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Tim Schafer EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Tim Schafer walks us through the Brutal Legend DLC 12 The new Brutal Legend DLC, "Tears of the Hextadon", is out this week and is bringing two new maps to multiplayer. To prepare players for the new content, Double Fine's Tim Schafer hosted a multi... Jack Black talks Brutal Legend on Jimmy Kimmel Show 35 For the past couple of weeks, Jack Black has been going around dressed up as Eddie Riggs from Brutal Legend promoting the game at various venues. His latest appearance as the roadie hero took him... Tim Schafer misses platformers more than adventure games 32 It’s easy to assume Tim Schafer misses the adventure genre. The man established his name a billion years ago at Lucasfilm Games, at a time when the adventure game was king and Lucas better ... Watch the Brutal Legend Dem-o-thon live now! 18 The Brutal Legend Demo-o-thon is on now! Well, if it's 12pm PST (3pm EST) you can click the jump and watch it live. So wait, what's going on? Double Fine's streaming a live Brütal Legen... Tim Schafer retells the story of how he got his first job 6 In celebration of hitting his twentieth year of being involved in the games industry, Double Fine's Tim Schafer has posted an insightful, entertaining, and decidedly honest look at what it took f... Interview: Picking the brain of Double Fine's Tim Schafer 37 Tim Schafer. Tim f**king Schafer. He's a man that most of us know. One of the writers behind The Secret of Monkey Island, and the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and Brü... Tim Schafer on creativity: 'Stupid ideas are often the best' 24 One of the things I did with my interview with Tim Schafer was allow some community members to offer questions to ask the guy. I liked what DaedHead8 and Krow asked: How is Tim able to be so crea... Tim Schafer on Monkey Island: 'I get instantly happy' 9 By now you've heard about the multiplayer for Brütal Legend, as well as the yet-unseen 4v4 mode. But, as we all know, Tim Schafer is a man of many hats, and one of the hats he wore was write... Tim Schafer on 4v4 Multiplayer: 'split the duties' 10 Hopefully, by now, you've had the chance to take a look at Hamza's preview for the upcoming Brütal Legend. Now, while he was getting some solid hands-on time with the multiplayer, I was, uh.... Start your morning off right, watch some more Brutal Legend 25 Do you have 22 minutes to spare? In that case, may I recommend viewing this fine gameplay video for Brütal Legend? Like the video from last week, it features commentary from Tim Schafer. And... 17 minutes of Brutal Legend with Tim Schafer 36 We at Destructoid cannot get enough of Brütal Legend. Everything about this game is going to be so awesome! A new video for the game was released and it shows off the first 17 minutes of th... Rumor about a rumor: Wii version of Brutal Legend canceled 16 This October, Double Fine's Brütal Legend will rock the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 so hard that the name of said month has been changed to "Rocktober." And while it's not been conf... Jack Black tries to make funny in latest Brutal Legend promo 18 This latest "Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black" promotional video for Brütal Legend isn't quite as funny as some of the previous ones. We blame it on the suspicious lack of Tim Schaf... Brutal Legend box art ushers in impending Rocktober arrival 34 We don't do "check out this box art" posts that often, but we make our exceptions. Double Fine's Brütal Legend is one of those exceptions. So, you know, "check out this box ar... E3 09: Ron Gilbert contributing to Tales of Monkey Island 13 When I met with Telltale Games to take a first look at their upcoming series of Monkey Island episodic games, I was pleasantly surprised to have the opportunity to meet Dave Grossman, writer/prog... E3 09: Burch 'n Davis play Brutal Legend 18 Brutal Legend. You've seen it, heard it, and most likely have waited for it in great anticipation. I know that Anthony and I both have. And today, we finally got to have some hands-on time with a... E3 09: Ozzy Osbourne in Brutal Legend is news to someone 21 As revealed during EA's press conference yesterday, Brutal Legend is getting another rock icon added to its already impressive roster of stars. Joining Lemmy, Lita Ford, Rob Halford, and Jack Bla... Clip in which Jack Black throws up next to Tim Schafer 28 Right here is where I'd normally say a few things (perhaps some of them "funny") about this new clip Electronic Arts sent us to promote Brütal Legend, but it would be mostly pointl... Execs wanted Brutal Legend to be hip-hop or country flavored 35 Proving that most corporate executives know jacksh*t about anything, Tim Schafer has revealed that when he started pitching Brütal Legend many years ago, the bigwigs in charge wanted the gam... Schafer: Gamers care too much about sales 25 If anybody knows a thing or two about good games selling poorly, it's Double Fine's Tim Schafer. His last game, Psychonauts, was notorious for a disappointing sales performance despite widespread... A blogger's night at the Spike VGAs 49 It was tough for me to come up with a concept for this article.You see, I had the grand fortune of attending the Spike VGAs on Sunday night. It was an amazing opportunity and I had a blast ... bu... Tim Schafer kills a weevil, says 'Brutal Legend is fine' 20 So, you heard the news about Activision Blizzard possibly dropping a few Sierra-published games? Arguably the two most significant titles to not make the cut were Ghostbusters and Brütal Leg... No Psychonauts or Grim Fandango sequel sez Schafer, crushing hopes and dreams 27 Tim Schafer, in a conversation with Playboy.com -- the Internet's answer to boring, highbrow pornography -- revealed that Grim Fandango and Psychonauts, while excellent games, will not be getting... Nothing to see here, move along: No new Psychonauts game in the works 25 What, you expected a new Psychonauts game? Pffft. That game sold, what, four copies? So what if it was really, really good. That story we (and everyone else on the planet) ran earlier about a mys... Brutal Legend trailer contains more metal than the human race can handle 73 I'm not this drooling Tenacious D/Jack Black fan, and I'm not exactly sure what the connection between him and Tim Schafer's Double Fine is, but I'll tell you what: This trailer for the upcoming ... Crecente demos first Brutal Legend track, reveals himself to be 700 years old 20 Not content to merely report news, Brian "Apparently Old Enough To Be My Dad" Crecente opted to wag the dog earlier by posting a video over at Kotaku in which he plays a record sent to ... Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend announced: are you going to ignore this one too? 29 This NeoGAF thread contains the below image of the latest cover of Game Informer magazine who apparently picked up the exclusive rights to announce Tim Schafer's Axes & Axes epic Brütal ...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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