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Serious Eats tries out the new Hell's Kitchen game and doesn't find it unbearable: "If you mess up badly (or also at other times when I was doing OK), he’ll say things like, 'You donkey' and 'Move your ass' and 'Oh, fuck me senseless.' But he'll also compliment you when you're doing well, which sometimes comes off a bit weird...It's not a horrible game. The challenge is there, but it fails to be compelling." Hmm...kind of like the show? [SE via Eater LA]
Fox has finally released their Hell's Kitchen video game. According to Eater LA it's free to download but the uncensored version is gunna cost ya $19.99: "At least to hear Gordo call you a 'fucking donkey' will only cost a few bucks and not your dignity, like the HK contestants who've been ridiculed and shamed in front of millions." [Eater LA]
EaterWire: Luca Lounge Officially Doneski, Competitive Eating Game Debuts, and Watching Top Chef with Spike and Andrew
EAST VILLAGE— Bottomless Dish reports that East Village restaurant and bar Luca Lounge, originally closed for renovations, is shuttered for good: "And then up popped this 'store for rent' sign, which I noticed yesterday, confirming that despite everyone's best efforts, Luca Lounge is indeed a goner. But with a sprawling space (plus a massive backyard), the next question is, of course, what's next for the bar formerly known as Luca Lounge?" [Bottomless Dish]
MIDTOWN— Fork in the Road checks out the launch of the new Wii competitive eating game after a real life watermelon competitive eating event in Rockefeller Center today. Their review: "Then the two played the new Wii competitive eating game, which actually looks like it might get old really quickly (although watching people play video games is always dull). Basically, you pick up the food (watermelon in this case) with a movement of your hand, and then place it in your mouth and chew by hitting the 'B' button." [Fork in the Road]
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The kids over at Serious Eats get word that a branch of Grand Theft Auto 4's Cluckin' Bell (their version of Taco Bell) is the most recent victim of the DOH, or rather, the Institute of Food Hygiene. That's right, the new obsession of every video game nerd in the country doesn't just mimic New York restaurants, it also gives play time to the famous Taco Bell/KFC rat infestation and subsequent rash of DOH shutterings. All goes to show, GTA4 may be the best video game of all time (besides that new Wii competitive eating game that is).
· DOH: Cluckin' Bell [Dan Dickinson]
Major League Eating Trailer Released
We discover today via Serious Eats that one of the new upcoming foodie video games, Major League Eating, has its website up with an incredible (and we don't use this word lightly) trailer. There's a rap song ("I'll be that top gurgitator extraordinaire...eat you out of house and home no thought or care"), it shows clips of real competitive eating and features shots from game of characters belching on each other and exploding. As for the game itself, it looks like it has some potential as the characters are real competitive eating stars (Kobayashi, Juliet Lee, Tim Janus), and we imagine it's more fun than Cooking Mama.
· Major League Eating: The Game [Official Site]
· Video Trailer for 'Major League Eating: The Game [Serious Eats]
Marketing Gone Wild: The Hell's Kitchen Video Game
Before you totally lose it with excitement over playing the Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen online video game, know it's not live yet. So just chill out. But it will be soon, and it will either be another example of TV marketing people going off the deep end, or it will be an amusing foodie time suck. The best news is just like Ramsay's show, the game is filled with bleeped out swear words. He says things to gamers like: "That's rubbish! Get that into the fucking bin!" and "Fuck me senseless!" What fun. Players have 35 recipes "to conquer" and work their way up from "a single star to a prestigious five star establishment." If you want a preview, check out their video simulation.
· Hell's Kitchen Game: The Ultimate Time Suck [~ELA~]
Reason #408 why there might be too many food blogs: cooking video games have now become the subject of thoughtful critiques: "Other issues I had weren't as serious. Young or not-very-bright kids might take the grabby-hands icon in some stages literally and think it's OK to take casseroles out of the oven without mitts on. There are only 55 dishes from various countries, and the selection from each was pretty limited and stereotypical. The American menu, for example, consisted of popcorn, hot dogs and hamburgers, period. And there's that peculiarly Japanese sensibility about foods that doesn't always translate well." We're still talking about video games? [Epi Log via Eater SF]
Just a week ago Wii announced their competitive eating video game, and now they already have a new food centric project, this one perhaps a little more appealing to the cooking/Food Network watching crowd. Joystiq has the intel on Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine: "Few details about the game are currently known, other than it will feature 'a series of fast-paced and intense culinary challenges,' and that players will compete in Kitchen Stadium to become the next Iron Chef...will also include the likeness of show host Mark Dacascos, who replaced the original pepper-eating (not to mention snappily dressing) Takeshi Kaga." [Joystiq via Serious Eats]
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