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I also like that someone can only have 10 gremlins running around at a time. With this system, there's no need for people sharing them back and forth. I just drop them in whatever town I see at this point, especially since it nets me at least 2 goo each time I send one out. And as for the ghosts, you can pop 5 of them in each town you visit. I've noticed though that you can get 6 or 7 if you act quickly. As you're down to one last ghost, if you move quickly, you can get any others that are close by on the screen. I also don't think it effects how many are left after you leave. Any time you show up in someone else's town, there are a ton of ghost.

It seems like the gremlins do stick to roads, but they're not key to the event. They're basically the eggs from whacking day, except they run around. You also can only have 10 max running around in your town at once, so it doesn't look like people will have to pair up and trade back and forth like you did with the eggs.

I like this so far. The ghosts can't hid behind buildings (gremlins can though), so it shouldn't wind up being anywhere near as tedious as whacking day was.

Yeah, I haven't been back there since that ride finished, other than to pop the balloons. I just hope there aren't any tasks to go along with the ride which will get in the way of the Halloween stuff.

And there is a new krustyland ride in this event

Crap, I'm only on basic cable so I won't get the opener on NBC's cable channel. I do have a box though, so I'd imagine the free preview will still work for the others. I'll check it out tonight to see if any of any of the other games do show up.

The holiday buildings are always cheap. They set them that way so that people who just started playing the game can buy them. It's the same reason that whenever we are able to do special tasks for the holiday, it will be characters like Homer, Lisa, Flanders, or Apu. Those are all the people you get very early in the game. mrags, what type of phone are you on? I had to download an update through the iTunes store before the game could update.

I'm so tempted to speed up that first building to see where this thing goes. From the brief description I saw on the iStore description, it looks like we will have items to drop in friends' towns again.

It's not the same thing obviously, but aren't there plenty of stories out there of pitchers getting tommy John surgery even though they don't need it?

When I hear the term home invasion, I think of some sort of massive robbery, not storming a house with the sole intention of murder.

Then he goes off on a rampage because he has a Canadian accent.

I bet he cheap shotted himself.

You'll wind up with a bunch of other garbage posts by doing that though. People will pad post with more nonsense just to get to whatever cutoff is set.

Just out of curiosity, do any of these characters actually exist in the comics? I read somewhere that they added Phil Couslon in the comics recently due to his popularity, but did any of these people exist prior to this show?

I get a good laugh out of how crazy Trevor is. It probably helps that the people he hangs out with are borderline retarded. That combination works for me. I haven't reunited him with the others yet, so maybe that changes.

I'm kind of liking my new found role in recent years where I don't know who the Bills play next until Monday morning.

It probably happens a lot more with comedies, but we can put together a much longer list of shows with bad pilots that wind up hitting their stride once given some time. The networks don't typically give shows any time anymore for this to happen. This one will probably be given that time though due to all of their connections. So I think with this one, we will eventually find out whether or not they right the ship.

I'm right there with you. I don't know how much you can judge a show by the pilot though. How many shows actually nail it from day 1? With the Disney juggernaut behind this one, I'm sure it will be given enough time to see whether or not it develops.

I'm not sure whether or not the show will have a long shelf life after watching the pilot. It was decent, but I could see this one going either way. And as for Coulson, they've obviously got a lot more story planned on his "death".

It's so easy to miss one of those on screen directions that pop up in the top corner. There are way too many distractions on screen at the same time.

Just in case you haven't figured this out yet... You're on PS3 right? If you have the text message with the link to the stock market all you have to do is hit the square button.

Mine hasn't frozen yet. Then again, I've only played long enough to do the first mission (Franklin "stealing" a car). Hopefully I can find some time this weekend.

I was really hoping he would shoot the zombie at the end of that one.

I love that they don't mass produce these games and put them out every single year Call of Duty-style. Working on a game like this for 4-5 years allows them to do all of the stuff you just mentioned, a ton of depth and not a game that you will put away permanently after a couple months.

And now if only I could find some time to play it.