Go to GameStop, get Brutal Legend at midnight

If you want to be one of the first to play Brutal Legend, you’ll need to get yourself to GameStop on Monday night as participating shops across the US will be opening at midnight to allow enthusiasts to get their hands on Brutal Legend before anyone else — not that you’ll be waiting that long for the postman on Tuesday morning if you’ve pre-ordered!

Hubble Space Telescope-eyed reader Mykal has spotted a PDF on GameStop’s site indicating which specific shops will be opening at midnight, so be sure to check that before you sit yourself down on the pavement.

If anyone knows of similar promotions in other countries, please leave a comment. I know the UK’s GameStation is known to do this kind of thing, but I’ve not heard any word on whether or not it’s doing it for Brutal Legend’s European release on October 16th .

Jack Black and Tim Schafer hit Hollywood

If you happened to be at Hollywood music venue The Keyclub a little while ago, you might have been lucky enough to bump into Jack Black and Tim Schafer who were heading a Brutal Legend press event. Jack seems to have taken a leaf out of Robert Downey Jr’s book and gone beyond getting into character, transforming himself with steroids and talking shop about the roadie business. Continue Reading »

Brutal Legend’s music composer interviewed

The official Brutal Legend site has put up a fantastic interview with Peter McConnell, where he talks in some detail about the original music he’s put together for the game, how it integrates with the licensed metal, etc.

“It is meant to be an homage, it’s not meant to be a new kind of metal, and it’s not meant to try to compete with the classic licensed tunes that we’re using in the game. What it’s meant to do is to really refer to them, call attention to them, and honor them in some sense, from a slightly different point of view, because you have this cinematic element going on.”

Definitely an intriguing interview for those who’re familiar with Peter McConnell’s past work (Monkey Island 2, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts). I’m personally really excited about seeing how he’ll be blending the licensed metal and the original music together, especially as it seems he’ll be utilising themes from the former in the latter.

Tim Schafer on Jimmy Fallon tonight, also G4TV special

If you’re a fan of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, you’ll definitely want to make sure you catch tonight’s show: Brutal Legend designer Tim Schafer is going to be appearing as a guest! Check out the official site’s calendar to ensure you don’t miss it.

According to Double Fine there was also a Brutal Legend X-Play special on G4TV last night. You’ll have to try and catch a repeat if you missed it, however there’s a small ‘Brutal Thoughts with Tim Schafer’ segment available on G4TV’s site.

Update

[October 3rd, 2009 at 7:18pm GMT+1] As expected the show aired, with Schafer looking appropriately slick. A video’s already up on YouTube, courtesy of Riadon3.

Update #2

[October 4th, 2009 at 5:08pm GMT+1] The ever-awesome Mykal has pointed out that G4TV is now sharing parts of its X-Play special online, and having just watched them all it’s a pretty good set of videos that gets various Double Finers as well as Jack Black in for a chat. Watch immediately:

1. Tim Schafer Zombifies Adam and Morgan
2. The Music of Brutal Legend
3. Gameplay Preview
4. Story and Character Preview (A little spoilery)
5. Multiplayer Preview
6. The Art of Brutal Legend

Fan attempts to take ‘best Eddie Riggs figure’ throne

Action figure wizard ebooze has just posted a figure he’s created, depicting Eddie Riggs with both the Seperator and Clementine. Looks like this guy wants to take the throne currently occupied by Electronic Arts’ official Eddie Riggs statue!

Okay, so it might not be quite as big and elaborate as EA’s effort. But still, some mighty fine production values have been lavished upon this thing and it’s certainly something I’d be happy to have in my collection!