Jack Black Flipped Off Bizarre Creations Over PGR

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Jack Black Flipped Off Bizarre Creations Over PGR

Actor/musician Jack Black is a gamer, too. With today's release of Brutal Legend, he shared some of his gaming memories, like why he sent a picture of himself flipping the bird to Project Gotham developer Bizarre Creations.

In case you haven't been paying attention to, um, just about anything on this site for the past eighteen hours, heavy metal fantasy adventure Brütal Legend came out in North America today. If you were wondering, told USA Today's Game Hunters [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/6645-Review-Brutal-Legend] that it was currently his favorite game at the moment.

Now, voicing the main character probably doesn't hurt Black's love for the game, but he also says that he's been a long-time fan of Tim Schafer's: "I loved Psychonauts, it was one of my favorite games ever. I was looking to work with him, so it was weird he was working on a heavy metal game. Because I am so heavy metal. I think it was written in the stars, the planets."

Black, who says he has been gaming since he was a wee lad who encountered Space Invaders next to the pinball machines at restaurants, prefers a mix of thinking and action to either extreme (no Myst, but more than a "mindless point and shoot). And the gaming achievement he's most proud of? Besting Project Gotham Racing once and for all:

[blockquote]I conquered what I thought to be the hardest game of all time on expert mode. It was Project Gotham Racing, I can't remember if it was (PGR) 2 or Project Gotham Racing 1. Whatever it was, it was so (expletive) hard to conquer it on expert mode, to get all Platinum medals in all the events. I was so angry at them for making something so so hard that when I conquered it I took a picture of me standing in front of the screen that proved I conquered it flipping the bird. I sent it into the game maker.[/blockquote]

Please tell me somebody at Bizarre Creations saved that.

(Via Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5380641/jack-black-talks-gaming-giving-devs-the-finger])

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[hazabaza1]

Wow... I.
I love Jack Black more than ever. Seriously. Anyone who does that is just plain awesome.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

That's awesome and i can admire anyone who takes their time and keeps their patience in tact long enough to complete a very difficult gaming challenge.

They may have taken it wrong and trashed it

 

[Somthing]

Jack Black is les awesome pies ^^15. of rocktober its out here in norway WANT IT NOW!!!!

 

[oliveira8]

"I loved Psychonauts, it was one of my favorite games ever. I was looking to work with him, so it was weird he was working on a heavy metal game. Because I am so heavy metal. I think it was written in the stars, the planets."

Only Jack Black can talk like that and get away.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Well, he's definitely a gamer. That's for sure

 

[Gunner_Guardian]

I would have never guessed Jack Black was such a gamer.

I can tell he likes this game a lot.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Jack Black is cool. I hope I'll be a heavy metal musician/gamer when I grow up.

 

[laryri]

Double Fine should hold a contest for whoever can send them the best flip off photos to them(with proof that they beat Brutal Legend in the background of course).

 

[ae86gamer]

+19 Awesome Points

Jack, you're super fantastical awesome. :]

 

[Flying-Emu]

"I loved Psychonauts, it was one of my favorite games ever. I was looking to work with him, so it was weird he was working on a heavy metal game. Because I am so heavy metal. I think it was written in the stars, the planets."

Only Jack Black can talk like that and get away.

Because he is so heavy metal.

I mean... c'mon bro. KICKAPOO!

 

[zidine100]

Somehow i get the feeling hes been paid to say this, it just sounds too convienent him saying it straight after the games release and all, for advertising purposes.

But thats just me being a jerk./takes of conspiracy cap

either way +20 interwebs for you good sir, jack.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Jack Black is freakin' awesome...

 

[scotth266]

You know what? I'd like to do that to Infinity Ward and Treyarch.

GODDAMN THAT VETERAN MODE

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Jack Black is awesome because he truly is one of us, the only difference is he does the things we want to do.

Exactly.


I wish I could play in a band and sing all about Lee.

 

[Trivun]

+9000 Awesome Points

Jack, you're super fantastical awesome. :]

Fixed that for you. I love PGR, don't get me wrong, but that is just sheer epic win right there. Jack Black, you are awesome sauce incarnate. Can I spread your awesome sauce on my toast please? That was pretty damn cool

 

[Capo Taco]

Somehow i get the feeling hes been paid to say this, it just sounds too convienent him saying it straight after the games release and all, for advertising purposes.

But thats just me being a jerk./takes of conspiracy cap

either way +20 interwebs for you good sir, jack.

I doubt he's getting paid for that directly, but the game's success is his success. If the game does well, it's a bigger chance of getting high profile work in the future. Despite that, I think he's mostly being sincere. Schafer must be a delight to work with.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

that's pretty darn awesome and cool. i can think of a few games i'd like to do that with