They Might Be Giants take next logical step, team up with online role-playing game
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Having left the world of toddler-rock behind for the adult-oriented pleasures of this year’s Join Us, Brooklyn troubadours They Might Be Giants are staying true to their aging indoor-kid fanbase by lending their talents to a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG, if you’re nasty). Tomorrow, Johns Linnell and Flansburgh will be featured in an in-game anniversary celebration for AdventureQuest Worlds, an online RPG that isn’t named World Of Warcraft. Call it a semi-new MMORPG for 2011.
In an event titled “The Collector, ” players will attempt to escape the clutches of the titular Collector, and will encounter several cut-scenes voiced by Linnell and Flansburgh along the way. Plenty of TMBG tunes will also be featured, including “Dr. Worm,” “Ana Ng,” “When Will You Die,” and, according to a press release, “at least one never-before-heard song produced and recorded specifically for the AdventureQuest Worlds third birthday event.” And thus marks the first time a song has debuted in a video game, unless you count that old Aerosmith Revolution X game, which you shouldn’t.
If you happen to miss tomorrow’s event, don’t worry—the Giants will be in town Nov. 3 at the Boulder Theater, where they can be enjoyed sans keyboard and high-speed broadband.
