Double Fine developers on Xbox LIVE tomorrow

If you’ve been after the elusive ‘Six Degrees of Schafer’ achievement or perhaps you just want to see how your skills compare to the guys who made the game, you’ll definitely want to be on Xbox LIVE tomorrow evening as a load of Brutal Legend developers are kicking ass and taking names.

The festivities begin at 5pm PST and end at 9pm on October 28th. The developers have kindly provided their Xbox LIVE gamertags for immediate harassment:

• Patrick Hackett: DFpatrick
• Joe Virskus: DFjoe
• Geoff Soulis: DFgeoff
• Kee Chi: DFkee
• Tara Teich: DFtara
• Steve Peck: DFsteve
• Dan McGarry: DFdan
• Chad Dawson: DFchad
• Erik Robson: DFerik
• Anna Kipnis: DFanna
• Brad Muir: DFbrad

Huge update to easter eggs section, also new fan art

I’ve just done a big update to the ‘Easter Eggs & In-Jokes’ page, comprised of my own observations and those kindly sent in by you most awesome of readers. If you’ve spotted anything else you think is worth mentioning, go ahead and comment!

Once you’ve digested that lot, you’ll find two really sweet new pieces of fan art in the ‘Fan Art’ gallery. I’ve been sent quite a lot of fantastic art during the past week or so, and will be following up with the rest of it tomorrow. More is very much welcome!

I’ve also done a big update to the way the community tracker works. Brutal Legend-related stuff on other sites is no longer mixed up with updates to BRUTAL! itself — instead there’s now a pretty bar on the home page for that. This should make it a lot easier to see when new fan art has been added, etc.

Brutal Legend cake is far too brutal to eat

You having a birthday this year? I’m willing to bet the cake won’t be as brutal as this monster! Apparently it was featured at the Brutal Legend Wrap Party it Bimbo’s 365 Club on Monday, and features what is possibly the finest use of bananas in history.

Just a reminder that if you have any fan work to send in (art, music, fiction, cake), please go ahead! I’ve already had some great stuff that’ll be going up shortly.

Update

[October 24th, 2009 at 2:54pm GMT+1] Added an extra photo, both of which are courtesy of Jon ‘atomicpopmonkey’ Krop!

Eddie Riggs appears in Metalocalypse

If you were watching Adult Swim the other night you may have caught a promo for the upcoming new series of Metalocalypse, featuring the show’s fictional band Dethklok hanging with their new roadie — Eddie Riggs!

At least for the time being you can catch the promo on YouTube, also featuring a bonus Bouncer who promptly gets his ass kicked by Eddie.

A few of Brutal Legend’s metal gods discuss the game

I didn’t have time to make a post about this last night (Too much Brutal Legend to be playing!), but if you keep an eye on the BRUTAL! YouTube channel you may have noticed a new video: the Celebrity Trailer.

Featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, and Rob Halford, the three of them share some thoughts on Brutal Legend and roadies in general — with a few words from a freshly shaven Tim Schafer shown in for good measure!

In other news, I’m going to start featuring new fan work in a special area on the home page shortly. I’ve been adding some truly awesome stuff during the past few weeks, but it is kind of tucked away. If you’ve created or seen any fan art, music, fiction, or whatever, please send it in or comment on this post — let’s build the most brutal collection ever!