Rarely have we seen a promotional force as ripped as Jack Black…as Brutal Legend’s Eddie Riggs. Black took his otherworldly game pimping powers to Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show yesterday, showing the set’s furniture who’s the boss.

It’s one of the more epic Jack Black talk show appearances, an impressive, no holds barred attempt at selling a few more copies of Double Fine’s Brutal Legend to the Jimmy Kimmel Live-watching masses. I’m not really sure how Black’s speech has been so heavily affected, but you have to give the man credit for getting into his character.

The appearance spans four separate clips, should have you have the constitution to handle it.

Black says he got his start playing games in the mid ’70s with Space Invaders. Hey! So did I, sorta.

Scramble and Marble Madness are among his favourites, but his proudest gaming moment was playing and completely beating Project Gotham Racing. So why did he send a picture of himself giving the finger to Bizarre Creations?

More importantly did they frame it and can we see…please?

Celebrity Gamer Profile: Jack Black [USA Today]

Sadly, Rolling Stone’s video player isn’t embeddable, so you’ll have to hit the link below to watch it. It’s about, oh, a third of the way in.

[VMAs @ Rolling Stone]

I didn’t, which means I missed a bit of Jack Black cosplay.

Never mind the whole Kanye West/Taylor Swift imbroglio or the Lady Gaga performance blood bath, I didn’t get a chance to see Black walk the carpet as Brutal Legend hero Eddie Riggs.

MTV Multiplayer’s Russ Frushtick says Black was wearing a muscle shirt, head banger’s wig and sporting a ginormous axe. He really should have brought a legion of Headbangers with him to complete the look.

VMAs Feature Jack Black Dressed As Eddie Riggs Of ‘Brutal Legend’ [MTV Multiplayer]

Is it just me or does Jack Black seem to be running out of things to say about Brutal Legend? I mean, a cat playing a guitar?

The video does deliver nearly half a minute of new Brutal Legend gameplay and a few seconds of Black headbanging. That’s something.

There’s nothing quite as terrifying as Jack Black swinging around a giant battle axe, as evidenced by episode 4 of Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black.

Eddie Riggs wields a battle axe with skill and grace in Brutal Legend. Jack Black, on the other hand, kills the boom operator. Are you kids out there getting the picture? Just because it’s okay for a video game character to run around killing things with stylised medieval weaponry doesn’t mean you should. The only time you should wildly swing around bladed weapons is under controlled circumstances. Or when you’re really drunk. Let this be a lesson.

Screw in-game footage, I want to have Jack Black talking up a roadie about his real-life experiences killing demons, putting out cat fires and smuggling crocodiles as roadie for… Mandy Moore?

Jack Black hams it up in the first of a series of live-action shorts promoting Brutal Legend, with a guest appearance by insane game developer Tim Schafer.

I don’t know about you, but for me it’s gotten to the point where I prefer to see animated characters with Jack Black’s voice over actually seeing Jack Black himself. I really dig his voice when he’s singing, but there’s something about his facial expressions when he acts that begs to be covered by a computer animated panda or video game roadie.

Oh, and watch out for the vomit. Too late?

“I just wanted to represent. I do this video game ‘Brutal Legend.’ It’s coming someday. And these pants are pantaloons. And I went with these purple people eaters [shoes].”

There you have it folks! Mark someday on your calendars and get ready to rock!

Multiplayer did at least manage to contact Sierra spokesman Tom Stratton, who for the most part told him the same thing, more or less, adding that more details would be made available soon. Someday soon. I can’t wait!

Jack Black Says ‘Brutal Legend’ Will Be Released ‘Someday’ [MTV Multiplayer]

Dance Dance Revolution
Guitar Hero
High School Musical: Sing It!
Madden NFL ‘08

There’s really not much I can say here. I mean, Guitar Hero is nice and all, but they just list Guitar Hero…not II or III. Same with Dance Dance Revolution. There are 20 bajillion versions of DDR out there. Pick one! Madden 08 just goes to show that they were running out of kid-friendly titles to nominate, and if High School Musical: Sing It! wins? I am driving over to my nephew’s house and smacking him upside the head just for associating with people his own age.

Kids’ Choice Award’s Official Nominee Announcement [Nickelodeon]