Hell, we imagine, might be a place where you're forced to plug The Naked Brothers Band art assets into the Random Kids Game Generator® year after year in the labyrinthine basement of some corporate complex, right until the bros age into drug-riddled obscurity and it's onto the next new thing to become a licensed game. The real burn comes after you learn that your pitiful existence is paying for the expensive habits of the suits, some 50 floors above you where fabled glass walls look out onto majestic horizons. Hell, it would seem, is THQ Inc.
The publisher responsible for all that is Nickelodeon in the industry has confirmed that success makes for a better headline than hard-earned respect. THQ's long-term licensing agreement with Nickelodeon has paid off -- to the tune of $1 billion and growing! With no shortage of kids who eat, sleep, and pray for Nickelodeon, THQ has sold more than 50 million games of this stuff. And there's no end in sight.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said
As someone who does exactly that, I can tell you that this is far from the truth. True, playing 40 hours of Bratz each week (if you're unlucky enough to be assigned to it) is no picnic, but it beats the hell out of working retail, believe me.
I'd also like to add that I fail to see how GIANT SOULLESS PUBLISHER MAKES LOTS OF MONEY FROM SHOVELWARE is in any way news. You might as well make an entry on how EA makes mediocre sports games that sell pretty well, or how Nintendo makes a lot of money.
Oh, right.
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I'd also like to add that I fail to see how GIANT SOULLESS PUBLISHER MAKES LOTS OF MONEY FROM SHOVELWARE is in any way news. You might as well make an entry on how EA makes mediocre sports games that sell pretty well, or how Nintendo makes a lot of money.
Oh, right.
Posted: May 5th 2008 2:17PM (Unverified) said
Oh don't worry. I used to work there too as a tester. I never tested bratz...but I did see my fair share of wrestling and Spongebob. I'm now a game designer...so I never have to do that again. Thank God. I think I would prefer retail.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 7:12PM AoE said
Anonymous, I don't believe you. There aren't enough Saint's Row titles in development for any of us to actually believe you when you say it's not a living hell testing for THQ. ;)
And for the record... who told you this was a news site? It's a gaming blog bro, to put things in perspective, they post stories about video game cakes too.
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And for the record... who told you this was a news site? It's a gaming blog bro, to put things in perspective, they post stories about video game cakes too.
Posted: May 5th 2008 3:45PM (Unverified) said
Probably hiding in a McMansion with their eyes closed and their fingers in their ears. Like the rest of America.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 2:09PM (Unverified) said
This show, this band, the band name and the in mid-air freeze pose all smack of such cutesy garbage I want to barf! The kids need to be bent over by a priest!
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Posted: May 5th 2008 5:11PM (Unverified) said
At least the two brothers are real musicians (the older one is the songwriter for most of their songs), the rest of the band I'm not sure if they play their instruments (I imagine the bassist girl don't, as she's an actress, not a musician). I would say they are not that bad for a buch of 10 yo kids...
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Posted: May 5th 2008 2:38PM (Unverified) said
I don't know about the Naked Brothers show... but Drake and Josh can be funny sometimes.
=p
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=p
Posted: May 5th 2008 2:40PM (Unverified) said
WTF? Never heard of it or even knew that there were Nickleodeon branded games.
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Posted: May 6th 2008 1:38AM ThornedVenom said
HARVEST SEASON IS COMING SOON.
Oh wait, that's Hannah Montana...
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Oh wait, that's Hannah Montana...
Posted: May 5th 2008 2:46PM (Unverified) said
Was there anything in their press release about making a not-crappy Avatar game? The only bad thing about that show is that it's on Nickelodeon.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 2:49PM (Unverified) said
With all the hype over games like Halo 3 and GTA IV, we seem to forget that KIDS are still a major market for video games! They always have been... The Nintendo NES sold 60 million, SNES 50 million, and Sega Genesis 30 million, while being primarily played by kids. Guess what, just as many kids play video games today as did back then. That means there are tens of millions of kids who will play THQ Nickelodeon games.
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Posted: May 6th 2008 5:34AM Blaquebeird said
Isn't that what Nintendo is doing on an almost consistent basis?
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Posted: May 5th 2008 2:55PM (Unverified) said
This post is awful. Aside from the grammatical errors, do we really need yet another rant on this subject?
We all know most licensed games are crap and we all know that they'll keep making them because they're profitable.
We also know that this isn't a threat to good games, because they've been making licensed garbage for nearly as long as video games have existed, and we still get a lot of A+ titles every year.
No one is making you play these games, and no one who reads this site is going to play them either, so why bother paying them any attention? Give us some news we care about.
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We all know most licensed games are crap and we all know that they'll keep making them because they're profitable.
We also know that this isn't a threat to good games, because they've been making licensed garbage for nearly as long as video games have existed, and we still get a lot of A+ titles every year.
No one is making you play these games, and no one who reads this site is going to play them either, so why bother paying them any attention? Give us some news we care about.
Posted: May 5th 2008 3:20PM Giantenemycrab said
yikes, those are some ugly looking kids. Seriously, yikes.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 3:29PM (Unverified) said
ugh I hate this fucking kids and their douchebag faces
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Posted: May 5th 2008 7:22PM AoE said
MASTUR CHEEF,
The '90s called and said they want "Scrub" back. They said it's their slang, and they miss it. I dunno man, if you want to use horribly outdated slang it's fine by me, but i thought you might want to know the '90s are looking for you...
And if you know where "That's the bomb yo!" went, they're looking for it too... the seem to think you have it, along with some muscle pants?
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The '90s called and said they want "Scrub" back. They said it's their slang, and they miss it. I dunno man, if you want to use horribly outdated slang it's fine by me, but i thought you might want to know the '90s are looking for you...
And if you know where "That's the bomb yo!" went, they're looking for it too... the seem to think you have it, along with some muscle pants?
Posted: May 5th 2008 3:50PM (Unverified) said
Those damn kids are everything that's wrong with Nickelodeon. I've been unfortunate enough to hear their 'music'. Maybe I'm assuming, but I think cleaning your ears with shards of glass should simulate the experience.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 4:53PM Youwouldsaythat said
I cant fucking stand nickelodeon and there involvement in these cartoon games! WHO HERE FUCKING HATE THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS? I DO I DO! WHAT HAVE DEVELOPERS LEARNED FROM E.T.? NOTHING!!!
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Posted: May 6th 2008 5:37AM Blaquebeird said
Ever consider that Fairly Odd Parents wasn't targeted at you? Next time it comes on, try changing the channel. It works almost every time.
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Posted: May 5th 2008 5:33PM Gwr said
Soo let me get it,theres a band of brothers and they are nekid....
seems like the gay-pedo version of Dead or Alive Xtreme ,i cant avoid having a flashback of that weird old man in Family Guy playing these game.
Ohh and BTW,THQ,wheres your balls people ,no respect for you.
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seems like the gay-pedo version of Dead or Alive Xtreme ,i cant avoid having a flashback of that weird old man in Family Guy playing these game.
Ohh and BTW,THQ,wheres your balls people ,no respect for you.
Posted: May 5th 2008 7:57PM (Unverified) said
Wait. You mean that isn't a photoshop? How the hell does Nickelodeon get away with calling a show that?
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