Infinite Lives

• Kotaku – EA Ships Illegal Weapons To Press, Wants Them Back
  In my Del-links, I alluded to the "Brass Knuckles Debacle," which is absolutely fantastic. I actually smiled all day long because I kept thinking about it. Anyway: to promote the Godfather II game, EA shipped brass knuckles all over the USA. Whoops! They’re illegal! You know, I was once thrown out of a concert for wearing finger armor. But the lady was right! I could have really hurt somebody! I was 19.
• Infinite Lives – Fact: PR frequently mails weapons to games journalists
  I promise to not make a habit of linking to myself, but on the heels of the Brass Knuckles Debacle, it’s timely and relevant again! Last July, Scott Sharkey catalogued the promo weaponry at his office desk: among them, a bat, a horsewhip, a different kind of bat, a lead pipe, and of course, "mighty shitloads of swords from every continent and period in human history."
• The Escapist – GDC 2009: Excitebots: Trick Racing Hands-On
  My friend Emily has the most harrowing GDC anecdote, which she somehow managed to cram into just a few brief, hilarious sentences. Here they are. "’Hey little man—this station’s open!’ I am still just loving the Nintendo booth attendants, and really, I mean that—they were great. So enthusiastic! ¶ "See, it doesn’t really matter whether I am female or not when I check out videogame demos. It just matters that I pay attention and try not to crash my transforming ladybug robot car into a tree."
• Retronauts – Game Center CX Does Virtual Console
  1UP’s resident CXpert Ray Barnholt found this Retro Game Master mini-special floating around in his Japanese Wii. A must-watch for fans!
• Kotaku – Grudge Director Working on Game
  Takashi Shimizu—he of Ju-on: the Curse, Ju-on: the Curse 2, Ju-on: the Grudge, Ju-on: the Grudge 2, The Grudge, and The Grudge 2—is creating a survival horror game called "Feel." And it’s… based on The Grudge. Which is well and good, but I’d kind of like to see him make ‘Marebito’ instead, so I can battle mole people.

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