Santa Claus is corrupted by the Thong of Generosity, and is apparently so huge he can't get up off his back, giving you a nice view of his underthings 100% of the time. In Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue, the tragically named hero Deathspank must collect the six Thongs of Virtue and destroy them in the Fires of Bacon. How and why are you fighting Santa? You probably never wanted to think about Santa Claus wearing a thong, but I didn't either, so you and I are going to share this brain-scarring pain. Plus, you bag a ten-pointer! Evil Santa (Gex 3 Deep Cover Gecko) Is he the real Santa? He's more like an anti-Santa, so don't feel bad about putting him down. I guess after you go insane from seeing a childhood icon turned into a demon, everything's funny! The clear answer to this problem is to fill his jelly belly full of lead until he keels over in a bizarrely comedic fashion. Nick is another abomination that rules part of the CarnEvil park, and he wants nothing more than to "stuff your stocking" (no really) with his Santa cla - talons. While the Krampus of Alpine folklore is a demonic man-goat with an impossibly long tongue and a basket full of naughty children, the Krampus from CarnEvil is just an mean looking Santa with reindeer horns, pine claws, and inexplicably thorny ice skates. How and why are you fighting Santa? You may be shouting at your screen this very moment, telling me that the Krampus is a separate Christmas creature and he's totally different from Santa Claus, duh! To that I say 1) stop talking to your monitor, I can't hear you, and 2) this guy's the Krampus in name only. Read on, and remember, it's better to give than to receive! In these twelve games Santa Claus comes to town, and he's got a sleigh full of whoopass with your name on it. Nowhere is that more apparent than video games, where you are often charged with fighting the evil Father Christmas, or at least the corruption that has overtaken his holly-jolly soul. You want to see the bad Santa, the creepy mall Santa, the Santa who's gone mad from his gift-giving burden and is trying to destroy the world. So naturally, we mortals have a morbid fascination with dragging Santa's sterling reputation through the slushy Christmas mud. His very presence reminds us to be good and kind to our fellow man (with a little bribery on the side, but still), bringing out the best in everyone who celebrates Christmas during this most wonderful time of the year. He's the human embodiment of the generosity, joy, and Olympic-level eating that Christmas is all about. Just the name brings to mind a benevolent and loving father figure who cranks the joy dial up to 11. And there’s more! DeathSpank does not fight alone but with the amazingly cool Ninja Steve Greedy (a Ninja named Steve, I know, I know! Don’t we ever stop?) letting your real-life flesh friends play alongside you in two-player local co-op as DeathSpank quests for the six Thongs of Virtue! DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is the high quality, low priced romp for XBLA/PSN that’s less filling than the other brands, and tastes great.Created by Ron Gilbert, the legendary mind behind Monkey Island, DeathSpank is the rarest of the rare: an honestly funny, fun video game.Santa Claus. The action is easily accessible for short bursts of unsupervised fun, but the story is revealed over ten to fifteen hours of gameplay. What the hell is wrong with you people? Don’t JUDGE HIM!ĭeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is filled to bursting with hundreds of weapons, armor sets, witty dialog, improbable scenarios, unexpected villains, and challenging bosses. It’s like, he’s a well rounded character not content with just smashing and stabbing things, he needs to think too, you know? He has feelings. With all the hacking and the slashing, DeathSpank makes some time on the side to explore his puzzle solving hobby. We say this along with other, less printable things, of course, but the jist is there. Internally we say it’s what would happen if you put those two games in a sack with a Mad Magazine joke collection and let them fight it out Thunderdome-style. In press releases we say DeathSpank is Monkey Island meets Diablo, a hack and slash action RPG set on a massive, dangerous, world shaped like an Edison Gramaphone Cylinder. But then again, we like to think a lot of things. We like to think DeathSpank is jam-packed of what is missing in video games - story, solid gameplay, and (intentional) humor. Now that the palate is cleansed, let’s consider DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, created by Ron Gilbert, the legendary mind behind Monkey Island. Once in a lifetime a piece of entertainment can transcend its medium and reach out to the world in new and exciting ways making people stop, think and expand their definition of art. Everything You Need to Know About DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
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