Here it is. The main reason that last week was a little light on the postings. Instead of writing the pulitzer level prose I usually commit to the web, I've been cutting this video.
See I've been listening to Gnarls Barkley's album quite a bit lately. Listening to the song St. Elsewhere I started thinking about Shadow of the Colossus and how well the two seemed to fit. So I decided to cut the two together. Cobbled together from clips found on the internets and some footage captured myself. All set to Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere.
For people that don't know the basic story. Your character brings this dead girl to a forbidden land with the hope of bringing her back. A big booming voice from the skies tell you he can bring her back, if you kill these 16 Colossi spread throughout the land. But things are never as cut and dry as they appear...
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Turns out this dude from Omaha tried to do some Pete Townsend sh*t while playing Guitar Hero and the only thing he ended up with was a destroyed knee. That's why we leave the jumping around to the pros man, being a rock god is much harder than it looks.
In this day and age you'd almost be worried about him suing someone (being that a cup of spilt coffee can make you a millionaire), but he's doing the much cooler thing and taking the whole thing in stride. Aside from posting pics of the knee (pre and post-op), he's got a classic open letter to the guys at Red Octane:
Dear Red Octane Games,
I have terrible news. While I am in love with your game, it has caused me great harm. Guitar Hero broke my knee. Its true, while playing your game on July 3rd and shredding a massive lick I pivoted into a great thrashing stance and my knee gave way. After several doctor visits and x-rays it later turned out my rocking had knocked an inch and a half piece of bone off of my knee and it was now floating about the inside of my leg.
I ended up going under the knife to reattach the smaller piece of bone back to my leg and now, more than a month later, I am still unable to walk. I am however gearing up from a triumphant comeback in early September to show others on my block I can still rock twice as hard as them.
This is a story that must be told. Imagine being able to tell your customers that a young man in Omaha, NE rocked Guitar Hero so hard his own bones crumbled. Boys would cheer and mothers would cringe.
Maybe an endorsement deal? I would be like Subway’s Jared. Maybe we could do something as simple as Red Octane supporting the local Guitar Hero championship my friends and I are setting up. You could send some banners and an advanced copy of Guitar Hero 2 our finalists could play…. kind of like in the Wizard when they played Mario Brothers 3.
Well I’ve attached 2 photos of me suffering after my surgery to really tug your heartstrings. I think we should talk about this. You can reach me at
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or by phone at 402-XXX-XXXX.
Yours in Rock,
Jimmy Winter
Red Octane, please do something for this guy. We beg of you.
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And if you're going to buy at Amazon or Entertainment Earth, I'd really appreciate if you clicked through my site to do it.
It's no secret to the readers here that I have kind of a thing for all things Monkey Island. Well, maybe it's more than a "thing". Honestly it's more like an obsession. What can I say, I love this damn game (Hell I'm buying a PC just to play old LucasArts games).
So when I saw this clip of a full band rendition of the Money Island theme, I knew I'd be posting it up here.
Remember when those Mario question blocks were popping up? After 2 teen-girls almost got arrested over it, it kinda became obvious that just maybe not everyone thought it was as cool as us gamers did.
Of course, we here in the states have been a little flakey on the whole terrorism thing lately. I have to think that if someone was going to make a bomb they wouldn't put it in a gold foil box with a huge question mark on it and hang it from a tree. Of course that's just me, and since I don't work for the Department of Homeland Security I don't have much say in the matter.
So with that piece of real world art behind us I've been wondering when someone would try some videogame/reality crossover again.
But I digress.
We've all played a racing game that takes place in a city, so we can all recognize the flashing arrows that game designers often use to keep drivers on the current "course". Well, Aram Bartholl has taken said arrows and implanted them into real life. The arrows are inspired by Need for Speed Underground which is a shame since it's a crap game. But I gotta admit, it's a cool look and I think works really well in the real world space. There's also little chance of the bomb squad being brought in, since it's a sanctioned art piece and it's overseas.
"Good day, local blacksmith. Might I buy some of ye fine heavy armor?"
"But of course, might also ye be interested in some healing potions or a new shirt from ye Old Navy? This week's Polo shirts have +1 coolness if ye turn ye collar up."
Think I'm kidding? Check out the picture, it's not much better.
If it belongs, I don't mind so much. Everyonce in a great while a character in a videogame will reference another game, usually as an homage or inside joke. If handled well, and if it at least makes sense in some sort of context, it's just fun. Otherwise it's just bad advertising.
Metal Gear Solid's Psycho Mantis scanned your memory card for other Konami games, and would say something about it. I had a Castlevania save and heard "So I see your a friend of the Belmont family". Or the drunk pirate in Secret of Monkey Island with a pin that said "Ask me about Loom".
Then there's this. In the new Dungeon Seige game, an in-game NPC tries to sell you cheat codes to another games, and will give you bonuses if you already have the other game. How in the hell did this seem like a good idea?
Of course Uwe Boll is working on a Dungeon Siege movie as we speak, so it's not like this is first shameful sellout for the series.
What do you all think? Is it going to far? Does it ruin the fantasy world in which the game is based? Or is it like buying licensed cars in a driving game, just another ad?
A few years ago, while working for a retailer, I had a mom approach me with a question. “What can you tell me about this game?†I get the question a lot, especially about the game she was holding (Grand Theft Auto 3). I told her it was a game where the main character was a guy who had just escaped from jail and was looking for work with the mob in town. The player is asked to complete a number of crimes for money and such, but the best part about the game was the freedom you had to do whatever you want. Very open ended I believe I said.
She looked at me shocked and said “WOW! That sounds awfully violent. Why do they make such violent games?†My response was because people like me like to play them. She continues: “Well, my son really wants this game, but I don’t think it’s the kind of game a 7 year old should be playing. Is there an address, or a phone number I can call to complain about the games they make?†I grabbed the gut for the game, flipped through the instruction manual and found the information for the developer and the publisher. I wrote them down on a company card so she could call back with any additional question about the retail end.
After all of this, I figure she’s going to take the card and leave, but to my surprise, she wants to buy the game. I asked her if she was sure and she responded “Yeah, my son really wants the game.†So, like any good employee, I sold her the game and she was on her way. I stood there for a minute completely perplexed. This woman had such a problem with violent games that she was going to call up the companies responsible and ask them to stop making them, but then bought such a horrific game for her 7 year old kid.
It'd be nice to think this was real, but I don't think the Stuff Logo would appear over an ad. Something tells me this is a fake. Probably a good idea for a real ad, considering the magazine.
Unless this is a promo by Stuff Magazine. It certainly fits in with the Stuff Magazine type image, but certainly not with the classic Nintendo image. But who knows, maybe Nintendo is looking towards a slightly older (but same maturity level if they're advertising in Stuff) demographic.
What do you think? Could this be a real print ad?
I decided to blur it, in cast someone is working at an office that's wound just a little tight. There's no nudity, but some prudes might consider it NSFW.
If you want to see a larger/clearer version, just click the picture.
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A few years ago, while working for a retailer, I had a mom approach me with a question. “What can you tell me about this game?†I get the question a lot, especially about the game she was holding (Grand Theft Auto 3). I told her it was a game where the main character was a guy who had just escaped from jail and was looking for work with the mob in town. The player is asked to complete a number of crimes for money and such, but the best part about the game was the freedom you had to do whatever you want. Very open ended I believe I said.
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