I think it’s safe to state that regardless of what game you’re playing, if a rollergirl is yelling “Kick his ass!” in your ear, it’s going to be a special experience.

That was how I spent my time at EIEIO while playing Wideload Games’ Hail to the Chimp, the upcoming multiplayer-focused party game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In a small outdoor patio area on the main floor of Stubb’s Bar-B-Q in Austin, I spent about twenty-minutes battling other gaming journalists for clams … to the soothing sounds of hollering rollergirls.

“F**k ‘em up, Murgatoyd, f**k ‘em up!” an excited crew of rollergirls rooted from behind me.

The rollergirls were just getting into the spirit, backing their favorite Hail to the Chimp candidate, a pink jellyfish that garbles speeches and swats at opponents with her tentacles. While most party games don’t need a premise (can someone explain to me what’s happening in any of the 18 versions of Mario Celebration?), Hail to the Chimp has a narrative in place to hold it together. The king of the animal kingdom, the Lion, has been dethroned, and ten animals battle it out to gain votes (clams) to become the new ruler of the animal kingdom.

“Get the clams, Daisy! Get the f**king clams!”

Via Destructoid

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