Pour Out Some Liquor: Boom Blox Is Dead On Arrival

agent b on June 18th, 2008

Boom Blox - Rest In Peace, Homie

It seems the latest victim in the average Wii owner’s never ending quest to ignore 3rd party titles is the well received “Boom Blox” from Steven Spielberg and EA. While being $20 too expensive (it retailed at full price) was certainly an issue, it didn’t help that the game was basically sent to die, seeing release between Mario Kart Wii and Grand Theft Auto IV. Boom Blox sold 60k copies in its first month, which is fucking pathetic given the names behind it. Then again, it’s a glorified Jenga with worse art direction. What’d they expect?

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