EA Breaks The Law

[mindcycle]

..well kinda

In advance of Electronic Arts? release of The Godfather II, a promotional package for the game has arrived leaving many reporters ready to kick ass and smoke some stogies. That?s right, this press pack has a real cigar, matches, a pair of dice, length of wire and brass knuckles. EA really went for the authentic feel with this box, giving promotions everything they need to ?off? someone.

The authentic feel doesn?t stop at the items in the box themselves. Some of the matches are missing, the inside of the box smells like burnt sulfur, there is a woman?s number written on the back of the matchbook, an immigration document and three folded pages of advice from ?M. Corleone?.

This is an amazing package that EA has put together, but there?s one problem.. Brass Knuckles are illegal in some states.

Read the rest (with pics) here: http://gamesareevil.com/2009/0...eady-breaking-the-law/

I have to admit, that's a pretty awesome promo pack. I want one!

 

[masteryoda34]

Waiting for Jack Thompson to appear... Thank goodness he's disbarred.

 

[Quiksilver]

Sure, they broke the law.... only in Pennsylvania

 

[GaryJohnson]

any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles? or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

No lawful purpose? I use brass knuckles fer huntin.

 

[Arglebargle]

Brass knuckles are almost always sold as 'paperweights'. Trying to skirt the legalities.

 

[zerocool84]

And watch some parent buy this for their 6yr old kid then sue EA cus the kid started smoking.

 

[AdamK47]

Isn't this a promotional package sent only to reviewers?

 

[mindcycle]

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Isn't this a promotional package sent only to reviewers?

Yes

 

[Newbian]

Now if the game sucks really bad you can use said brass knuckles on your monitor.

 

[Pepsei]

the game has been leaked like the x men origins movie....

a friend of a friend loved it.

i love the the original... so i'm going to pick it up ... itching for some new games to play on the pc.

 

[mindcycle]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
the game has been leaked like the x men origins movie....

a friend of a friend loved it.

i love the the original... so i'm going to pick it up ... itching for some new games to play on the pc.

Yeah, I heard it was already cracked and available on the net too, but nothing's going to stop that from happening nowadays. If it gets decent reviews and doesn't have activation / limited install DRM (as it's an EA game after all) i'll probably pick it up as well. From what i've heard it's pretty good. I also liked the first Godfather game, so i've been looking forward to this one for awhile now.

Here's a review from IGN: http://pc.ign.com/articles/970/970688p1.html

 

[Red Irish]

Based on this review, http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adv...ml?tag=topslot;title;2, purchasers may invent other uses for those brass knuckles. Personally, I advocate a public access entrance to EA's Securom implementation department and we could hand out these persuasive implements to all and sundry prior to entry

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles? or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

No lawful purpose? I use brass knuckles fer huntin.

The image of you walking up to a deer and slugging it in the mouth with brass knuckles just set me into a laughing fit

 

[Red Irish]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles? or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

No lawful purpose? I use brass knuckles fer huntin.

The image of you walking up to a deer and slugging it in the mouth with brass knuckles just set me into a laughing fit

Have to confess, I also found that hilarious.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles? or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

No lawful purpose? I use brass knuckles fer huntin.

:thumbsup:

You haven't lived, til you've knocked out a grizzly with a single right hook!

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: GaryJohnson

any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles? or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

No lawful purpose? I use brass knuckles fer huntin.

The image of you walking up to a deer and slugging it in the mouth with brass knuckles just set me into a laughing fit

Listen, if you can think of a more efficient way to take down a buck, I'm all ears.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Arglebargle
Brass knuckles are almost always sold as 'paperweights'. Trying to skirt the legalities.

Or belt buckles.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: mindcycle

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Isn't this a promotional package sent only to reviewers?

Yes

Kind of sounds like a bribe then. Special gifts to those who review their game.

 

[mindcycle]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: mindcycle

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Isn't this a promotional package sent only to reviewers?

Yes

Kind of sounds like a bribe then. Special gifts to those who review their game.

I'd review the game and give it a 9/10 if they sent me that stuff.. I wouldn't even need to play it. lol So yeah, it's a total bribe.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: mindcycle

Originally posted by: BladeVenom

Originally posted by: mindcycle

Originally posted by: AdamK47
Isn't this a promotional package sent only to reviewers?

Yes

Kind of sounds like a bribe then. Special gifts to those who review their game.

I'd review the game and give it a 9/10 if they sent me that stuff.. I wouldn't even need to play it. lol So yeah, it's a total bribe.

And the worst part is... quite often some of these mega publishers kind of... stop... sending you such fancy review kits if all your site does is bash and bash every game they've let you review early.

That's why early reviews... I kind of only read the stuff and mostly ignore the scores - some sites, even the more legit sites, post scores that just don't match what they wrote, either too high of a score and quite often too low.

But there is the other problem: after major releases, a lot of reviews that trickle out months after the release, will sometimes go out of their way to go against the grain of the major reviews. Super hyped and high scores? Late reviews bash it. Super low scores at release? Wow super fanboy praise!

This, of course, isn't the standard, but is kind of a general thing, many don't follow that methodology though.

And the major magazines and websites tend to always get the major release press kits, regardless of their history of review scores.

 

[brxndxn]

Thread hijack attempt:

WHY THE FUCK SHOULD BRASS KNUCKLES BE ILLEGAL IN ANY STATE?!



that package looks sweet, though