17 inches of Eddie Riggs for your collection

Those who love collectables should be excited to hear that in addition to the real-life Tenacious D guitar that’s been up for grabs in various circumstances, a large — but limited — stash of Eddie Riggs figures is in production. Measuring in at 17 inches, the figure depicts Eddie in the midst of battle and basically just looks awesome:

According to Electronic Arts only 1,000 of these are going to be made, and their distribution will be unconventional. One was given away today at Comic Con, and details concerning how to win further figures will appear on the official Brutal Legend site in the future.

Four videos thrown up to celebrate return

Well I’m back from my holiday, and it was splendid thank you! I even managed to avoid sun burn this year, which is a personal best.

Typically an absolute mountain of new Brutal Legend footage was sent through to me during my absence, which I’ve just processed and added to the ‘Videos’ section — although you’ve probably already seen it on another site by now.

Specifically, there’s a new episode of ‘Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black’ and a three-part developer walkthrough by Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer (avoid if you’re adverse to spoilers).

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the comments of my holiday post, you’ll notice that the most excellent BRUTAL! regular Mykal has been linking to some quality videos. Firstly there’s a GameTrailers TV episode that features a peek at Brutal Legend’s multiplayer, and secondly there’s a Joystiq interview with Tim Schafer.

BRUTAL! is going to be less brutal for a week

For one week as of today, you’ll find that BRUTAL! is considerably less brutal then usual. I’m going on holiday, so there’ll almost certainly be no updates while I’m gone. Hopefully nothing demonic will happen while I’m away!

In the meantime you should keep an eye on BRUTAL!’s mother, The International House of Mojo. The Brutal Legend coverage there may not be quite as obsessive as it is here, but if anything important happens you can guarantee it’ll be mentioned.

See you soon!

More brutal thoughts up for your enjoyment

The fourth episode of ‘Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black’ has just been added to the ‘Videos’ section, featuring Jack with an almighty battle axe that he promptly uses to dispatch of the worst evils one can possibly imagine.

As has become the norm there’s a nice selection of gameplay footage towards the end, naturally showing off the axe combat. Check it out!

Tim Schafer talks through almost 17 minutes of Brutal Legend

Desperate to see some actual in-game Brutal Legend footage? You might want to check out the two new videos added to the ‘Videos’ section. Featuring full commentary by Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer, almost 17 minutes of the game’s earliest moments are revealed in full.

It’s worth noting that Schafer’s voice drowns out most of the in-game sound and thus significantly takes away from the comedic moments, so this video may not be your cup if tea if you want to experience all those early surprises properly and unspoilt.

One of the highlights for me was seeing clearly how the guitar solos are performanced in a totally Guitar Hero-like fashion. If you’re on the fence about Brutal Legend, you’d be mad to not want it after this!