{"id":23526,"date":"2026-06-15T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/mr-monopoly-vs-mr-burns-the-simpsons-take-over-monopoly-go\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:37:15","slug":"mr-monopoly-vs-mr-burns-the-simpsons-take-over-monopoly-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/mr-monopoly-vs-mr-burns-the-simpsons-take-over-monopoly-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Monopoly vs Mr Burns: The Simpsons take over Monopoly Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bart and co\u2019s latest video game venture involved the show\u2019s writers, animators and voice talent \u2013 plus a showdown between the two infamous tycoons. \u2018It\u2019s a true little Simpsons episode,\u2019 say creators<\/p>\n<p>Every generation gets its own Simpsons game. Them\u2019s the rule-diddly-ules. For some, it was the arcade cabinets that swallowed pocket money throughout the 1990s. For others, it was The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio. For millennials like myself, it was The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run. Joe Zanetti, vice-president of operations at Monopoly Go! developer Scopely, traces his Simpsons gaming nostalgia back to Konami\u2019s 1991 brawler, The Simpsons Arcade Game. \u201cThat\u2019s the one that made such an impression on me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly did, because Springfield has just crash-landed in Monopoly Go! itself through a collaboration involving Simpsons writers, animators and voice talent alongside a new animated short starring Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer and Will Ferrell. While most licensed TV games have faded into obscurity, The Simpsons keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/nov\/05\/the-simpsons-has-a-long-weird-love-affair-with-video-games\">finding new digital lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/jun\/15\/mr-monopoly-vs-mr-burns-the-simpsons-take-over-monopoly-go\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5eb79b01ac87ae16e04de25ce66c3fcd80a73110\/482_0_2296_1838\/master\/2296.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ed8915d9fe15c79e9e932f6bea6e48d9\" title=\"Mr Monopoly vs Mr Burns: The Simpsons take over Monopoly Go\" \/>Bart and co\u2019s latest video game venture involved the show\u2019s writers, animators and voice talent \u2013 plus a showdown between the two infamous tycoons. \u2018It\u2019s a true little Simpsons episode,\u2019 say creators<br \/>\nEvery generation gets its own Simpsons game. Them\u2019s the rule-diddly-ules. For some, it was the arcade cabinets that swallowed pocket money throughout the 1990s. For others, it was The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio. For millennials like myself, it was The Simpsons: Hit &amp; Run. Joe Zanetti, vice-president of operations at Monopoly Go! developer Scopely, traces his Simpsons gaming nostalgia back to Konami\u2019s 1991 brawler, The Simpsons Arcade Game. \u201cThat\u2019s the one that made such an impression on me,\u201d he says.<br \/>\nIt certainly did, because Springfield has just crash-landed in Monopoly Go! itself through a collaboration involving Simpsons writers, animators and voice talent alongside a new animated short starring Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer and Will Ferrell. While most licensed TV games have faded into obscurity, The Simpsons keeps finding new digital lives. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bart and co\u2019s latest video game venture involved the show\u2019s writers, animators and voice talent \u2013 plus a showdown between the two infamous tycoons. \u2018It\u2019s a true little Simpsons episode,\u2019 say creators Every generation gets its own Simpsons game. Them\u2019s the rule-diddly-ules. For some, it was the arcade cabinets that swallowed pocket money throughout the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/mr-monopoly-vs-mr-burns-the-simpsons-take-over-monopoly-go\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mr Monopoly vs Mr Burns: The Simpsons take over Monopoly Go<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23526"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}