60 Minutes: Michael Phelps game in the works

by Justin McElroy { Dec 1st 2008 at 12:30PM }

Ready to vicariously experience the thrill of hurtling through an indoor pool at speeds meeting and occasionally exceeding five miles an hour? In a 60 Minutes report aired last night, it was revealed that a game based on Michael Phelps, winner of 27 gold medals and at least 13 platinum medals was in the works, according to Gaming Target.

Though we're not at all excited by a swimming simulator, if the game was exactly like Ecco except with Phelps photoshopped over the dolphin, we could guarantee we'd be picking it up.

Tags: michael-phelps, olympics

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

YonGibbeynater @ Dec 1st 2008 12:35PM

Ooh ooh ooh, is one of the levels "Deny conspiracy"?

Marty @ Dec 1st 2008 12:39PM

Marty: Shitty Michael Phelps game in the works

Ignatius @ Dec 1st 2008 12:39PM

Well, according to his commercials, it'll be more like 60 seconds, right?

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Dec 1st 2008 2:17PM

That's what SHE said!

drsnacks @ Dec 1st 2008 3:54PM

Yeah. "She".

-Phelps

Matt @ Dec 1st 2008 12:42PM

Anyone else hate Michael Phelps with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns?... Anyone?

Biff_McFresh @ Dec 1st 2008 12:47PM

I don't hate the guy, but I think his talent lies solely in the water. It's painful to see his acting on commercials and SNL. SO NOT DYNAMIC.

Hell of a swimmer though, that's for damn sure.

Haggard @ Dec 1st 2008 1:18PM

Wait, didn't he win the USA shitloads of medals? If anything it should be me hating him instead of all you

Noshino @ Dec 1st 2008 1:50PM

"I don't hate the guy, but I think his talent lies solely in the water"

So he is just as useless as Aquaman but without the funny looking spandex? (although the one at the Olympics was pretty close)

zuburi @ Dec 1st 2008 4:11PM

I don't hate him personally, but I hate the corporate marketing juggernaut behind him.

D_Average @ Dec 1st 2008 5:13PM

I don't hate him, but he is certainly the most over-rated athlete of our generation. How many other athletes have the opportunity to essentially do the same event 7 different times?

Darayz @ Dec 1st 2008 12:46PM

Aquaman 2 confirmed. Bring on the blond mullet.

F1 @ Dec 1st 2008 12:46PM

I always thought Michael Phelps was part dolphin.

deddyluger @ Dec 1st 2008 12:52PM

Thats funny cause I always thought he was part douche.

Quick @ Dec 1st 2008 12:52PM

If it includes a level where I can bang his new super hot girlfriend, I'm sold.

Deeznuts420 @ Dec 1st 2008 12:56PM

i dont see where people get his douchey mcdouche status from, hes a nice guy. a bit goofy, but nice.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 1st 2008 4:36PM

It's simple: he's popular, and he seems to be everywhere. Thus he is a douche.

Sidebuster @ Dec 1st 2008 12:58PM

Comming Soon. The Phelps board game. Uh oh you landed on 1st gold medal! Now you get kicked in the mouth so you forever annoy sidebusters FUCKING EARS GOD DAMN IT! FUCK~! whew man I can't stand when he talks to the point of insanity.

fffunfarm06 @ Dec 1st 2008 1:14PM

Michael Phelps Olympics on kongragate confirmed.

SoulBlade @ Dec 1st 2008 1:21PM

don't hate the guy because he achieved something nobody in the history of the olympics has ever done. dude's making his bank for being awesome at swimming and making a name for himself.

the game will suck since i don't see an entire game around swimming, and i agree that his acting / social skills leave a lot to be desired, but he should still milk his success because what else will swimming get him?

Deeznuts420 @ Dec 1st 2008 1:30PM

prune-like fingers and toes

phr3qu3ncy441 @ Dec 1st 2008 1:33PM

it happens to everyone... any big achiever (sports or video games) will always have its share of bashing.

though i would rather hear him say that he's in a video game because he thinks it'd be cool to be in one rather than because he wants to milk out as much money as he can. surely i'd imagine he's pretty well loaded already.

WiNG [LifeInAGame.com] @ Dec 1st 2008 2:42PM

To be fair, it is lame that swimming means you can get so many medals.

I'm sure if they had the 5lb, 10lb, 15lb, 20lb, 30lb and Relay Shotput, or the 25m, 50m, 100m, Rapidfire, Overhand, Underhand, Double Arrow Archery, you would see more people getting 5+ medals.

It is lame that so many distances and strokes count as separate contests for what is really one event. They could make 20 swordfighting events, but they don't.

Biff_McFresh @ Dec 1st 2008 4:58PM

@ WiNG:

You make a good point. I look forward to the fencing event where they hold the swong by the blade instead.

mr mobius @ Dec 1st 2008 1:39PM

Don't hate the guy just for being a good swimmer.

Though I think the title of this post is appropriate - 60 mins is the max anyone will play this game for before coming to the conclusion that they hope they still have the receipt.

aj @ Dec 2nd 2008 3:59AM

I hate that he's considered a good athlete when he was just born with a freaky body that makes him a perfect swimmer.

Dude's still good at what he does.....but look at him. I'm more impressed that the normal human being tied with him that one time. That had to be rough to do for someone who doesn't have fish genes.

Strategy_Panda (the artist formally known as Titanium_Orchid) @ Dec 1st 2008 1:41PM

Too Human 2, starring Michael Phelps. Confirmed

Hala Madrid!! (THE BIRD IS THE WORD!!) @ Dec 1st 2008 1:45PM

Isn't this guy In that annoying commercial for guitar hero?

Why is he getting his own game?

Markez @ Dec 1st 2008 9:57PM

No, that's Heidi Klum. Unless it's Phelps with a wig?

Now wait a minute...

G$ @ Dec 1st 2008 1:46PM

We all know how this will turn out.

Game rushed to coincide with waning popularity of swimmer. EPIC FAIL!

Ignatius @ Dec 1st 2008 2:01PM

Probably means it'll be coming out on the Wii and DS.

Lord Negatron @ Dec 1st 2008 2:12PM

He's popular?
^__^

ill trooper @ Dec 1st 2008 2:04PM

Is there simulated high-carb eating?

Wiinterfang @ Dec 1st 2008 2:09PM

I hope its a sandbox swimming game in when you rescue little hurt baby seals and pet them back to safety =).

Then maybe PETA will stop bitching but if PETA somehow get pissed off then better I hate those douchebags.

Ten Dolla Bill @ Dec 1st 2008 2:20PM

That's all swell and good but when do I get my Ussain Bolt game?

lasersanchez @ Dec 1st 2008 2:48PM

Eh, I still don't care about the olympics. Sorry, Aquaman.

uh-oh polio @ Dec 1st 2008 3:34PM

i think weve all seen enough of this douchbag. I mean he swims, who cares? Only reason he does that is to keep from drowning.

AwesomeTown @ Dec 1st 2008 3:54PM

:sigh:

sk8monroe81 @ Dec 1st 2008 4:02PM

k the guy won 8 gold medals, broke records, yah yah..
good news.. enough news already...

i wonder how the hockey, basketball, and other sport athletes feel about the greatest Olympian of all time claims the media makes about phelps.

for a b-ball player to win 8 gold medals it would take him 32 years of his life. (8 Olympics)
phelps was able to secure 8 medals in 8 years.

is this game going to be as bad as his SNL appearance?