The title is misleading, but it’s still funny – thanks J.P.!
Critical failure roll, you cross the streams.
In the wake of my posting about the GB-style d20 game system, some gently, slightly condescendingly, but ultimately pointlessly reminded me that there was already a GB RPG. Yes, but this is new, and not everyone wants to track down a copy of the old game.
However, they did rightly illustrate that I probably should have pushed my old RPG features more, especially now that I updated part one (part two, due before the end of the world) with old, rescued online materials to help a person set up their own classic GB RPG game.
Also, James N. spotted a situation appropriate episode of Full Frontal Nerdity. Thanks, mate! Ace!
Busting makes me feel… [roll roll roll] …good.
When the d20 system, made famous in Dungeons and Dragons, was made available to game developers under a broad, open license, I wondered how long it would take for someone to apply it to Ghostbusters. Well, now I can stop the clock – Octavirate Entertainment is releasing ExorSystems, Inc™. While not a licensed Ghostbusters product – not a Ghostbusters product period – it’s clearly close to the hearts of the designers.
I’m still looking it over, but why wait for me? Go check out the free preview at RPGNow.com.
Ramis clarifies situation – GB3 not so much, video game, yes.
Attending the Vail Film Festival (where he won a career award), Harold Ramis was interviewed by the local paper, and was as you’d expect, instantly asked about a third Ghostbusters. Ramis confirmed that the live-action option with the original actors is “slim”, and that he and Aykroyd have discussed a CGI film with Columbia, making it a possibility, but far from confirmed.
However, he did back-up Aykroyd’s earlier comments about there being a video game.
Harold Ramis: […] The only thing I know for sure is there is a video game coming out that Danny and I are going to do the voices for. So that’ll be fun.
CS: When will that happen?
HR: We haven’t recorded yet, but they’ve showed me all the animations for the game and the game settings and the characters. It’s all in the works now. I guess it’s a long development period on games and very expensive – they invest a lot of money in these things.
So, the video game is more than just Aykroyd hint dropping, both he and Ramis are providing voices (as you’d suspect, no mention of Bill Murray, but surprisingly also no mention of Ernie Hudson), and it’s already in the early production phase (which puts it in line with Aykroyd’s suggestion that it would be out in 2008.)
Gold star to Italian Raymond for the spot.
“You can’t park that here!”
From Profiles In History’s latest auction, a prop sign from the New York firehall location.
403. Parking sign from Ghost Busters. (Columbia, 1984) White with red letters aluminum parking sign printed, “RESERVED FOR GHOST BUSTERS, ALL OTHERS WILL BE TOWED AWAY”. From the first Ghost Busters film. Most likely used for the Ghostbusters’ vehicle, the ECTO-1. $400 – $600
Thanks to PKESurge for the heads-up. The auction is by registration only, but it may not be too late yet.