Margaritaville trademarked for video game use
From the second our feet left the comfort of our bed in favor of the harsh, cold ground this morning, we knew it was going to be a terrible day. What we expected were little accumulative annoyances -- stubbed toes, traffic, cold coffee and the like. What we got was a report from supererogatory pointing us to a terror-inducing trademark filing, which permits "Margaritaville" to be used for video game software purposes.
As we see it, there's an infinite number of ways that Jimmy Buffett's tropically-tinted tune could manifest itself in video game form:
As we see it, there's an infinite number of ways that Jimmy Buffett's tropically-tinted tune could manifest itself in video game form:
- A near-endless RPG: The Quest for the Lost Shaker of Salt
- A sailing simulator: Son of a Son of a Sailing Simulator
- A smooth rhythm game, which is sadly what it probably will be
- A smooth rhythm game/sailing simulator, which ... which might be kind of magical












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kojo87 @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:04PM
dear god why?
Chilly P @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:31PM
I fucking hate Jimmy Buffet
Viewtiful Jason2 @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:05PM
Please be a Brutal Legend DLC pack in which their is a tear in the universe that causes Jimmy Buffet fans to invade, and then we can melt their faces. Please.
Rhamsey @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:07PM
I'd play that.
Shagittarius @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:12PM
Add-on-OTY
Courtney @ Nov 4th 2009 12:11AM
Only if it adds a new unit: Dick Dale's Dickheads.
Rhamsey @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:06PM
I can see the quest log now.
Get drunk.
????
Profit.
AwesomeTown @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:44PM
I'm in.
brian @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:10PM
GTA: margaritaville
BigD145 @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:11PM
A remake of California Games?
AoE @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:51PM
I do believe Jimmy Buffet is more of a Florida guy than a California guy.
Shagittarius @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:11PM
That son of a son of a bitch!
Bobby Kotick 2: Echoes @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:12PM
Guitar Hero: Margaritaville
Sorry. I'll stop this now.
-Vexx- @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:12PM
Borderlands
Except Melee weapons
On a tropical island.
Margarita-land
Dr. Ew @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:14PM
/waxes pencil thin mustache, drinks heavily and prepares to fornicate.
brian @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:15PM
thats fucked up
Shagittarius @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:16PM
Your a snuff queen aren't you?
BananaBoat @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:20PM
Snidely Whiplash? Is that you?
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Nov 4th 2009 12:34AM
John Waters?
Shagittarius @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:18PM
Maybe it'll be an incomplete MMORPG set in the golden age of pirates called: "A Pirate looks at 40 Online".
Michael T [Planeteer | Power of Mr. T] @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:07PM
It's not incomplete, it's just 200 years too late.
CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:21PM
Those Frat Party Beer Pong games is for sissies - BRING ON THE MARGARITAS!
Premature ejaculation man @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:25PM
It'll be a gritty realistic first person shooter full of chiseled men with short hair and possibly a 5 0'clock shadow. Everything will be brown, including the water.
It will be set in the future where a bunch of aliens want to attack the last defense of mankind, Margaritaville - a place where slow, heavily accented music thrives. I hear it'll also hire a 5 year old writer for the script and story
I feel this game will be revolutionary! Nothing like it this generation!
DigTheDoug @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:30PM
Holding out for the Pinacoladaberg game myself.
Two Worlds @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:31PM
A Margaritaville video game would be the most chill game ever. There wouldn't be any enemies, or any platforms to jump over, or any levels or anything. The game would be nothing but you ordering margaritas, rum and cokes, Coronas, and the occasional banana daquiri. Occasionally you'd have to shoo away a parrot, or re-apply suntan lotion so you can continue to sunbathe out on the beach, gradually turning a golden brown color.
Mr Mobius - the wandering artist @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:48PM
Sounds like it needs motion control then.
AoE @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:54PM
It would be DOAX but with alcohol instead of boobs....
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Nov 4th 2009 12:35AM
....so it would have no appeal whatsoever?
I mean alcohol is great, but virtual alcohol? What's the point?
RANDOM G (Joystiq Troll Slayer) @ Nov 3rd 2009 7:35PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uYuScZOyiM
classic
Brendan H @ Nov 3rd 2009 8:14PM
Sony's Home, now rebranded Sony's Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville! Watch your avatar wait in line at the virtual bar for a virtual drink!
Ashitaka @ Nov 3rd 2009 8:20PM
Also known as Farmville: The Sequel.
Michael T [Planeteer | Power of Mr. T] @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:12PM
A rhythm game based on Buffett would only be tolerable with album cuts. Those Rock Band DLC live tracks sound like shit.
Mooninaut [PSN: atayde325] @ Nov 3rd 2009 11:19PM
GOTY!
What if its a tropic shooter like Crysis!
Where your a bird that been injected by a mysterious substance, but then you find out the only cure is in a mysterious temple in Tibet.
Where this dude named Lazara-Bitch is!
Along the way theres several FOXXXY birdets that you can swoon over an boink! (In SPAAAACE)
Oh an you find out it was all a simulation an your ancestors were assassins!(:
PirateEmery @ Nov 4th 2009 2:29AM
Not going to lie, I'd dig the Quest for the Lost Shaker of Salt RPG.
[YOU JUST RECEIVED A TATTOO OF A MEXICAN CUTIE. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVEN'T A CLUE AS TO HOW IT GOT THERE.]
Paul Cyopick @ Nov 4th 2009 4:32AM
I'm guessing it will be a first person shooter. (Get it, tequila shooters).
ChiboSempai @ Nov 4th 2009 1:09PM
You guys are on the wrong track imo. The filing is vague of course like most are, and it really could just be interactive game software of any kind. The likely product is something for casino gambling, like a slot machine. Slot machines are essentially video games in a way, they use computer graphics, input devices, and are intractable. The proof of thought being that the Trump Marina casino in Atlantic City was recently bought out and is soon going to be transformed into a new casino called Margaritaville, themed after Jimmy Buffet's song itself. So it's likely a brand of slot machines that will be used there that they don't want competing casinos to use, hence the trademark.
Cool Breeze @ Dec 7th 2009 7:35PM
As a Buffett fan, I think this has the potential to be something very cool or very disappointing. Personally, I think it could be the next Resident Evil or Left 4 Dead game. Have you ever seen Parrotheads after a concert? Zombies!!!!!