A happy little tree

Forget Halo 3. Never mind about Gears of War or Final Fantasy XII. The big next-gen title is obviously the just-announced Bob Ross video game. That's right, the late, great PBS painter will have his own video game coming out for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo's upcoming Revolution console and the PC. No street date has been set, but you can read the initial press release here.

As far as I can tell, this is not some sort of belated April Fools joke. This is apparently completely legit. They even have a message board set up for the game where you can post your thoughts. Gamespot has some info here too.

I'm actually really excited about this. Please, please someone take the initiative and publish this game.