The Simpsons is in a rare class of TV shows, and I’m not just talking about its absurd number of seasons (they’re up to 37 now). It’s one of precious few TV series to get a good videogame adaptation; there are a few games that have become good shows at this point, but rarely do things turn out the other way around.
Naturally, I’m talking about Hit & Run, the chuckle-inducing and surprisingly tough action-adventure game where you explore Springfield and race various Simpsons characters. I like it as much as the next guy with inordinate fondness for those early seasons of the animated sitcom, but executive producer on the show Matt Selman had no idea it’d attract the cult following it enjoys today.
As he told People Magazine in an interview, “Hit & Run is so interesting … I’m a thousand years old, and when I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit & Run. I had no idea it would become a cult game, a cult success. Of all the games, the thousands of Simpsons games… that one…”
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