Apparently I have been living under a rock for a year or so because I was lookin around on Hulu and found some trailers for "The Cleveland Show" which is a spin off of Family Guy. I have one question to ask Seth McFarlane: "WHY?!". Honestly, why does a show even need to exist that involves Cleveland, his new "Family Guy turned black" family, and two bears as neighbors. Yeah, two freakin bears. Ohhh, I can't believe how stupid this looks. At least if they are going to do a show like this it could be original. Seriously, they are giving Cleveland a wife, a daughter, a baby (that of course talks), and a fat son. I mean come on! The characters are basically carbon copies of Peter and his family. I found a thread about this here on GB that is 11 months old and I noticed some minor differences between the more current art and the old pics. But even 11 months ago you can see the two bears living next door. How on earth does the idea to have two bears as neighbors last an entire year of planning for a show, if not more. I just don't know what else to say about this... Oh yeah I watched the extended trailer and I slightly chuckled maybe once, that was that.
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In other news, I just bought and finished the first episode of "Tales of Monkey Island" and it was awesome. Maybe not quite as funny as I had hoped throughout, but it definitely had it's moments. The humor really picks up in the second half and towards the end in my opinion. I had such fond memories of the first couple Monkey Island games that I couldn't resist playing the new series. I thought the game had great pacing. I can sometimes get a little frustrated with games like this that involve such open ended puzzles, but I never felt that way with this first episode. I actually played it all the way through only taking one short break. It's really rare for me to just sit down and put that many consecutive hours into a game, so I guess that really says something about the games quality. I am really looking forward to the remake of the classic Monkey Island game coming out a little later. From what I have seen, it is an exact remake of the old game to the point that it lets the player switch back to the old graphic style on the fly. That just plain sounds awesome to me.
I will probably end up writing a review for "Tales of Monkey Island" just because I hardly ever get to write a review for a very recently released game. It kinda seems to lose the whole purpose of writing a review in the first place if the game is too old. The main reason people read reviews is to get buying advice anyways so I feel like writing late reviews takes a significant chunk out of a reviews relevance. Anyways, maybe I will play through Monkey Island again sometime soon. It really is an excellent game and if anyone is on the fence about whether or not to buy it, think about 5 months of content for a mere $35.00.
Until next time, go Guybrush! : )
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