“I loved it when Fox News did the lesbian aliens on Mass Effect.” How’s that for a quote? It comes from Frank Gibeau, the boss of EA Games. Here’s the context. We first got a gimpse of Bulletstorm’s marketing tactics with their Halo spoofing Last Call ad. At the time Geek Native asked whether mocking […]
Will the Bulletstorm Cliffy B trailer make your head explode?
There’s been nothing but drama about EA’s Bulletstorm. We’ve had Americans says it encourages rape and Germans censor the game. Now we’ve got a short new trailer. Things blow up. I wonder whether the “Cliffy B” trailer has been designed with TV in mind. It’s short and punchy enough. I’m still wondering whether EA will […]
Bulletstorm causes insanity, encourages rape and annoys Germans
EA’s forthcoming game Bulletstorm seems to have having a weird effect on the world. Yesterday, Fox News (I use ‘News’ only as part of their brand, I’m not suggesting it’s an actual news site) asked Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World? and went on to suggest that games like it encourage rape. […]
Bulletstorm ad mocks Halo ad
Cast your mind back to 2007. It was an era before we had Microsoft Kinect but we still had the Xbox and we still had Halo. In fact, Halo 3 was due out and Microsoft had put together a dramatic and take-me-seriously advert for the game. It was called Believe. Here’s a reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXeST0NMtic Keep […]
