Video game publisher D3 has three licenced titles coming out in the upcoming future and they had all three of them at E3 this year. The games are all based upon popular cartoons.
The first title D3 showed the Game Guys was the platformer "Astro Boy: The Video Game". Originally based on the 1952 manga by Osamu Tezuka, "Astro Boy: The Video Game" allows players to take the roll of the title character and takes its inspiration from the upcoming feature-legnth film Astro Boy.
In "Astro Boy: The Video Game", players take to the streets and skies on an epic adventure to save...
Jerry from BagoGames says, "I decided to play an older Team Sonic title, Astro Boy, and found myself mad at old Team Sonic as well as new Team Sonic."
Some people refer to Osamu Tezuka as "the Walt Disney of Japan." No offense intended, but frankly that's giving Disney too much credit. That's not to say that Disney's work didn't have a huge impact on art, animation, and film; rather, Tezuka's impact was even more profound. Better to describe him as Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Charles Schulz all rolled into one.
GamerNode's Dan Crabtree writes: Can game developers apply the philosophy of B-Movies ("So bad it's good") to their game design, and should they even want to? I believe it's distinctly possible to make a B-Game, but sadly it has yet to be done.
Timeshift is an example of B-movie in gaming!
Great brainless fun, made on a budget & doesn't take itself too seriously!
I feel like Deadly Premonition could possibly be considered a B-Game. I didn't play it myself, but it seems like a lot of people thought it was so bad that it was actually good. And from watching some of Giant Bomb's endurance run, I can see why. Has some kind of redeeming quality that's hard to pinpoint even though the mechanics don't seem very good.
