The Simpson’s movie hits theaters on July 27, and like most movies it will be accompanied by a video game release. While most video games that accompany movies tend to be crap, this one looks different. In an interview about the game, Simpson’s creator Matt Groening reveals:

They (game writers Matt Selman and Matt Warburto) did a send-up of videogames. It’s a videogame about videogames; and I’m in the videogame. I’m a boss that you have to fight at the end of the game. It was really fun recording a million ways of dying, going ‘UGGH, ARGGH, EUURGH!

No release date on the video game from EA. Read more at Eurogamer.

What do you call a business model where between a third and a half of your products fail?  While most would say a disaster, Microsoft calls it normal.  Numerous sources are reporting the failure rate for new Xbox 360′s is between 33 – 50 percent.  The numbers are absolutely startling.  Microsoft has stated they will guarantee the 360′s for three years, and plans to spend $1.15 billion on repairs.

So if you are planning on buying a next-generation gaming console, do you take the chance on buying an Xbox 360, knowing you have a one in three chance of it dying on you?  What happens if you buy one and it crashes after the warranty expires?  Does this news prevent you from buying a 360?

So how are the other consoles responding to the news?

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