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Friday, November 6, 2009

Games Can You Fight This Feeling?

Posted by The Stranger Testing Department on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM

Coming sooner than you could have hoped to PCs and Macs everywhere is Find Your Own Way Home, the first casual game to feature what the distributor (getting out ahead of critics) calls "a real rock band." REO Speedwagon: real.

You're the nice lady rock journalist on the left.

Fans take note: Ten of the twelve tracks in the game are from their most recent album, so you can jump right into their more mature work, instead of wasting time catching up with your old faves. Search for hidden objects, rock out gently, and let the digital Rohypnol work its magic. Make no mistake: People will pay money for this. Find Your Own Way Home is like a poem about a dead pet waiting for you just outside Heaven—it means something to someone, even if what it means is stupid.

The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.

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I'm holding out for the Foreigner version.

Posted by nicholaus on November 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM

Y'know, just the other day I was saying: "I sure wish I could hear some new music from REO Speedwagon."

Posted by J.R. on November 6, 2009 at 10:41 AM

That reminds me, when is Styx going to get back together with Dennis whatshisname? Maybe the game developer can make that reunion happen.

Posted by Matt from Denver on November 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM

I think I'll save this for one lonely night. that's a pretty sweet time to keep on rockin' with Speedwagon.

Posted by Baconcat on November 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM

You can't stop the Speedwagon, you can only hope to contain it.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on November 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM

@3: Fun fact: Styx and REO Speedwagon collaborated recently.

I want a supergroup to form with REO Speedwagon, Rush, Journey, Styx and Foreigner.

Posted by Baconcat on November 6, 2009 at 10:48 AM

@6 Don't throw Rush into that clusterfuck of early 80's shit. Rush rocked.

Posted by heywhatsit!? on November 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM

@7

Some people, including Rush, think they rocked, but it was actually due to mass hysteria brought on by Neil Pert's completely unnecessary number of drum components and, thus, drum fills.

Posted by bearseatbeats on November 6, 2009 at 11:29 AM

this can't possibly be as good as the Electric Light Orchestra boardgame.

Posted by Josh Bomb

on November 6, 2009 at 11:52 AM

Should've done it back when Journey did their arcade game. Then we'd have a real contest.

Just kidding, we wouldn't. Foreigner womps all over Journey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Journe…

Posted by Dougsf on November 6, 2009 at 12:12 PM

@8. No. It's because they did, in fact, rock.

Posted by heywhatsit!? on November 6, 2009 at 1:57 PM

I can't believe this debate is even taking place! If you're lumping Rush in with REO Speedwagon, you've got your head up your ass.

(Sorry Baconcat, I normally love you but we're totally in a fight over this)

Posted by Irena on November 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM