A quick look at Steven Spielberg’s Boom Blox

According to a preview in San Francisco Gate‘s tech chronicles column, Steven Spielberg’s newest videogame foray, Boom Blox, is coming along quite nicely. The game is described as a sort of family-friendly action-puzzler for the Wii.

The game will feature 400 levels of block breaking and grabbing, with a variety of “blox” that have different effects (like “gem blox” and “chemical blox”). The goal is to destroy the towers of blox, a task that promises to be satisfyingly noggin-scratching in later stages. According to the post, the coolest part of the game is the level editor, which allows players to mastermind their own elaborate structures.

The writer also points out that the game is pretty easy – something that might hurt its lasting appeal. Boom Blox will be released on May 6, 2008.

I’m personally a little psyched for the game (I’m a puzzle addict), though I don’t really understand what it has to do with the rest of Spielberg’s empire of entertainment.

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