SCS staff member 'blueduck37' attended EA's launch party for The Simpsons Game at Universal Studios in California this past Tuesday. The game was released on the X-Box 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2, PSP, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS systems this week. Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Matt Selman, and others were in attendance at the party. Fans also had an opportunity to demo the game at stations outside. A report with images and video is available in our SCS Magazine. The No Homers Club has a report as well.

McFarlane's deluxe box set-- seriously, it's pretty big-- is now available at several online retailers (Entertainment Earth, among others) and some physical stores that cater to collector types (comic shops, the Virgin Megastore). Michael Crawford doesn't take Paul Anka's advice and looks at the big guy anyway, on his Review of the Week website. Michael gives a pretty decent review, with some minor quibbles. The biggest problem may be finding a place to display it. If the review's not on the front page, check out his archives for the review (dated October 31).