Video game promotion at it's best

Open discussion about any topic, as long as you abide by the rules of course!
Post Reply
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19183
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Eraser »

Gamers and developers alike have reacted in dismay at a now-offline Hitman: Absolution promotion which allowed players to identify and threaten Facebook friends for assassination.

Methods of identifying female friends included "her hairy legs", "her muffin top" and "her small tits".

Methods of identifying male friends included "his ginger hair", "his sh** hair" and "his tiny penis".

You could then choose a reason to kill your friend, such as the fact that they "smell bad" or were cheating on their partner.

Your friend then received a personalised video on their Facebook wall identifying them as a target. Signing up to watch the video presented recipients with a mixture of their own photos and Facebook details merged into a video of Hitman character Agent 47 shooting them.
Image

These people wouldn't even recognize a bad idea if it was tattooed on their eyeballs. First the sexist nuns, now this :rolleyes:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... -kill-them

edit:
there's a bit more info (including pictures) here
DTS
Posts: 2879
Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2000 7:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by DTS »

That Hitman game was a bad idea. I don't know why you are surprised that bad ideas get executed when people keep paying for bad ideas.
User avatar
seremtan
Posts: 36023
Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by seremtan »

if it happens to you, just hide in a laundry basket

works for 47
User avatar
GONNAFISTYA
Posts: 13369
Joined: Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:20 pm

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by GONNAFISTYA »

So you're tagged in a post on your own wall and you can't even see the video in the post on your own wall until you register to view it?

Square Enix...the production company with the most bad ideas in the history of the universe.
User avatar
MKJ
Posts: 32582
Joined: Fri Nov 24, 2000 8:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by MKJ »

Earlier today we launched an app based around Hitman: Absolution that allowed you to place virtual hits on your Facebook friends. Those hits would only be viewable by the recipient and could only be sent to people who were confirmed friends. We were wide of the mark with the app and following feedback from the community we decided the best thing to do was remove it completely and quickly. This we've now done. We're sorry for any offense caused by this."
what mongs
Don Carlos
Posts: 17515
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Don Carlos »

Brilliant - I don't see why this was pulled to be honest. Nothing wrong with sending a "hit" on a mate, especially one with small tits.
User avatar
Eraser
Posts: 19183
Joined: Fri Dec 01, 2000 8:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Eraser »

Don Carlos wrote:Brilliant - I don't see why this was pulled to be honest. Nothing wrong with sending a "hit" on a mate, especially one with small tits.
GTFO :arrow:
Don Carlos
Posts: 17515
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Don Carlos »

No tits, no friendship. Everyone knows this. I'm hoping someone has the app so I can use it to ensure everyone I know with small tits is fully aware I want them dead.

PS

Image
Ryoki
Posts: 13460
Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2001 7:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Ryoki »

You want the vast majority of asian women dead? That's awful donny, for shame.
[size=85][color=#0080BF]io chiamo pinguini![/color][/size]
obsidian
Posts: 10974
Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2002 8:00 am

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by obsidian »

Image
[size=85][url=http://gtkradiant.com]GtkRadiant[/url] | [url=http://q3map2.robotrenegade.com]Q3Map2[/url] | [url=http://q3map2.robotrenegade.com/docs/shader_manual/]Shader Manual[/url][/size]
Deathshroud
Posts: 2103
Joined: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:22 pm

Re: Video game promotion at it's best

Post by Deathshroud »

Memphis wrote:...and there's much less risk of burger nips
:olo: :olo: :olo: :olo:
Post Reply