Monday, January 17, 2011

No Temple of Doom Here

Boom Blox Bash Party
Boom Blox
Steven Spielberg making video games and not movies! 

Yes it's true, although he probably has not given up his movie producer day job, he has moved into the video game arena.  The video game he helped design is Boom Blox for Wii.  The action-puzzle game mimics the jenga board game but with the interactive Wii the game reaches a whole new level.  I mean who doesn't like throwing stuff and knocking things down? You use action gestures with the Wii remote to grab, throw or blast objects to topple towers or destroy battleships.  The game offers over 400 different levels and features single, co-op or versus game play. 

This is the first game collaboration between Steven Spielberg and EA and has gotten good reviews.  However game sales are not where they would want them to be, it has sold only 60,000 copies and is the ninth most popular game for Wii. With so many new Wii games competing for your attention Boom Blox definitely deserves a second glance.

And don't worry Indiana Jones, I'm sure Steven hasn't forgotten about you.

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