Today in Joystiq: June 24, 2008

by Ross Miller { Jun 24th 2008 at 11:59PM }

This very detailed Simpsons Quake III mod is pretty old (video added December 2007), but we never covered it then, and the video is too pretty to miss. (Via Boing Boing; thanks, Jason C) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The best of WoW Insider: June 17-24, 2008
A Dark Past: An Alone in the Dark Retrospective
Joystiq hands-on: Hasbro Family Game Night
Joystiq interviews Mark Lamia of Treyarch and Call of Duty the Fifth
Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Two
Metareview (Euro Edition) -- Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3)
Podcast Rodeo for June 24: One without ear
Scared stiff: Why should we care about Dead Space?

News
Frontlines gets free map on Xbox Live
PSA: PSN going down for scheduled maintenance, not 2.4 update
Double D Dodgeball coming to XBLA on July 30
PlayStation 3's cost to Sony so far: $3.32 billion
OMGS4: Sales exceed 1 million in Europe during first week
Left 4 Dead 4 November
Spore getting $80 'Galactic Edition'
EA Sports peripherals due in next year, bundled
DICE currently working on 5 Battlefield games
Crave leaves ESA, still showing at E3
Safecracker to open on Wii this fall
Jaffe: Marvel games need more narrative focus
Delman replacing Bell as Microsoft VP of global marketing
Don King Prizefighter demo on Xbox Live
Ed Boon clarifies Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe fatalities
Ubisoft opening new studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Miyamoto's quality control: Ninten-do what Sega doesn't
Ubisoft wants 'anticipation' for Assassin's Creed 2
Watch some Tales of Vesperia in Japanese
Sins publisher Stardock keeps piracy 'in perspective'

Rumors & Speculation
Blizzard teaser image is mysterious, evolving
Rumor: God of War III to be shown at E3
Rumor: Kratos in PS3 version of Soul Calibur IV

Culture & Community
Dead Space Animated Comic: Issue 3
Accessorize your gamer with retro badges and a purse

Tags: dailyrecap, maps, mods, quake, quake-3, simpsons

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Titanium_Orchid @ Jun 25th 2008 12:02AM

Nice use of the Q3 engine. I like the amount of detail the designer put into the level.

HighFiveJesus @ Jun 25th 2008 12:07AM

yes you can tell they are some huge fans and i am proud of their attention to detail, being a simpsons encyclopedia myself (pre season 11).

Ken Seang @ Jun 25th 2008 12:12AM

Yea that an awesome map and great attention to detail. They should make it into a Team Fortress map.

JetPogi @ Jun 25th 2008 12:19AM

kotaku covered this yesterday:P

theturtle363 @ Jun 25th 2008 12:19AM

that is so awesome

Dan @ Jun 25th 2008 12:31AM

Wow, very impressive. It has same detail and almost the same look and feel of the real animated show. Kudos.

JerJer @ Jun 25th 2008 12:44AM

that cant be a SWF pic...is it? no. or maybe...if i look at it this way.....

jaybird1905 @ Jun 25th 2008 11:38AM

If you squint you can see "her" Adam's apple.

mr mobius @ Jun 25th 2008 12:51AM

Impressive. Was that even a garden on top of the kwik-e-mart in reference to the time Apu had the garden on the roof?

FiredCylinder @ Jun 25th 2008 1:44AM

Whoa, that almost makes me want to install quake 3 again just to see that.

007craft @ Jun 25th 2008 2:01AM

Excelent map. As a mapper I love detailed maps like this. So many people make maps and dont really put effort into them. The pull something out of their ass in 10 hours and call it a map.

No this was done superbly. Im sure this took him over 100 hours easily. As a simpsons fan as well, I really enjoyed the setting. It reminded me of playing the simpsons game, and only being able to explore a small part of the simpsons house, except this time you can explore all the houses it seems, and more of the simpsons house with more detail. 5 stars for sure.

My only complaint is this was done for quake III, which is a crappy faced pased arcade shooter. But whatever, the map still rocks.

Xoviet chiK @ Jun 25th 2008 2:58AM

Awesome attention to detail and all that, looks great... (Everybody gets a trophy day!)

But for some reason the entire time I was watching it, I was thinking of "The Milkman Conspiracy" level from Psychonauts. Now that would be a cool map :P

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 25th 2008 4:59AM

I want a simpson sequel mod for UT3 :)

Procris @ Jun 25th 2008 5:50AM

Man the attention to detail is crazy. Everything looked as it should have (apart from the lack of Bart and Lisa's room). Too bad its for Q3 and not UT3 or something.

Kizzle @ Jun 25th 2008 9:26AM

...Bart and Lisa's rooms are in there.

jl_Mafia @ Jun 25th 2008 6:01AM

Yes, that's nice and all but can you shoot the Flander's?

Benny @ Jun 25th 2008 7:12AM

Only with the T-shirt launching gun.

Benny @ Jun 25th 2008 7:12AM

That is actually bloody amazing.

booticon @ Jun 25th 2008 9:34AM

Played this map with a friend the other day using OpenArena (works great!), and the map is incredible. Can't wait to DM-it-up with about 8 people. The map is huge.