September is a long time away for those of us awaiting Spore. Which reminds me…at the Apple event last week, EA announced that they would also have an iPhone/iTouch version of Spore similar to the version they’ll be releasing for the Nintendo DS.
But that wasn’t what I wanted to tell you. Last time we heard from Captain Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern, he was in hot water for letting some Russian hoodlum use his name and his ship’s name to market some frozen crab legs.
One thing you can say for Sig, he’s always looking for a new way to make a buck. Now the deal is that he is involved with a video game company to make a “Deadliest Catch” video game. The player would get to choose between several “Deadliest Catch” ships (including the Northwestern, natch) and act as one of the deckhands. The idea is that you’d have to set and pull pots while braving the conditions on the vast Bering Sea during king crab and opellio crab seasons. I don’t know how fully formed this idea is, but it might be fun on the Wii, where you could actually physically interact with the game. It might all just be wishful thinking — there’s quite a lot of time to sit around and think once the crabbing’s done, I’ll wager. The new season of “Deadliest Catch” starts next month, in case you’re wondering.
that is wild – i would totally try that on the wii.
and thanks for the heads up on the new season! :)