Random Gaming 06.29.2007

-While perusing the Blue Planet Software site, I saw their logo and thought "Dude, whoever did that totally ripped that off Roger Dean." Well, I was sorta right. He's "Consultant for art design on the company's computer games and influences the artistic quality of its products" whatever the heck that means. Maybe it just mean that Henk Rogers is a huge Yes album cover fan and was totally stoked to get Dean to do the Blue Planet logo. More research actually shows that Henk wrote the storyline to a 90's Black Oynx sequel that had Dean doing the art. Doesn't look like it ever came out. The logo and art direction of Tetris Zone looks like Dean's work also. Update: ...and he did the most recent version of the Tetris logo.

-Too bad this officially USLMRA licensed Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007 game never came out on the Xbox even though it "went gold". It would have been the perfect follow-up to Lawnmower Racing 2006. *sigh* Now we're just gonna have to wait for next year's Lawnmower Racing Mania 2008.

-There exists in this world we live in a Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game. When showing this to a friend, he was sadly optimistic, saying that DVD technology could handle a game of DDR using the remote to enter the steps. When I showed him a review that stated "The 2 mats that go with this game do NOT attach to anything that scores you - they just go on the floor by themselves." and "it's a little like step aerobics on a flat surface", I think a little piece inside of him died.

-Here's an odd little flash game called "Genie Joe and the Axeman" trying to promote a hot sauce from Joe Perry of Aerosmith. The product is called Joe Perry's Rock Your World and come in two flavors, Boneyard Brew and Mango Peach Tango. That's I have to say about that.

-The winner for the best quote I found this week goes to Babaroga Games: "Muppets Puzzle Party" is an original title developed by Babaroga for Disney Mobile Studio, inspired in part by Babaroga's original game "Strip-off at the Krystal Pistol"