Your new friend and mine Fergie Fudgehog -- from Microsoft!

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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

The "Viva Piñata" XBox 360 game will feature over 60 unique piñata animal characters who live on a garden island. The game allows players to customize the garden environment to attract, protect and interact with the characters, which include Franklin Fizzlybear, a fox named Paulie Pretztail and a donkey named Hudson Horstacio.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:04 (twenty years ago)

The Black Eyed Peas are making another videogame?

― Dan (The Urbz Wasn't Enough?) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

You mean the goal of the game is to get characters with names like Stinky Stizzlewatts to piss themselves?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

http://www.askmen.com/toys/entertainment_100/pictures_100/141b_gossip.JPG http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/archives/images/Fudgie.jpg http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/sb/Nov-2004/04-Sonic_the_Hedgehog.jpg

― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

"attract, protect and interact"

Just when they think they're safe . . . WHAM! The candy will flow like blood.

Although the concept uses the traditionally Latin American candy-filled punching bag, executives said the characters will be English-speaking only.

PINATA RACISM.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

the traditionally Latin American candy-filled punching bag

I thought Fergie was Irish-Canadian????

― Dan (Confused) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, I hope the piñatas look like the ones at the grocery store: bad rip-offs of characters past their heyday. Fake-ass Powerpuff Girls, Teletubbies, Elmos, Keroppis, and a giant three-tiered birthday cake named Kurze Kuche because he's from der Vaterland.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

I loved piñatas as a kid, always wishing there was a video game where I could lure and protect them in my secret garden along with Nancy Friday, or possibly Dickon depending on how old I was.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

kurze kuche = short cake?

― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's funny because he's tall! And he wonders, why was I named such? And in a mini-game you have to tactfully exaplin to him that his parents were sniffing gasoline while he was in utero, and that's why he has arthritis.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

It's also why his Eltern gave him eine dumbe Name.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Another mini-game is with Purply Pangodabear, the fake Tinky-Winky, where a red ball and a blue ball fly around on the screen for twenty minutes during which you have no control of the action. When they combine to make purple, he gives you a map of the underground salt mines, where you find Horatio getting paid pesos a day.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, Hudson Horstachio.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:41 (twenty years ago)

ich bin sehr konfus

― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

Ralphy Robblicious

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Parvenu Pinniped, the hilariously bingling manatee piñata that confuses ugly kitsch for classy decor. You have to give him lessons on correct upper-class habits in an Emily Post-inspired minigame. When you win, you get a magical monocle that lets you see treasures in trees. You also get to smoke some delicious smokes at Vassily Vulture's gentleman's club.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/vivapinata/screenindex.html

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

ok, these are pinatas and you can't beat them and eat their delicious innards?

― latebloomer aka rembrandt, the fifth ninja turtle (latebloomer), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

When you win, you get a magical monocle that lets you see treasures in trees.

Okay, why the hell did I misread this as MANGINICAL monocle?

― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 16 March 2006 01:04 (twenty years ago)

In other news that should amuse Ned and Dan, Depeche Mode are supplying a song for the next Sims2 expansion pack. 'strue.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 16 March 2006 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Yes yes, but what song?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

people are people, natch

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. That makes too much sense.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:28 (twenty years ago)

I thought they were writing music for it... cos they'd have to sing in Simglish (other bands have done so). Im not sure though.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

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