TV Squad

• Animation news: Toonami, Ralph Bakshi and games
  

  Filed under: Cable, The Simpsons, Animation, Games, Web, Anime, Children, South Park

  

  Hey gang, here's what happening in the world of cartoons:

  A new Simpsons game, possibly created to coincide with the movie, has been showing up on some retailer's list as "The Simpsons Game." Electronic Arts is publishing the game, which will be available for pretty much all the major platforms, including Wii.

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  Cable, Games, Web, Game Show

  Well, this is going to take up a little while this afternoon.

  The Game Show Network has a new game on their site called Astronaut Moonstalker, and though it sounds like one of those cheesy movie you always see on The Sci-Fi Channel, it's actually a space game based on the female astronaut who put on a diaper to drive 900 miles and kidnap a romantic rival.

  It's a fun, well-designed game. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, you pilot a spacecraft around rocks, monsters, and space debris to land next to the happy couple and break them up (by...
  




• New Battlestar game coming to Xbox Live
  

  Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Games, Sci Fi

  In what seems like a no-brainer idea, NBC Universal is partnering with Sierra Online on a high-def, space combat, Battlestar Galactica game. Who doesn't want to fly a Viper or a Raider? Players will be able to choose which side they fight for while taking part in both single-player, and multi-player, versions of the game.
  
  The big news of the announcement is that the game will be available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. This is the first original Hollywood-licensed property for the still growing service. To kick off the promotion,...
  



• The Five: The Ultimate Lost Quiz
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Lost, The Five, Games

  So, you've seen every single episode of Lost and you own all the DVDs and you consider yourself an expert. Check out these five questions and see if you really know as much as you think you do.

  1. What is the name of the only hit song that Charlie's band Driveshaft had?

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• Lost mobile game now available
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Lost, Games

  As promised in last year's TV Squad post, Gameloft has released a mobile game based on Lost. Players will re-enact familiar island adventures and experience new ones as Jack, who is hilariously described by Gameloft as the "charismatic hero" of the series. Many of the settings, characters, and plotlines from earlier episodes are recreated for the game. Gameloft's official site (see above link) includes screenshots, downloadable wallpaper and screensavers, and a demo of the game's first chapter.

  HDTV, PVR Wire, Video, Cable/Satellite, Games, Web

  Do you spend a lot of time in the bathroom? Roto-Rooter is holding a contest, and the winner gets the deluxe, luxury toilet in the picture on the right.

  The toilet - which the company is calling a "bathroom oasis" - comes complete with an Avanti Compact Refrigerator with a beer tap, an iPod, an iCarta iPod dock with tissue holder, a Baseline pedal exerciser, a dual-sided magnification mirror, a megaphone (to call your family members for more toilet paper, I guess), a personal cooling fan, a USB powered coffee mug and warmer, an...
  




• The Office cast as Wii Miis
  

  Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Games, The Office, Celebrities

  The Nintendo Wii includes an editor that allows you to create your own avatar - called a "Mii" - to use while playing Wii games. As you might imagine, it took all of three seconds before people started creating celebrity Miis and uploading them to the internet. Search "mii" in flickr, and you'll find Amy Sedaris as Jerri Blank, Spike Lee and Borat. Kottee hosted a celebrity Mii contest back in December, which resulted in my favorite Mii to date - David Foster Wallace playing tennis.



• South Park goes mobile, plus Comedy Central and Spike launch new Web shows
  

  Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Animation, Games, Web, South Park, Comedy Central, Spike

  Both Comedy Central and Spike TV are launching new Web series this year. Comedy Central plans to launch eleven new series for its Motherload site, including a show featuring Muslim American comedians called The Watch List, and a spinoff of Drawn Together called Judge Fudge.

  Spike TV has eight new Web series slated for 2007, including Spike's Hottest Bartenders, Miss March Madness and FMX Prague.

  There will also be a South Park wireless application launched in association with South Park Studios that will feature...
  




• Battlestar Galactica pen-and-paper RPG on its way
  

  Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Games

  Like many people, I was a little skeptical when I heard that someone was re-imagining Battlestar Galactica way back when. It seemed like an idea that could blow up in so many ways. We know now that Ronald D. Moore and his team pulled it off in a big way, but the reason I tuned in that first time was because I heard that if you looked really closely, in a certain scene, you would see Serenity fly across the screen.
  
  I'm off on a bit of a tangent there, but not completely. The two universes meet again...
  



• Firefly to be reborn as MMORPG
  

  Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Games, Web, Firefly

  The idea for a Firefly based MMORPG is one that has been floating around for a long time. When the show was first canceled, that was among the many ideas for ways to keep flying. Now comes word that Multiverse has struck a deal with Fox Licensing to make the game. Wired has the complete story.
  
  In a nutshell, Multiverse is a company founded by a team of Netscape veterans. Their aim is to create a universal platform that independent developers can create games on. The advantage being that...