In one of the most original openings to a video game I can remember, Jack Black’s  performance of Eddie Riggs was the perfect celebrity to promote Tim Schafer’s Brütal Legend.  Previously working for LucasArts on titles such as Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and Day of The Tentacle with also a passion for music allowed EA to fully back Schafer with this “fantasy world” of a heavy metal video game.  The introduction crosses over from video to video game and uses a vinyl record as it’s cover as the menu.  Very cool!  We’ve all seen cheesy transitional videos, but Double Fine’s transfer is seamless and done in Rock Fashion.  Will Jack Blacks performance convince you comedians CAN be funny in video games? Hell F-in Yes!

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