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Open for nearly two years at this point, Kuju-owned, digital distribution-focused doublesix studios has begun to get a foothold in the burgeoning digital landscape. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz this week, studio head James Brooksby said he and his studio prefer the direct consumer communication offered when working with the PlayStation Network over Microsoft's Xbox Live.

"We listened to what people were saying and ... it will have features that people have asked for ... [when] we do our first expansion pack [it'll be] actually tailored according to what people are looking for," Brooksby said, noting, in his work with XBLA on the upcoming Southpark game, that Microsoft handles the community communication all by it's lonesome. "We're developing it for them and it's their relationship to take to the consumer and carry on," Brooksby says of the company. Though considering the recent closing of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog, we're betting that relationship will fall more into the hands of the developer/publisher as time moves forward.

JoystiqBurn Zombie Burn dev praises PSN for allowing closer consumer communication originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We've learned of the final five bonus tracks in Rock Band, and there are a few points of light here that will probably get a lot of you excited. Just a pro-tip from us to you: The cool kids should be jazzed about the inclusion of another song from the rad Freezepop. But if a smile sneaks on your face while thinking about screaming "Timmah!" into a microphone and being rewarded for it, we won't think any less of you.

JoystiqSouth Park's Timmy, Freezepop in Rock Band originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our lascivious masters at Joystiq reminded us, and we now find it our duty to remind you that tonight's episode of South Park centers around Guitar Hero. Specificlaly, Stan and Kyle's friendship is put to the test when it's discovered that Stan is better at the game. The South Park Studios Production Blog has a writeup concerning the episode. Allow us to sum it up: think twice before you assume being good at Guitar Hero makes you cool. There's also a little video preview available in which we see Stan and Kyle facing off on "Carry on Wayward Son."

You can bet we'll be watching it tonight. If you'd like a little extra dose of nerdiness and discussion, head over to Joystiq where they will be liveblogging the episode as it happens. Check in at 10pm Eastern if you're interested.

[Via Joystiq]

JoystiqGuitar Hero on South Park tonight originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you were too busy playing Guitar Hero in your underwear on Monday, you may have missed the announcement that tonight's episode of South Park will feature the rhythm game prominently in the storyline. For those of you who just can't wait those last few hours, a Comedy Central press release reveals some more details about the impending rift between Stan and Kyle, and a short video preview shows the pair looking like total goobers while trying to look cool playing the game.

In fact, the false cockiness brought on by Guitar Hero was a major motivation for the production team. On his South Park Studios Production blog, Production Assistant Mike McMahan asks us to imagine "some jerk trying to impress the ladies with his badass skills banging out Coldplay as hard as he can." By playing Guitar Hero, McMahan says, "We're even worse than that loser, because we're pretending to be him, all the while tapping our feet and clicking our fingers with the same proud idiocy that the real-life jerk performs with." On behalf of all those proud idiots, we have just one thing to say to that ... Ouch!

We'll be liveblogging the episode right here on this very site, so come back here around 10 PM EST if you'd like some nerdy game discussion with your animated prime time TV.

JoystiqReminder: Guitar Hero on South Park tonight originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last night the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (less than one hour). If you still haven't seen the episode since we first reported the nomination in July, you can now always rent or buy the 10th season DVD set of South Park which includes the episode.

Season 10 also includes the episode where Cartman freezes himself so when he wakes up the Wii will be available -- things go horribly wrong. So go check out the Emmy-winning episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" and the two-parter "Go God Go" for your South Park meets video game entertainment needs.

[Via FiringSquad]

JoystiqSouth Park wins Emmy for World of Warcraft episode originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blizzardcartmanemmygogodgomakelovenotwarcraftPCsouthparkSun, 09 Sep 2007 18:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Today in Joystiq: August 10, 2007]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/10/today-in-joystiq-august-10-2007/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/10/today-in-joystiq-august-10-2007/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/10/today-in-joystiq-august-10-2007/#comments Out of sheer boredom, we dusted off our Nintendo 64 and popped in South Park. It's not as fun as we remember it ... and we really didn't remember it being that fun in the first place. Still, as far as licensed products go, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Joystiq hands-on: Call of Duty 4 multiplayer
Joystiq Podcast 012 - The Long Con edition
Today's most competitive videos: Super Battle Opera Finals

News
August brings Metroid and Super Metroid to Virtual Console
Age of Conan's last delay wasn't so 'final'
Spot the HDMI-enabled Xbox 360 Premium at retail
EA gets monopoly on Monopoly
Rhode Island AG partners with ESRB for PSA
Religious group sending Left Behind game to troops in Iraq
Silicon Knights' lawyer responds to Epic countersuit
BBC examines 'next-generation' games
BioShock goes gold, Irrational Games becomes 2K Boston / 2K Australia
ESRB hints at Castlevania Chronicles coming to PSN
World in Conflict declares war on PC Sept. 18
NPD survey says gamers unaware of their console's capabilities
Watch a delicious, 15-minute Mass Effect preview
New Mario Galaxy scans show Boo costume, cubed planets
Sony refunding broken PSN games
Sierra unveils Prototype, not the first sandbox adventure
Tak's power of the Juju lands him on TV
Sophie's PSP choice: Wi-Fi or power
Bungie Weekly: Return of the flamethrower and the fourth grenade

Culture & Community
Cheap Ass Gamer subpoenaed by Circuit City
Old Grandma Hardcore plays Overlord (NSFW)
Media Coverage covers review scores, gives 'em an 8.8
Halo Legendary tattoo gets shady

JoystiqToday in Joystiq: August 10, 2007 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Blizzard and its MMO World of Warcraft has been very kind to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. In addition to providing source material (as well as helping with the filming) of the Emmy-nominated episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft."

Now the duo is returning the favor by including a 14-day trial of the MMO with its upcoming 10th season DVD collection, which includes the episode in question, according to a press release from Comedy Central. Hopefully this will be just want the fledgling little game needs to stay afloat.

South Park: The Complete Tenth Season will be out August 21.

JoystiqSouth Park 10th season DVDs coming with World of Warcraft trial originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already know that South Park's homage to World of Warcraft is one of the best episodes ever, but now the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences may agree because the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" just received an Emmy nomination. But, but, but the episode is inaccurate on various game issues we can hear the WoW fanboys scream already, pointing to things like The Renegade is wearing plate armor and mages clearly can't wear plate. Well, they went ahead and nominated the episode anyway.

The WoW episode wasn't even the only gaming related episode from the last television season. We also had Cartman altering the time line so he could get his hands on a Wii, where he eventually ended up in a war between atheists and it was even a two-parter. They didn't give that kind of treatment to the episode where the Xbox 360 showed up -- but we did eventually get a free HD episode out of the deal. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are clearly tapped into the internet generation so we're sure to see more gaming references and episodes in the future like the classic Chinpokomon episode.

JoystiqSouth Park's World of Warcraft episode gets Emmy nomination originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continuing with the cartoon characters becoming Miis craze, we bring you Kenny McCormick, the ill-fated fourth member of the South Park kids. As a fair warning, the joke of deleting the Mii and having one of your friends shout "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" will be funny exactly once. Make sure you've timed it right, and that everyone you care about is there to see it.

Speaking of which, be sure to stay till the end, when the video goes from ingenious way to create a favorite character to a moving reminder of life's fragility.

JoystiqSouth Park's Kenny takes Mii form, is killed originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just another ridiculously good user-created paint jobs in Forza 2. With this car, you know you've got the full power of Professor Chaos and General Disarray at your disposal. Check out the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
Podcast Rodeo for June 3: Eared Science
Today's chiefiest video: Master Chief Sucks at Halo
Today's line rideriest video: Line Rider Super Mario Bros. 1 - 1
Today's most Zordonic video: Sega CD Power Rangers
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: pimp my mount edition

News
'Spy Hunter' movie to be helmed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Meet Codemasters' new, synergistic face
Mad Tracks bug causing madneess
European Commisioner: MS has a week to explain Xbox 360 scratching disc issue
Smash Bros. Brawl update brings out fireworks
New Tekken 6 screenshots, artwork released
FFXIII interviews extracted from LEVEL magazine

Talk, talk, talk
Top ten things wrong with Games for Windows

Culture & Community
Blizzard Warcraft regional finals in San Diego today
Transformers figure turns 'Game Boy' into 'Game Bot'
Build your own Tetris shelves, budget version
GameCity returns to Nottingham in October
Crazy good Forza 2 custom paint jobs

JoystiqThe Joystiq Weekend: June 2 - 3, 2007 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Forza 2 allows aspiring artists to go crazy on their cars with numerous customization options and photoshop'esque layers. And Zonks took full advantage of the customization features by creating a South Park car featuring our favorite four kids from Denver. It's very well done indeed.

We know Forza 2 has only been out for a few days, but we'd like to see how you've customized your racer. Have you gone old school and added some flames? Or did you decorate it based on some sort of theme? We'd like to see your customized car creations, so we'll sit in a circle and have a little show and tell session. Okay, now you go first.

[Via Digg]

JoystiqKill Kenny with custom South Park Forza 2 car originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony has unveiled more details on its ambitious "Dude, Get Your Own" advertising campaign for PSP. The promotion will focus on PSP's ability to play games and multimedia and should proudly showcase PSP's new, lower price. According to Sony, a television commercial will be airing now through the end of May on a variety of shows targeted specifically to teens. PSP fans will want to tune in to shows such as King of the Hill (FOX), South Park (Comedy Central), Adult Swim (Cartoon Network), the NBA Playoffs (TNT), Saturday Night Live (NBC), and WWE Smackdown (CW) to catch the new ads.

Online ads can also be found on IGN.com, Gamespot.com, ESPN.com and Maxim.com. Additionally, Sony plans to send promotional materials through direct mail. Later this week, Sony will be launching a new "Dude, Get Your Own" website, which will go into further detail about PSP's capabilities. (Hopefully, they'll create a new educational video, unlike the one featured here.)

This aggressive stance from Sony is certainly appreciated. There are too many myths about our handheld that must be dispelled: hopefully, this advertising campaign will make others experience the system and join the PSP Fanboy ranks.

JoystiqDude, Get Your Own campaign expands to television originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In light of the recent announcement of Video Marketplace being hot on the heels of digital distribution of on demand content, Major Nelson posted up the top ten lists for TVs and Movies for the last week rather than announcing the new content. On the TV side, we have South Park, naturally on top, with UFC Fights, Star Trek Enterprise, and Jericho's HD content making the grade, and even the un-aired Mercy Reef/Aquaman pilot got on the list, after being released on the 12th. For films, We have The Departed and Snakes on a Plane in the top two, albeit in 480p. Crank, Saw III and The Illusionist also got proper recognition. For the complete list for both TV and Movies, check after the break.

Continue reading Video Marketplace top ten TV and Movies (3/12)

JoystiqVideo Marketplace top ten TV and Movies (3/12) originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As mentioned earlier, the free South Park episode in full HD glory was released to the XBLM today. But we have a little surprise for our European friends overseas. Major Nelson took it upon himself to send the marketing team your complaints about the free episode not being available to all of Europe. And they listened. AceyBongo posted a blog to tell everyone that not only Belgium and the Netherlands will receive it, but ALL of Europe! Yup, your complaining paid off. As it stands, the US, Canada, all of Europe, and a few Asian territories will get the free download. Be sure to note that some countries in Europe may not be able to download the episode right away due to the change in plans, but be assured it is coming. So, enjoy your free episode of South Park ... you European folks earned it.

[Via Major Nelson]

JoystiqSouth Park in HD for everyone (including Europe) originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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South Park fans and HD aficionados will be happy to know that the first ever high definition episode of South Park will be coming to the XBLM ... for free! WIRED is reporting that as part of South Park's eleventh season premiere this Wednesday, Comedy Central has teamed up with Microsoft to offer the HD exclusive episode "Good Times With Weapons" this Tuesday for free. Best Buy is also offering this HD episode for free on HD-DVD with the purchase of any Xbox 360 console or HD-DVD player add on. Note to Comedy Central, we love South Park, we love HD content, and we love free content ... so keep this up. We must ask, anyone looking forward to watching South Park in high definition this Tuesday?

Update 1: It looks like everyone in Europe will be sharing in the South Park love

[Via Joystiq]

JoystiqFree HD South Park episode coming this week [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This coming Tuesday is a big day for people that are both fans of South Park and Xbox 360 owners. Comedy Central is releasing the first ever high definition episode of South Park on the Xbox Live Marketplace to all members (we're assuming this means Silver and Gold) for free. That's right, everyone's favorite word -- free. It will be on Marketplace at that low, low, price of free for two weeks, and will also be available as a free HD-DVD to people buying a new Xbox 360 console or the HD-DVD add-on drive at Best Buy from March 20th through April 3rd.

The episode is a couple of years old, but it is definitely a fan fave. It's 'Good Times With Weapons' from the 2004 season ... better known as the "South Park Ninjas episode. The style changes from the traditional cutout look into anime style pictured above, and it will look, er ... extra-animated in HD. Couple this with the fact that South Park's new season starts this Wednesday, and new episodes will be on XBLM each following week, the fanboys and fangirls should be fairly happy.

Still, for the price, who can complain? Let's hope this trend continues. Give us some free HD Battlestar Galactica episodes already. The timing on this is pretty interesting as well ... right after the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. Does this mean Microsoft might be finally releasing the rumored Xbox 360 v2 with HDMI?

JoystiqFirst ever HD South Park episode for free on Xbox Live Marketplace originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We understand the intense desire that people suffer before the release of a console, or in the drought thereafter, when not a single unit can be found in the wasteland that is retail. But have people begun to go too far? When jokes are made about desperate measures on South Park, when a story (whether it's true or not) drifts through the internet about one mother's quest to get a Wii, and now, when someone seems to have died after a radio contest for a Wii ... have we maybe become a little too crazed? We'd love to hear what you think. Is it just a simple lack of consoles, or has demand become heated to the point that it's ridiculous? Are people blowing things out of proportion?

JoystiqWii Warm Up: Anything for a Wii? originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Since the release of downloadable TV and movie content on the XBLM I have yet to download a single episode or movie. I'm not really certain why I haven't taken part in the download service, because it is quite easy. Though, it's probably because I'm not a huge home movie watching kind of guy and I'm not uber obsessed with current TV shows (although South Park does roxorz). The pricing structure isn't bad at all, I can't complain, especially if one only would want a certain episode instead of an entire boxed DVD season. But, I think the main reason I don't purchase content is because it's not as much of an impulse buy as shopping in the mall is. I actually have to purchase Microsoft Points, navigate to the content I want, and wait for it to download. Anyone out there a regular XBLM movie or TV show downloading whore? If so ... we'd like to hear your story.

JoystiqHaven't downloaded TV or movies off of the XBLM originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're one who enjoys their Wednesday nights in the form of watching South Park, perhaps sipping on a cup of hot Earl Grey, then you undoubtedly caught last night's episode featuring show staple Eric Cartman and his attempts to get his hands on the Wii. His desperation for the console -- something we know all too well here -- went so far that he attempted to freeze himself in order to instantaneously time travel to November 19th for the console's release.

Instead, things went wrong and Cartman found himself frozen for some 500+ odd years -- to a future where atheists were at war and somehow sea otters evolved to the point where they could talk and use assault rifles. Sadly, the episode is to-be-continued, so before we can see Cartman get his hands on a Wii -- which we assume will be next week's ending -- we're just going to have to wait.

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TiVo tells me that "Cartman attempts to manipulate his personal time-line to align with the precise release date of the newest, hottest game." What "game" would that be? Hint: it's the one with motion controlled controllers. Nope, the other one. Yeah, the Wii.

The clever chaps behind South Park have once again shown that their ears are attuned to the off-rhythm beat of gaming (and internet) culture: Pokemon, PSP, Xbox 360, World of Warcraft, and now Wii-steria. Tonight's episode featured series favorite Eric Cartman pining for Nintendo's Wii which -- just like in our slightly better animated real world -- won't be available for another three weeks. So, what's a sleepless fanboy to do? Cryogenically freeze oneself of course! Unfortunately, Cartman finds himself five-hundred years in the future, in a world where atheists are at war with each other and video games don't exist anymore. This to-be-continued episode left out the remainder of Cartman's quest, so if anyone is planning on following this course of action, you may want to wait until next week to figure out how to get back to our time.

We've provided a brief transcription from the beginning of the episode after the break.

[Thanks for the image ElChibo!]

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World of Warcraft fanatics have taken up their swords and a battle is being waged against villanous Wikipedia editors. At the center of this bloodfest is a listing of WOW incongruences found in the wiki entry of the latest South Park episode, "Make Love, Not Warcraft."

At this moment, it looks like the uppity Wiki elite have taken all of "useless trivia" out, but we painstakingly copied all of the removed information (via the entry's history) and have it for you below after the break. If there is any missing continuity errors, be sure to let us know. Just don't blame us if someone laughs at you.

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JoystiqWoW fans deconstruct South Park originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To kick off the fall season of South Park, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone decided to take on gaming phenomenon World of Warcraft. The episode kicks off in Goldshire. Cartman, "a mighty dwarf," takes back from a bathroom break before they all take on a quest. The boys collide with a half-naked avatar who dances and then kills the boys ... without agreeing to a duel! Ooh, he breaks the rules. Blizzard is helpless to stop them -- he can actually kill admins. So all the children -- even Butters, who had to switch from Hello Kitty Island Adventures -- all band together to stop the foe. Failing that, the boys power-level for over 17 days in the small hope that they can overcome the foe with "absolutely no life."

A majority of the episode takes place in World of Warcraft, and the in-game choreography is superb. The episode is more of an homage to WOW than a satire, though it has its moments of absurdities (especially when involving the Blizzard staff). It's the hardcore World of Warcraft players that get the butt of most jokes. Portrayed as overweight, Rockstar-drinking, pimple-faced nerds with carpal tunnel syndrome, these "pros" are shown as possibly having even less than no life.

It's the craziness you would expect from Parker and Stone, with due respect given to the source material. Relation to video games aside, it's a great social satire that ranks with some of the better episodes.

"Scroll over him with your mouse cursor and ... right click!"

[Update 1: Here's another take on the episode from sister site TV Squad. 2: Grab the entire episode over at You NEWB.]

JoystiqJoystiq review: South Park makes love, not Warcraft [update 2] originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This may be old as hell, but it's just too good to pass up. In this hilarious clip from South Park, we can now solve the age-old question of why the PSP was created - to defeat Satan and his hellish minions.

In a parody of Lord of the Rings, Kenny, who honed his skills slaughtering digital demons on the PSP, must single-handedly combat Satan's onslaught of heaven with the ultimate weapon - the Golden PSP.

Wow, what I wouldn't give for a Golden PSP, but knowing Sony, I'd most likely have to sell my wife into slave labor just to afford one. However, it just might be worth it.


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South ParkMicrosoft's Xbox 360 made its South Park debut last night. In one scene (seen here), Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Kenny are all using wired controllers. What up with that?

Could this be a hint? Is Microsoft planning a major Xbox 360 announcement at E3? A revelation that would trump anything that Nintendo or Sony could whip out? A new Xbox 360 model with four - yes, four! - USB ports?

Consider this ... what if Microsoft has already played out wireless? Heck, for that matter, what if the next-gen forerunner has already played out the entire HD era (notice the standard def hookup)? Is the next turn for Microsoft ... the retro era? A mess of tangled wires ... a pile of dusty cartridges ... 2D-pixelated Halo? C'mon, admit it, that would better than any of this Wiimote propaganda or those fourth dimension rumors we've been hearing from the other guys.

... Okay, we're just being silly - we'll stop. So did anyone else catch the South Park episode last night?

JoystiqXbox 360 spotted on South Park ... with 4 wired controllers? originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 05 May 2006 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What do the PSP, the Terri Schiavo debate, the Lord of the Rings, and heavy product plugging have in common? Southpark, apparently. It seems that Matt Stone and Trey Parker deemed our shiny little handheld intrusive enough to dedicate an entire episode to it, and as always, it manages to be somewhat insightful and offensive at the same time.

Here are some of the lines from the show that made us cringe (but yeah, it made us laugh too):
  • "The Sony PSP was built by God to determine who on earth had the best skills to defeat the armies of Satan."
  • "Japanese people don't have souls."
  • "My God, this is an even bigger battle than the one in the 'Lord of the Rings' movie!"
  • "This is SO old!*"
*That really wasn't in the episode, although you were probably thinking it when you saw the post.

We're not even going to discuss the legal implications of this online clip (an entire episode posted for free? The nerve!) We will, however, warn the uninitiated that this episode, just like every other Southpark episode that's ever aired, contains subject matter and language that may tick some people off. Now that's out of the way, enjoy the show!

JoystiqSouthpark does the PSP originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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