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Tim Schafer Plugs Brutal Legend On Late Night
Despite Jimmy Fallon's inability to keep a straight face during SNL
sketches, he's proving that he can keep a promise to gamers by treating
major game releases the same way most talk shows treat major movie
openings. This means appearances by gaming industry figures that we're
not used to seeing on late-night talk show couches, starting with Kudo
Tsunoda and his Project Natal demonstration. With the release of Brutal
Legend quickly approaching, Double Fine's Tim Schafer made his late
night debut by Fallon's side last night.
Considering that late night talk shows can pull a significant
mainstream audience, Fallon chose not to confuse large chunks of his
audience by getting too deep into nerd-speak. Most of the conversation
covered Schafer's love of music and his desire to bring the imagery
from metal album covers to life, although he does briefly touch on a
couple of Eddie Riggs' abilities. Game developers don't have many
opportunities to speak in front of a huge nationwide audience, and it
was somewhat noticeable that Schafer wasn't as comfortable onscreen as
major Hollywood stars who do this on a regular basis. He managed to get
a couple laughs out of the crowd in his six-minute segment, and a brief
montage of game footage is shown at the beginning. Click here
for the video.
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