About three years ago, the first details about two games that were being worked on by Electronic Arts and legendary director Steven Spielberg were revealed. The first game was Boom Blox, which was pretty successful on the Wii. The second wasn’t given an officially titled, but was given the codename LMNO. Sadly, this game won’t be seeing the light of day.

Telltale is a busy studio these days. Sam and Max is still running strong, a big crossover is expected to be revealed tomorrow (September 2, 2010) and a Back to the Future episodic game is in development. Telltale once released a survey asking fans to help determine the direction Back to the Future would take. We hope Telltale took that advice to heart as it reveals the first details on the upcoming Back to the Future game.

I’m of the opinion that Boom Blox is one of the very best original Wii games (not counting all the remakes, Wii-makes, new play control versions and reissues of older titles), so I’m very pleased to announce that it’s sequel, Boom Blox Bash Party, will be here very shortly.

Recently, in an interview Yahoo! Games, film director and part of the development team for Boom Blox Steven Spielberg let the public know about the different problems he’s had with game cinematics.

In the interview he made it brutally obvious that he has been a long-time gamer bring up some of his past with gaming going all the way back to Pong. One of the ways he brought it up was toward the end of the interview where he is quoted as saying, “I thought Pong was the Woodstock of videogaming.” Being that it was one of the first big games of its time, that analogy is pretty accurate.

Spielberg also noted the failing of game cinematics and brought up that a lot of cut scenes try to tell a story. However, due to the obvious switch between gameplay and cut scenes, some gamers take a…

Everyone who enjoyed the quirky yet phenomenal Wii action-puzzler-party title Boom Blox should rejoice – a sequel has just been confirmed. 1Up is reporting on the news, as well as the announcement that EA will be closing down it’s little-known Blueprint division (which was supposedly working on the integration of small development teams across the more »

Title: Freakazoid! Season One DVD (aka Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid! Season One DVD)Price: $22.95Release Date: July 29, 2008Publisher: Warner Bros. (Amblin Entertainment)Pros: Wacky super-hero humor that stands up well to the internet generation. Great art, plenty of fun references, lots of classic homages and good transfer quality.Cons: Not a lot of extras and still mis-marketed toward kids. A few very short segments have gritty transfers.Overall Score: Two thumbs up; 90/100; A-; * * * * out of five.

Screw spiders, crazy experiments and crash landings. It’s the power of the internet, man.

Relatively early in the mass-appear years of the world wide web, a group of animators had the foresight to create a super hero endowed the with intelligence, mysterious powers and grand sarcasm of the internet.

Due to poor scheduling and being mistakenly marketed towards kids, Freakazoid!‘s quick wit and outrageous (and often incongruous) humor only lasted two seasons. Fortunately for us fans, the first season of the series has finally been released on DVD (two discs, one box) so you can enjoy it over and over and over and again and over again until, of course, you completely freak out. In a good way…

Today, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in America, signaling a return to form for superstar director Steven Spielberg, master of the summer blockbuster, the action flick, and the American box office in general. I probably won’t be in the movie theater tonight because I’ll be far too busy with another Spielberg creation – the small, unassuming, and utterly fantastic Boom Blox on the Wii. It’s strange, and sort of amazing that what is potentially the least cinematic game in history (heck, even Tetris could go Hollywood!) has come from the mind of filmmaking’s most successful, talented figures.

The game is an action-puzzler that tasks players with knocking down towers of blocks, or rearranging them Jenga-style to complete objectives. It’s deceptively simple, wildly addictive, and satisfyingly challenging. In fact, it’s truly one of the best games on the Wii (including first-party software), and aside from a few wacky cut scenes starring the cute animal blocks, it…

Title: Boom BloxPrice: $49.99System(s): Nintendo WiiRelease Date: May, 6, 2008Publisher (Developer): Electronic ArtsESRB Rating: “Everyone”Pros: Makes great use of motion controls. Fun, frantic multi-player. Gets extremely additive.Cons: Not all modes are created equal. Frame rate occasionally chugs along. May be a tad cutesy for some.Overall Score: One thumb up, one sideways; 85/100; B; * * * 1/2 out of 5

When the Wii was first unveiled, the unique motion-sensing controller led many to believe that it would lead to a boom in creative, original titles. Unfortunately, that has not been the case, and aside from a few notable exceptions (mainly consisting of first-party Nintendo titles), games for the Wii have mostly been rushed ports and budget shovelware.

That’s what makes Boom Blox so great: It’s a game that couldn’t be played on any other system and, instead, it plays to the console’s strengths, offering a wholly fun and unique experience.

Click through for the full review…

After three animated movies and a successful animated series, popular anime series Ghost in the Shell is heading to the big screen as a live action motion picture. Ghost in the Shell is being produced by DreamWorks under the guidance of Avi Arad, the man behind many Marvel movies including X-Men and the upcoming Iron Man.

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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.