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Friday, January 8, 2010

Games Show Us on the Doll Where the Bad XBox Touched You

Posted by The Stranger Testing Department on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Nerd chic alert: Strap yourself into the Immerz KOR-fx ~~sex harness~~ multimedia enhancer and let on-screen aliens and Nazis stroke your rad pecs before you blow them away. Your body will crumple with delight under the force of "entirely new acousto-haptic technology," if you're anything like the gamers whose O-faces light up the second half of this insane promo clip:

Low-frequency sound has some interesting effects on our weak, fleshy bodies, so this might actually be good for more than a laugh or a slow defib. It costs a little under $200, so it's hardly an impulse buy for most of us, but if it can erogenize the gaming experience (or even just inject a little induced mysticism), we're all for it. If we get our hands on a sterile set for review, we'll write it up. Eventually.

The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.

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Like this. Hope to play someday (can you say, "if i ever be so fortunately simulated in the slippers of a cerebral palsy woman, stunted and twisted limbs, state of the art wheelchair, somehow exchanging cash at the fast food sushi bar"). I sim-empathpatholgizeize with the second interviewee, timecode 1:12

Posted by dnt trust me on January 8, 2010 at 9:23 AM

Heh... Not ONE female testimonial?

Have these people never sold video games before? Do they have any idea about what attracts their target audience?

They need to reshoot this promo with Tila Tequila or Megan Fox and maybe spray them with Red Bull while they're playing in bikini tops.

Real missed opportunity for advertising/promotion.

Posted by Ackham on January 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM

Three thoughts:

-- I don't know if I'm willing to pay $200 for a subwoofer to strap to my chest.
-- How many games support this device? Is it merely dependent on in-game sound levels?
-- Those are some of the crappiest-looking graphics I've seen since 2002. If they wanted to impress gamers, they should have spent a bit more on the wow factor.

Posted by alejo699 on January 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM