News: The Quest for Blood Mountain

January 11, 2007, 08:09 AM

by mathew, via Mastodon -
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In what is the certainly the most unusual release of a free flash game to support the release of a band's new album, Mastodon's new(ish) album Blood Mountain is accompanied by The Quest for Blood Mountain, a retro-looking Super Mario Bros. clone that features angsty looking Viking dwarves jumping over wolves and collecting diamonds in the quest for "the Mastodon key", whatever that is.

Anyway, it's not any good at all, but it's an interesting curio, and at least you get to listen to the Mastodon song Colony of Birchmen on repeat while you bore yourself stupid playing it. (I haven't checked with Brandon, our resident overlord of what is hip, if it's okay to like Mastodon, but I think it's a good single, anyway.) Thanks to Stereogum for the link.