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So there’s this new Star Wars videogame coming out in uhm, next Spring, but our biz-dev guys managed to cut some deal with LucasArts earlier this week, so of course, we had to get a branded site out ASAP. Here it is, just launched: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, with an exclusive trailer and awesome concept artwork gallery to boot! The team did an awesome job turning this around from concept to deployment in less than 4 days, of course, leveraging tons of the stuff from the other sites for GTA, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. An awesome effort and it looks great. I especially recommend the two videos about the “Euphoria” and “Digital Molecular Matter” physics engine stuff… looks really awesome. Even if the game turns out to be too hard to play, I wouldn’t mind just whipping stormtroopers who are trying to cling on for dear life, at a bunch of wooden structures I’ve built (go watch the videos!)

Anyhow, my appreciation and congratulations to the team, great job!

Tags: Games, gaming, movies, work, Yahoo

…and it’s fun! And kid-safe! Go buy several copies for your friends… (yes, my bro in law worked on it…!)

Seriously, if you want to buy it (you should!), click the box cover for a link to it at AMZN:

Update: there’s more info about the people who created the sweet TV commercial for this (a la PSP Squirrels), including full video of the commercial, here.

Tags: family, Games, psp

Wow, did I hold a crappy staff meeting today. But unfortunately I can’t discuss it here, now. Grrr.

How about some nice linkage instead? These guys have been in business for quite some time, but I had never heard of them. They make board (and other) games, but minus the essentially similar doodads that come with every other game you’ve ever bought (markers, dice, fake money, etc.) They tell you what to salvage out of monopoly and just sell you the unique bits for the game you want–really cheap. I gotta order some of these… http://www.cheapass.com/index.html
Now all I need are friends to play them with

Tags: Games