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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Games Make It Braaaaaaain

Posted by on Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM

If you must produce a fake-rap promotional video for your beloved video game, please follow these guidelines:

  • Substitute crazy nonverbal grunts and screams for words when possible.
  • Autotune the shit out of the few lyrics you do use.
  • Keep it short!

PopCap does it right in this bit of nonsense in support of Plants Vs. Zombies:

The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.

 

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venomlash 1
what did I just watch?
I'm sorry, but the disco dude zombie is far inferior to the Michael Jackson zombie that he replaced. I'm glad I have the early version of the game.
Posted by venomlash on September 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM
2
oh dear. the bathtub bit was, umm, disturbingly, uh, hot. Am I going to have to write Savage about this?
Posted by OldFiddler on September 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM
runswithnailclippers 3
Joaquin Phoenix was a nice touch too...
Posted by runswithnailclippers on September 18, 2011 at 4:54 PM
KittenKoder 4
Wow ... complaining about someone being weird .... sad.
Posted by KittenKoder http://digitalnoisegraffiti.com/ on September 18, 2011 at 7:54 PM
KittenKoder 5
Also, that's not autotune, that vibraphone.
Posted by KittenKoder http://digitalnoisegraffiti.com/ on September 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM
Schmapdi 6
Is this old? I hardly think they need to promote Plants vs. Zombies now - it's a widely beloved game. I got all excited thinking maybe it was for a sequel or something :(
Posted by Schmapdi on September 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM
7
@4: Who's complaining?
Posted by ridia on September 19, 2011 at 6:45 AM
KittenKoder 8
@7 The blog post seemed to be insulting the makers of it, I could be mistaken, but the "guidelines" listed seem a bit judgmental to me.
Posted by KittenKoder http://digitalnoisegraffiti.com/ on September 19, 2011 at 6:56 AM

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