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General discussion (archive)Dante's Inferno PR Goes Too Far(107 posts)(107 posts)
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Posted July 26, 2009
Nah Flowers For Jack was a far better idea, it was a genuine and respectful gesture with a request for intelligent discourse and it showed him to be the arsehole he really was.
Post edited July 26, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Posted July 26, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Nah Flowers For Jack was a far better idea, it was a genuine and respectful gesture with a request for intelligent discourse and it showed him to be the arsehole he really was.

I want to give him something like a flower, only the thorns are very poisonous....I can buy one via my dad's nursery order forms next paycheck. MWUHAHAAHAHAHAHA!
Posted July 27, 2009
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Mentalepsy: Yeah. I haven't really paid any attention to this game, so I don't really know how they're trying to paint it. There's nothing really wrong with twisting an older tale in a new direction, even twisting "high art" to "low art," but playing it off as faithful to the original when it's clearly not is a different matter.
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drmlessgames: I have to agree with this. As someone who read the first of the 3 verses, the inferno part of the divine comedy, and im not by any means an expert, I dont understand where from EA is slapping the work of Dante into this. Someone mentioned Ocean eleven, but this isnt some novel that came out in the usa in the last 3 decades, this is a timeless classic. It's like someone would try to make an action/driving game out of the Cid. In the verses, the main character who is not Dante himself at all, is only taking some sort of tour through the christian hell, with his companion Virgil, a historical figure. He doesnt go around fighting hoards of demons and executing these awesome finishing moves on his way to save his beloved princess. He only takes the tour, because he lost his way in life, not because he wants the woman he loves back. Everything about this game is completely made up. Its not the case of taking "creative licenses" or being a "loose adaptation", its just something completely unrelated and different. They should have just put Gears of the Gods' War as a title instead.

It sounds similar to a freeware game that was based of of some actual mythology about a man who goes to hell to take back his wife. Hades makes deal with him but says that if he looks back she will disappear. He makes it to the entrance and looks back to see if she was actually their. She was still in hell so she disappeared.
Posted July 27, 2009
mm booty
Posted July 27, 2009
Even the Costumed Booth Rep Babe Technicians are pissed at this bullshit promotion
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/07/booth-babe-hauls-off-on-dantes-fiasco/
Posted July 27, 2009
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Aliasalpha: Even the Costumed Booth Rep Babe Technicians are pissed at this bullshit promotion
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/07/booth-babe-hauls-off-on-dantes-fiasco/

I'm surprised that these men think that just because she looks hot, They can sexually harass and stalk. That kind of behavior is inappropriate anywhere, including strip clubs. They are people to and the have feelings and deserve respect. This kind of behavior sets a bad example about gamers to the general public.
Posted July 27, 2009
It's just men being men. Nothing to see here.
Posted July 27, 2009
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Gragt: It's just men being men. Nothing to see here.

I'm a man, I can't help it!
Posted July 27, 2009
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Gragt: It's just men being men. Nothing to see here.
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Andy_Panthro: I'm a man, I can't help it!

I'm a man I can't help it= Weakling
I guess they never heard of masturbation.
Posted July 27, 2009
EA has clarified the situation.
Posted July 28, 2009
I posted that a few pages back. It was really moving the sheer level of remorse they showed. I think they've learned their lesson.
Posted July 28, 2009
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Aliasalpha: I posted that a few pages back. It was really moving the sheer level of remorse they showed. I think they've learned their lesson.

Ooh, sorry, didn't see..
Hmm. Remorse? I didnt see it that way, I thought they were just clarifying their perception on the situation.
Posted July 28, 2009
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde
Posted July 28, 2009
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JudasIscariot: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde

Or to use the modern equivelent
"Look at my tits! Woooooo I'm SOOOOOOOOO wasted!" - Paris Hilton
Posted July 28, 2009
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JudasIscariot: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." - Oscar Wilde
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Aliasalpha: Or to use the modern equivelent
"Look at my tits! Woooooo I'm SOOOOOOOOO wasted!" - Paris Hilton

"OMG!!! I R in JAIL!!" - Paris Hilton
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