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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Developed by Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon, the series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Nov 25, 2016 · According to Paul A. Cantor, “The Simpsons” provides “the most sophisticated comedy and satire ever to appear on American television.” Alongside the buffoonery of donut-loving, beer-swilling Homer and the antics of young Bart are treatments of some of the most volatile issues in American life.
- The Simpsons: Hit & Run. The Simpsons: Hit and Run. Radical Entertainment. September 16, 2003. GameCube, PS2, Xbox, PC. It shouldn’t have worked out as well as it did.
- The Simpsons Arcade. Konami. March 4, 1991. Arcade, PC, PS3, Xbox 360. Konami was releasing some serious bangers in the arcade in the late 80s/early 90s, and The Simpsons is considered to be one of their best.
- The Simpsons Game. EA Redwood Shores. October 30, 2007. PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360. It only took 17 years to create a Simpsons console game that actually felt as though you were playing through an episode of the show.
- The Simpsons: Road Rage. Radical Entertainment[ November 19, 2001. PS2, Xbox, GameCube. Is The Simpsons: Road Rage an inferior Crazy Taxi clone?
- Marge, May I Play Devil’s Advocate?
- No Mom, You Idiot…
- Triangle Wars
- Halloween Hit ‘N’ Run
- Kevin Costner’s Waterworld
- Grand Theft Walrus
- Panamanian Strongman
- Let’s Make A Baby
- Earthland Realms
- Touch of Death
Hi, I’m The Industry’s Chris Moyse, you might remember me from articles such as 10 Best Lawsuits Filed Against Activision Blizzard and Juri’s Soles: Delicious but Deadly, but today I’m here to talk to you about America’s favorite animated, non-prehistoric family: The Simpsons. In the 35+ years that The Simpsonshas been on television — only 12 of th...
When “Simpsons-mania” first kicked into high gear in the early 1990s — an era defined by either Bart Simpson or Michaelangelo’s face slapped onto every single purchasable item in existence — the gaming community was hit with a tidal wave of frankly rubbish Simpsons tie-in video games. But while writing “The 15 Best Simpsons Games of All Time” would...
First Appearance: “Please Homer, Don’t Hammer ’em” Video games had to start somewhere, even in The Simpsons universe, and when Bart visited the run-down arcade center “Captain Blip’s Zapateria”, he was greeted with some of the formative video games of his generation, including Click Clack, Unipede, Remington Steele: The Game, andTriangle Wars; a th...
First Appearance: “Special Edna” When The Simpsons visited the EFCOT Center to attend an award ceremony for the show’s best and hottest character, Mrs. Edna Krabappel, her beau, Principal Skinner, also tagged along, hoping to prevent Edna from becoming too successful and thus growing “out of his league”. Hoping to entice Bart into sabotaging the aw...
First Appearance: “The Springfield Files” Kevin Costner’s Waterworldis an arcade adaptation of the staggeringly expensive movie of the same name, which premiered in 1995, and was the highest-budgeted film of all time to that point, costing somewhere in the region of $180 million USD. The film famously bombed at the box office, failing to recoup its...
First Appearance: “The Simpsons Movie” Appearing in the Focus-Grouped-to-Death big-screen release, The Simpsons Movie, Grand Theft Walrus is briefly seen during Homer’s trip to, sigh, “Eski-Moe’s” in Alaska. In the game, a sports car drives Walrus pulls up to the curb, where he is entertained by a Happy Feet-styledancing penguin. The Walrus then bl...
First Appearance: “Boy Scoutz n’ The Hood” This bizarre, but awesome title puts the player in control of what appears to be a King Kong-sized version of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, as he battles World War II biplanes while scaling the Panama Capitol Building. Despite Bart’s mantra of “Be In the Game, Not Ofthe Game”, the Panamanian Strongma...
First Appearance: “This Little Wiggy” Unfortunately, we don’t get to see any gameplay footage of this particularly extravagant game, which is played by both Homer and Krusty the Clown during a visit to the Springfield Science Museum. We have to include it purely for its top-tier theme and hi-tech cabinet, however, which sees the player operate a fu...
First Appearance: “Marge Gamer” In 2007, someone in The Simpsons writer’s room heard that World of Warcraft exists, and thus set out to dedicate an entire episode to MMO culture, less than a year after South Park had already pulled the same gag (even roping in developer Blizzard to help with the episode’s production). The Simpsons’ take on MMOs see...
First Appearance: “When Flanders Failed” After Bart decides to take up karate classes, he quits minutes into the first lesson once he realizes that he isn’t going to be trusted with throwing stars and death blows anytime soon. Instead, he takes a trip down the mall concourse to the arcade, where he indulges in a few rounds of ninja battler Touch of...
The Simpsons as Satire. As is well known, The Simpsons quickly established itself as a sophisticated satire on contemporary American society and culture. This satirical quality was remarked upon from the start in some of the earliest assessments of The Simpsons in the mainstream media.
- Matthew A. Henry
- 2012
Oct 5, 2023 · With its signature satire, irreverent humor, and memorable catchphrases, “The Simpsons Movie” stays true to the spirit of the television series that has captivated audiences for decades. The movie features a star-studded voice cast, including Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, and Nancy Cartwright as Bart ...
Jan 16, 2013 · The program legitimated animation as an adult medium for insightful satirical comedy, allowing for programs such as South Park, King of the Hill, Family Guy, Futurama, and the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup to follow from its success.
