Lucky there's a Family Guy?

This fall, fans of Family Guy will finally be able to explore the cel-shaded town of Quahog, Rhode Island, for themselves. Playing as idiot paterfamilias Peter Griffin, alcoholic family dog Brian and diabolical toddler Stewie, you'll brawl, sneak and shoot your way through a bizarre plot involving world domination, mind control and 1980s TV housekeeper Mr. Belvedere.

Promising to emulate the show to the point of letting you play through the non-sequitur jokes that pop up randomly in each episode, the Family Guy game seems hard-pressed to not let the fans down. Judging from the first screens, we can say that it at least does a great job of capturing the series' look; to see for yourself, give the Images tab a click. As for how it plays, well, we're hoping to find something out next month at E3.

After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.