Boom Blox By Spielberg To Be Released By May 2008

When I read from Canada.com that Steven Spielberg, the man known for making blockbuster movies, is making a new videogame for the Wii by the name of Boom Blox, I was kinda impressed.

I mean, this man had been the highest grossing filmmaker of all time. Certainly, we’ve enjoyed his family-friendly films like Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones. And now, making a game for our all-time favorite console, I can already sense the expectations surrounding Boom Blox’s release (not that I expect it to cause massive internet news explosion of course, like… say… SSB?).

Spielberg The Game Maker

It was reported that Spielberg will be teaming up with Electronic Arts in creating Boom Blox. Now, I’m not really that good in summarizing every point that Spielberg said from the original article, so I guess let’s just quote the film (and game) producer on what made him take notice of the Wii and its potential for a game.

“My inspiration for this game came while I was playing Wii for the first time.”

“I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids. Boom Blox features an enormous amount of fun challenges.”

“From the initial concept to what the game is today, it’s always been built around the innovations Wii brings to playing games. Boom Blox plays on the enjoyment of building and knocking down blocks, something that can appeal innately to kids and adults of all ages.”

Well, it sounds like a casual game to me.

Anyways, ever since making casual game reviews on Casualicious dot Com, I’ve already known Spielberg’s love for games. As a co-founder of the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, he actively contributes to the well being of unfortunate children. And one of the ways that the SSCF gets their funding is through the sales of the casual game, The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures, which features the donated voice talents of many of Hollywood’s best stars.

A love for children and a love for games… pretty impressive, no?

Anyways, About Boom Blox

From the limited things I know about the Boom Blox game, all I can guess is that the game objectives involve a great deal of building scores of blocks and making them go boom! Quite pathetic, I know, but that’s the only guess I can make from the video game trailers I found across the internet.

Maybe you can share what you know by leaving a comment. As for me though, I’d rather present you with one of the trailers I derived my (obvious) hypothesis from. Enjoy!