit for those who often get together to play games. It is funny (the game has its own TV network featuring anchor Chumley the Woodchuck and political satire that is a riot), colorful, insanely enjoyable and fairly inexpensive."
And TeamXbox sums the game up thusly: "A wacky concept, hilarious presentation, and highly competitive gameplay make this an experience to be shared."
Scroll down to the next post for further commentary from UGO, 1UP, and the Chicago Red Eye.
Grab your clams - the Chimp is loose!
June 23, 2008
If you turn on your TV right now, you'll probably see politicians talking smack about each other. Yawn. No wonder people are tired of politics as usual - these guys talk a good game, but they never really throw down.
If only there were political candidates who weren't afraid to get down and dirty. Candidates willing to back up their mud-slinging talk with actual, physical mud-slinging. The whole electoral process would be much more fun.
If you ever felt the same way, today is your day. Because Hail to the Chimp is now available in North America, and it makes presidential politics fun again. Go buy it!
If a monkey in a cool hat isn't enough to sway you, here are some choice review quotes.
UGO gave it an A- and said "Hail to the Chimp is a fairly stellar party game, filling a niche which has been sorely lacking on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."
1UP.com gave it a B+, calling the game "great fun" and "more replayable than something like Mario Party." They also said "All you really need to know about is the concept -- and the developers executed that concept quite well."
And the June 24 edition of the Chicago Red Eye calls Hail to the Chimp "the best multiplayer game out there that doesn't involve fake plastic music instruments."
I like that one so much I'm going to run it again in slightly larger type:
"The best multiplayer game out there
that doesn't involve fake plastic music instruments."
And to think all this joy is available from finer purveyors of electronic entertainment for the astonishingly low price of $39.99. Restoring your faith in democracy has never been so cheap'n'easy!
Hail to the Chimp Demo on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade
June 18, 2008
That's right. PlayStation3 gamers can get a sweet, sweet taste of Hail to the Chimp right now. You know what they say: the first one's always free... and the second one will set you back $39.99 next Tuesday. Check it out at the Playstation Network!
Note to Xbox360 owners: there will be a demo for your console of choice in very short order. There are some munchkins in Redmond we need to appease, but that process is almost done. Stay tuned.
Update: The demo is now available on Xbox Live as well. 360 owners, come on down!
Back From the Dead
May 22, 2008
The year was 2005. The month was October. The console was the original Xbox. The game was Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse."
So many memories.
The fateful first encounter between the Monday Industries PumpBot and Officer Hannity's squad car. The homage to Patton. The hovering Sod-O-Mobile and its Sod Cannon, firing clump after clump of fatal filth at scientists and tourists. The "Romeo and Juliet" scene, recently cited by Edge Magazine for incorporating "one of the greatest music cues in game history." A barbershop quartet singing combat dialog in four-part harmony. The screams of humans transforming into the inhuman howls of brain-hungry zombies.
It was really something, wasn't it?
What?
You’ve never played Stubbs the Zombie?
Really?
Well...I suppose that's understandable. The game didn't have a huge marketing budget, and distribution was less than ideal. Plus, everybody was all psyched about the new Xbox360, so even brand-new games for the Xbox were seen as "last-gen." And of course there was all that nonsense on Capitol Hill, with US Senators claiming Stubbs was teaching cannibalism to kids. So Stubbs never really got his due. Story of his life, really - always just a little bit late. That must be why they call him "the late, great Stubbs."
But you can still find copies of the game out there, if you look around. Which you probably ought to do, if you fancy yourself a gamer. Not to toot our own horn or anything, but if you haven't played Stubbs, you're missing out.
If only there was some way you could just grab it offline and play it on a modern console...
Gadzooks! What's this?
Stubbs the Zombie is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace? For just 1200 points? Hot diggity! This is the best news to come down the pike since the game was originally announced!
Of course, it's not all skittles and beer. Gamers in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Korea and Japan who were hoping to get their Stubbs on are still SOL. It's not that we don’t love you, it's that localization complicates everything by a factor of, oh, a million or so. You guys should pick up a modded console and an old-fashioned DVD version of the game on eBay or something.
So, let's recap. Stubbs. Xbox Live Marketplace. 1200 points.
Live the dream, people. Find out what you've been missing.
And keep watching this space - we'll have more news very soon.