…what? None of the words in that sentence go with any of the other words in that sentence.
As if a game about Russian stacking dolls wasn’t befuddling (and, apparently, awesome) enough, Destructoid revealed today that Double Fine—the Tim Schafer-led developer of games like Psychonauts and Costume Quest—is now working on Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, which is, yes, a Sesame Street game for the Kinect. The game will involve hanging out with Elmo, Cookie Monster, and whoever that tall red thing is, exploring a storybook land and making new monster friends. It’s due out this fall. Also due out this fall? The return of my jaw, to its rightful place on my face.
Here’s a couple more screenshots, if you don’t believe me. I don’t blame you if you don’t; I don’t believe me, either:
Discussion topic: Shouldn’t we be saving games like these for the developers we don’t like? What’s LJN up to these days, anyway?