{"id":1246,"date":"2007-07-30T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2007-07-30T08:00:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-30T12:00:47","slug":"on-lego-indiana-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"On LEGO Indiana Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man in the hat is back, and this time he&#8217;s LEGO!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucasarts.com\/games\/legoindianajones\/\">LucasArts is making a LEGO Indiana Jones video game<\/a> for release in the summer of 2008, in time for the fourth Indiana Jones film.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucasarts.com\/company\/release\/news20070727.html\">the Press Release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Developed by the same team at Traveller&#8217;s Tales that created the <i>LEGO Star Wars<\/i>\u2122 series, <i>LEGO Indiana Jones<\/i> presents a tongue-in-cheek take on the first three cinematic adventures of pop culture&#8217;s most iconic archaeologist, including <i>Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/i>, <i>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<\/i> and <i>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LucasArts and TT Games are setting the bar for next-generation family entertainment with the <i>LEGO Star Wars<\/i> franchise, and our incredible relationship continues with <i>LEGO Indiana Jones<\/i>,&#8221; said Jim Ward, president of LucasArts. &#8220;In addition to providing the quality bonding time inspired by any good family game, <i>LEGO Indiana Jones<\/i> delivers something a little different for everyone. Parents will enjoy the humorous take on some of their favorite movies, and their kids get some rousing action\/adventure gameplay that may also introduce them to Indy&#8217;s original adventures for the first time.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This game will <i>so<\/i> rock!  Imagine the boulder scene!  Imagine the tank chase!  Imagine the mine chase!  In LEGO!<\/p>\n<p>The press release also mentions that LEGO will be releasing LEGO Indiana Jones sets beginning in Jaunary.  Nifty!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d still like to see a <i>LEGO Star Wars III<\/i>, with a focus on the Expanded Universe, perhaps a LEGO-fied adaptation of the Timothy Zahn trilogy.  LEGO Mara Jade! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s a LEGO Batman game in the works, as well.<\/p>\n<p>LEGO will rule the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man in the hat is back, and this time he&#8217;s LEGO! Yes, LucasArts is making a LEGO Indiana Jones video game for release in the summer of 2008, in time for the fourth Indiana Jones film. From the Press Release: Developed by the same team at Traveller&#8217;s Tales that created the LEGO Star Wars\u2122<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1246\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On LEGO Indiana Jones&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[364,4103,4114],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-games","tag-indiana-jones","tag-lego","tag-star-wars","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}