Sure, we all know that the upcoming Full House dating sim, Kimmy Gibler’s Adventure in Romance, and the highly anticipated Golden Girls first-person shooter, Attack on the Lanai, are going to be huge, international hits … but how will a videogame based on critically adored (and Chad approved!) sitcom The Office fare?
Well, developer MumboJumbo (of Luxor fame) hopes it will fare darn well as it just announced it will be bringing the funniest show on television to a Nintendo DS, PSP, and PC near you by fall of this year.
In the game, players will control bobblehead versions of the sitcom’s main characters, handling jobs and playing practical jokes around the Dunder-Mifflin virtual office. Um, yay?
Says MumboJumbo VP of product development Mike Suarez:
We were anxious to expand our audience with a property that has broad appeal and works well as a game. It will help us to demonstrate that casual games are the true mass videogame market.
I still have no idea how anyone could think The Office would translate well do a videogame, but given my love for all things Kelly, I am going to give everyone involved in this random creative decision the benefit of the doubt.
What do you all think? Is a videogame based on a sitcom a disaster waiting to happen, or could this game start a new, successful trend in the industry (Family Ties RPG!)?
[Via Variety]
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2:15 AM on 06.21.2007
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Two words, people: Journey Escape.
But I share your enthusiasm for Kelly, Chad.
Oh, and this game idea is terrible.
i don't own a psp ... YET.
And somewhere, someone will always think that joke is funny. No matter how many times he hears it, it will be yuk-yuk-yuk all day long.
ALWAYS.
FOREVER.
And I hate that person. I really, really do.
Makes me think of either Home Alone on gameboy or Desperate House Wife games.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ftw!
Michael > Brent.
Bring it!
@s0lesurviv0r
Monopoly has a 3rd party that handles all of that. Every non-standard edition of Monopoly is up to a licensee who gratuitously whores the game to any and all comers.
Thank you for saving me a long-winded response on why both versions are hilarious! You rule. :)
Yeah I was about to get into that, hah.
Nice save, Necros!
Scrubs - The Surgical
Denny Crane, Lawyer
or even
Transformers - The Game... Oh wait.... Maybe the whoredom is already headed out of control.
"Don't give me $100! Why would I want $100? I was already given £100 in England a couple of years ago, and it was worth more."
I just wonder if it will end up being a Spy vs Spy mod where Roy puts a spring loaded boxing glove in a closet and that Jim opens the closet and POW!
Or if it will be extra clever, like ou have to tell everyone to call Dwight's phone every time he gets up to go to the bathroom or something. Okay so maybe not extra clever.
*The Final Countdown plays in the background*
Brit hit sitcom <i>The Young Ones</i> did it with a Commodore 64 game back in the mid 80s. Ditto for <i>Alf</i> and <i>Harry and the Hendersons</i>... and who could forget those?! Anyone? Beuller?
~j
oh and I third the Arrested Development game. " I will be my father's body."