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EA's Simpsons game pays homage to Wolfenstein; includes original game textures
One of the most funny and promising titles at E3 this year was a (gasp) licensed IP game: The Simpsons. The game's faithful reproduction of the sitcom's art style and co-op play really impressed me; I haven't had that much fun with this franchise since the old Konami 4-player quarter sucker. While I personally spent most of my time with the game slaying an endless barrage of hypontized dolphins (sorry Chad) I was treated to a little spoiler by an EA rep: there was a hidden Wolfenstein level in the game. He also confirmed that the textures and proportions of the level were sourced from the original game. The ceiling seemed a bit high but there was no denying the likeness. So how do you get there? Spoiler after the jump. In the Medal of Homer stage, Bart and Homie are hired to steal white flags from a town trying to surrender so that they can get firebombed (as nature intended). However, if you put your chores aside and transform into Bartman and fly across the channel you can snake around an abandoned warehouse and find the hidden area. Smash a few boxes out of your way and you'll find a door to Duffenstein, a replica of the great old-school FPS Castle Wolfenstein. Awesome. Unfortunately the bonus area didn't feature any gunplay or keg-standing nazis to sling shot, but an easter egg like just made me appreciate the game that much more. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)I liked it a lot playing co-op with another person, the game forces you to work together. Some of the zones require a lot of jumping platforms which got a little frustrating due to a non self-adjusting camera but overall I'd recommend it strongly to any Simpsons fan. I'm not a huge follower of the series anymore and I had some good laughs, the game is really ironic. I saw this at EA a few days before E3 and I have to say, its looks incredible. The technology they're using to turn it from 3D to the 2D representation is really cool and makes it look like your actually playing the show. Not to mention 150+ characters from the show and and their voices, and the whole thing was written by the original authors of the show and the movie, its looking really good. Man, Castle Wolfenstien wasn't an FPS. That was called Wolfenstien 3D. The original Castle Wolfenstien was a 2D adventure game on the old 48K Apple II in which you constantly walked into walls and the whole screen freaked-out and your internal speaker squaked like a flamingo in a tree-shreader.
Good Times! wow after watching the trailer on EA's site, I'm actually pretty excited about the game. The huge lard lad going on a rampage made my day. That looks awesome. Know what else pays homage to Wolfenstein? Super Noah's Ark 3D. AKA Super 3D Noah's Ark. wourced from the original game my arse. those tectures are waaaaay more detailed than the ones in Wolf3d sourced from the original game my arse. those tectures are waaaaay more detailed than the ones in Wolf3d This Simpsons game looks worse every time I see it. Just a generic platform / adventure game skinned to look like the Simpsons. 5:00 AM on 04.06.2013 There's a secret in BioShock Infinite's ambient noiseThis isn't really a spoiler, but you're probably better off avoiding whatever this is about anyway. I imagine we're going to be discovering a lot of hidden secrets in BioShock Infinite over the next few months. The latest di...
4:30 PM on 03.07.2013 Pterodactyls are invading Battlefield 3's End Game!DICE really loves dinosaurs. It's no more apparent than with their final downloadable content pack for Battlefield 3, End Game. Users have already found a number of Easter Eggs, such as the pterodactyl that's flying around o...
3:30 PM on 02.07.2013 The best gun ever makes a return in Dead Space 3Yup, Visceral brought back the foam finger gun for Dead Space 3. Kind of was hoping for something different this time, but it's still a pretty badass weapon. Like before, it's pretty much a one-hit kill weapon, and Isaac wil...
8:00 PM on 10.18.2012 Borderlands 2 DLC has an absolutely amazing Easter eggBorderlands 2's first DLC, Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, extends the original game's love for having as many Easter eggs as possible. The latest (I'd argue greatest), discovery is that there is a Big Daddy na...
9:20 AM on 11.15.2011 Minecraft reference sneaks into SkyrimBethesda/Zenimax's legal team may be on the warpath, but the developers at Bethesda Soft bear no ill will toward Mojang Games, it would seem. Despite the Minecraft developer meeting Bethesda at court, a cute little reference ...
6:00 PM on 09.25.2011 How to get Gears of War 3's chicken-firing CluckshotPart of what makes this Gears of War 3 Easter egg so fun is that it's a stark contrast to how serious the series takes itself. The other part is that it's a gun which fires live, exploding chickens. The Cluckshot, a fowl-cen...
8:30 PM on 08.30.2011 Pikmin 2 has unused music: It is my new jamLike a lot of people, I love Pikmin. What appears to be a cute, relatively kid-feiendly game is actually a tale of potentially endless, unspeakable horrors. It's one of the few series that is simply too stressful for some pe...
2:00 PM on 04.30.2011 Did you catch yesterday's secret in Cave Story WiiWare?I'm guessing the answer is "no", because I've been scouring the internet all morning for some source or report on this. Sadly, I can't find anything. All I have to go on is an email I got from Tyrone Rodriguez from Nicalis (...
5:00 PM on 04.24.2011 A Mario Paint Easter egg kit was a thing onceHappy Rabbits-Shitting-Jellybeans Day, world. I've got an earth-shattering report to break. In 1993, Easter egg dye company PAAS slapped the Mario Paint license on a limited-run Easter egg decorating kit. Aaaaaaand... yeah. B...
4:20 PM on 04.18.2011 Mega Man Legends 3 includes fan-requested Easter eggsCapcom has reached out to fans to make the upcoming (and up-in-the-air) Mega Man Legends 3 really, really, super special. We've voted on character models, submitted boss designs, and even wrote NPC dialogue. The results of on...
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Yup, Visceral brought back the foam finger gun for Dead Space 3. Kind of was hoping for something different this time, but it's still a pretty badass weapon. Like before, it's pretty much a one-hit kill weapon, and Isaac wil...more
Borderlands 2's first DLC, Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, extends the original game's love for having as many Easter eggs as possible. The latest (I'd argue greatest), discovery is that there is a Big Daddy na...more
Bethesda/Zenimax's legal team may be on the warpath, but the developers at Bethesda Soft bear no ill will toward Mojang Games, it would seem. Despite the Minecraft developer meeting Bethesda at court, a cute little reference ...more View all Easter Eggs |


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