PAX 2009: Brutal Legend lets you decide about the F-word

Tim Schafer showed us the opening cinematic for Brutal Legend at PAX, where they revealed the band that Jack Black's Eddie Riggs roadies for: Kabbage Boy. It's a band full of hipster d-bags (one guy wears a Phantom of the Opera half-mask) and they think they're metal. The only problem is that they sound like every emo-alternaband out there, much to Eddie's chagrin. Hopefully we'll get to reveal who's in the band soon, until then just let your speculation run wild.
All of that inside, the cinematic included a very novel way to select if you want to hear the super-cussin' & swearin' version of Brutal Legend, or go the sanitized and parental-safe route. Eddie notices one of the musicians crawling around on top of his behemoth-sized, Stonehenge-on-acid set (which Eddie has already been chastised for not tailoring to their "tween" audience), and is not happy. He spouts, "I don't know how many times I've told you not to crawl around up there! I don't know what the F....."
And then the game freezes. A menu screen pops up and you have to choose if you want to hear naughty words or not, and when you resume he finishes the word appropriately. Much better than choosing from a menu screen, eh? There another option-setting moment like this a bit later in the scene which was cut short, but we imagine it'll have something to do with violence and blood spurts. Thanks for making even the settings fun, Double Fine.
All of that inside, the cinematic included a very novel way to select if you want to hear the super-cussin' & swearin' version of Brutal Legend, or go the sanitized and parental-safe route. Eddie notices one of the musicians crawling around on top of his behemoth-sized, Stonehenge-on-acid set (which Eddie has already been chastised for not tailoring to their "tween" audience), and is not happy. He spouts, "I don't know how many times I've told you not to crawl around up there! I don't know what the F....."
And then the game freezes. A menu screen pops up and you have to choose if you want to hear naughty words or not, and when you resume he finishes the word appropriately. Much better than choosing from a menu screen, eh? There another option-setting moment like this a bit later in the scene which was cut short, but we imagine it'll have something to do with violence and blood spurts. Thanks for making even the settings fun, Double Fine.













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Sep 6th 2009 5:05PM
F*** THE RIAA
Will @ Sep 6th 2009 5:06PM
“And all I did was enter my name…Thrillhouse!”
Uncontrol @ Sep 6th 2009 5:17PM
DON'T BE A CUP AND BALL HOG
Uncontrol @ Sep 6th 2009 5:17PM
THRILLHO
charlie b. @ Sep 7th 2009 6:52PM
WOAH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH WAY THIS CRAZY BALL'S GONNA GO!!
mars @ Sep 6th 2009 5:08PM
GTFOOJ
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 6th 2009 5:08PM
That's hilarious. Tim Schafer is awesome.
(On a side note, I accidentally mis-typed "Schafer" without the "h", and out of curiosity I used the Mozilla word correction feature, and apparently "cockchafer" is the most related match.)
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 6th 2009 5:46PM
By most I meant "closest".
azuravian @ Sep 6th 2009 10:30PM
This is only the 2nd time I've come across that word. The first was playing Balderdash. My brother-in-law defined it as "The feeling you get when a stiff breeze blows up the leg of your pants."
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 6th 2009 10:40PM
Lol, that's the feeling I get when I see Tim Schafer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Eyao-2KWo
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 6th 2009 5:09PM
My mom always told me nothing is life is free. So, to relay her words:
"GET THE FUCK OFF THE INTERNET"!
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 7th 2009 12:05AM
This was a reply to a spammer.
Fortunately, his comment was deleted. But mine wasn't.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 5:11PM
so is the game rate "T" or "M"?
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Sep 6th 2009 5:13PM
Probably M.
One of the bosses is a giant vagina with a piercing on it's... Yea.
Metal Beard Solid @ Sep 6th 2009 5:13PM
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VaultICEE @ Sep 6th 2009 5:15PM
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sony boy (6 years til sony man child!) @ Sep 6th 2009 5:17PM
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jason k @ Sep 6th 2009 5:18PM
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Little Pete 1 @ Sep 6th 2009 5:19PM
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Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 5:22PM
so if its rated "M" then why is this even an issue?? who the FUCK buys a rated "M" game and are going to be SOOOOOOOO bothered by the word FUCK and opt to disable FUCK??
what is this FUCKSHIT!?!
freaparn @ Sep 6th 2009 5:23PM
Here now. Don't go frittering all those ellipses away, we're in a recession.
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 6th 2009 5:36PM
@Chris
Apparently, Tim Schafer got a lot of letters from people who said they liked to play games while their kids were around. They requested he put in a profanity filter, so they could still play without having to wait for their kids to go to bed.
MechaGamerX @ Sep 6th 2009 5:40PM
This will be the greatest game of our time.
Filthy Assistant @ Sep 6th 2009 5:47PM
Also I think bleeps make it funnier.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 5:52PM
well thats dumb as hell....when I am playing a heavy shooting, curse heavy game I put my put my daughters in another room or wait til they go to bed....I mean we ARE parents and we SHOULD have control enough over our kids to make them do what we want to do(as long as it doesnt bring harm to them)
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 6th 2009 6:00PM
Well some parents like to play games with their kids. Also what Filthy Assistant said about the bleeps making it funnier is so true.
MrKlorox @ Sep 6th 2009 6:01PM
Yeah, but the actual content isn't bad at all, aside from the language or violence. This is nerfed metal.
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Sep 6th 2009 6:19PM
You people are acting like I didn't even say what I just said.
BOSS IS A VAGINA WITH A PIERCING.
If you think that's OK for your 5yr old boy to see, you're fucked up.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 6:41PM
Taco has a point...lol
Nate @ Sep 6th 2009 6:47PM
Some people do not like language.....so the filter helps with that. It's not a huge deal, I think. And Die Hard on cable TV is Hilarious for the alternate swear words they use.
Rein [Prime Minister of the city-state of New Bjork] @ Sep 6th 2009 6:58PM
SpyderTaco, obviously you haven't met Arioch. He's a giant vagina with teeth. Yes, HE.
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/8/83/AriochSMT.jpg
Filthy Assistant @ Sep 6th 2009 7:16PM
There were vagina monsters in Batman: The Animated Series too. Even in the game.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_poison_ivy_vagina_dentata2.PNG
Kids wouldn't even notice it, to be honest. It just looks like a scary sideways mouth to them.
The Dark Wayne @ Sep 6th 2009 9:08PM
@filthy assitant
I noticed them though, oh God did I notice them
Help me! @ Sep 8th 2009 1:51PM
why did you link to tvtropes?? I've been reading it uncontrollably for the last hour!
tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 6th 2009 5:14PM
Well now, picking darn wouldn't be very metal would it?
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 6th 2009 5:14PM
No naughty words equals no nutshit, so I think I'll go for the naughty words.
VaultICEE @ Sep 6th 2009 5:16PM
FUCKING METAL!
sounds a lot better than
DARN METAL!
(unless you're from the south of course)
Markusdragon @ Sep 6th 2009 5:25PM
Darn tootin'.
MrKlorox @ Sep 6th 2009 6:16PM
...from the south AND elderly.
Nobody born after the Vietnam conflict says "darn" in a serious manner, ever.
Gloqwi @ Sep 6th 2009 9:07PM
I do not need, a microphone. My voice is **** POWERFUL!!!!
CHOOSE!
The choice should be obvious.
WINterfang @ Sep 6th 2009 5:18PM
I want this game to fail.
Kamizar @ Sep 6th 2009 5:22PM
Well I want you to have half a heart, but we can't all get what we want.
Longhorn Slim @ Sep 6th 2009 5:25PM
me too
anything with Jack Black makes me nauseous
Cj @ Sep 6th 2009 5:29PM
Iv already played it and Its great. I played bout 20 minutes from the intro.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 5:29PM
Jack Black isnt THAT bad...
I mean look at Orange Cou.....ummm,,,,
Nacho Li.....dammit....
School of R....FUCK...
Year One?? anyone seen that?? I dunno if that was good or not
Well Tropic Thunder Was pretty damn good....
Kamizar @ Sep 6th 2009 5:31PM
Oh wait, it looks like I can get what I want.
Leroy_Rocktopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Sep 6th 2009 5:32PM
A game that's more creative than the majority of the bullshit we get forcefed? IT MUST FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Sep 6th 2009 5:34PM
School of Rock was entertaining. Jack Black is, for the most part, quite awesome. And this game will kick Winterfang's sorry ass.
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Sep 6th 2009 5:34PM
High Fidelity is quite good. And i liked his LotR parody. But after that he became a bit much.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Sep 6th 2009 5:34PM
@Kamizar...no you cant...he has ZERO hearts...lol