I_smell Posted February 23, 2012 First off: Half the reason I wanted to make this thread is that I just clicked Play on the Kickstarter video, and OH MY GOD, THAT ONE IS CHRIS?? AND THAT ONE IS FAMOUS? I've bin a fan since episode 5 and just now accidentally saw these guys on video. Turns out I guessed completely wrong who is who, on everyone. Anyway- maybe it's just me, but every once in a while whenever something ridiculous happens in the industry, it makes me think "oh man, these video games", or sometimes "I can't believe this even happened", as if the spirit of Idle Thumbs lived on in the fact that we are all walking caricature jokes of ourselves. Similar to the moment you find out how to ruin Heavy Rain for yourself by sliding in and out of a car for 5 minutes, what was a moment, to you, that felt like something Idle Thumbs had made up? Here's mine, as examples: Bobby Kotick stars in a movie alongside Brad Pitt, and then runs Coca-Cola. Battleship The Movie announced as a 2012 summer blockbuster, and then Battleship The Movie The Game announced as a first-person shooter. Bethesda taking Notch to court over causing market confusion between Scrolls and Skyrim, and then also him putting it all on the line, throwing down the gauntlet for a game of Quake 3- which the lawyers at Bethesda chose to completely ignore. and more! It can be stuff that happened in a game, it can be stuff at e3, whatever's nutty and unbelievable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted February 23, 2012 haha I tottally forgot about the foolishness that is the battleship movie. That's definitely something the thumbs crew would have though up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thompson Posted February 23, 2012 Infinity Ward imploded; guess people didn't stop doing interviews. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted February 23, 2012 Battleship The Movie announced as a 2012 summer blockbuster, and then Battleship The Movie The Game announced as a first-person shooter. :0 I completely missed that. I very much hope the climax of the game involves sinking a battleship and the arch villain… saying something about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pabosher Posted February 23, 2012 Infinity Ward imploded; guess people didn't stop doing interviews. They covered all that, I'm sure of it. Didn't they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shammack Posted February 23, 2012 They covered all that, I'm sure of it. Didn't they? I'm pretty sure that was covered in the first few minutes of The Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 3: "Your Buddy, Space Marine" or "The Capper." They started out by talking about how they weren't going to do a podcast that week, but then the most extreme two days of video game shit happened, and Jake said, "You mean like all the best games were released?" Scoops replied, "Sorry, no, it wasn't that." Jake then clarified that "Some things were released, but they were released from employment." Then they turned to Chris Remo, their resident video game journalist, to get the full scoop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 23, 2012 I would guess the Team Bondi debacle would have been covered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henroid Posted February 23, 2012 Does that promotional event in San Francisco where balloons were launched and subsequently fell into the bay, leaving it super dirty, count? I think this was a THQ thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted February 23, 2012 I believe that was a promotional thing for Homefront. I don't think it really worked out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_smell Posted February 23, 2012 Does that promotional event in San Francisco where balloons were launched and subsequently fell into the bay, leaving it super dirty, count? I think this was a THQ thing. HAhahahahaha! That's a really shitty PR stunt. It's like they bombarded 10 guys with 500 balloons saying "Homefront's coming out, guys." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted February 23, 2012 HAhahahahaha! That's a really shitty PR stunt. It's like they bombarded 10 guys with 500 balloons saying "Homefront's coming out, guys." What the fuck?? I never even heard about this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shammack Posted February 23, 2012 On a related note, there's this: As part of a new promotion for its forthcoming sci-fi role-playing game, BioWare is launching copies of Mass Effect 3 into Earth’s upper atmosphere in San Francisco on Thursday, the company said in a press release this week.http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/mass-effect-3-space-edition/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
juv3nal Posted February 23, 2012 On a related note, there's this: it's a stealth teaser for the next mass effect title, a collaboration with Valve xcs4klrjlwE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pabosher Posted February 23, 2012 On a related note, there's this: You think that's dumb? (I really, really do) Well, wait until you see this dumb shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henroid Posted February 23, 2012 It's too bad that Sony PR event for God of War in which food was served out of a gutted ram or whatever happened before Idle Thumbs' podcast form. Then again, I could mention it anyway since silly-PR is hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameDreamer Posted February 23, 2012 You think that's dumb? (I really, really do)Well, wait until you see this dumb shit. Why? Just... why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_smell Posted February 24, 2012 Reapers ARE real, there's nothing funny about that. I'm signing the petition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted February 24, 2012 why don't they spend that money on the game instead of dumb PR stunts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted February 24, 2012 I thought that they had already done that, and the papers released turned out to be incredibly boring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameDreamer Posted February 25, 2012 It turns out that whoever signed the petition was actually signing an agreement to pay $10 for day one DLC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thompson Posted February 25, 2012 Speaking of EA marketing, I received an email from EA today with the subject "BF3: Your next challenge starts now". Oh awesome, it's news on the next BF3 expansion! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forbin Posted February 25, 2012 Kotick in Moneyball and Battleship are pretty crazy, but I think the end of Portal 2 was pretty thumbs: spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_smell Posted February 25, 2012 On a related note, there's this:As part of a new promotion for its forthcoming sci-fi role-playing game, BioWare is launching copies of Mass Effect 3 into Earth’s upper atmosphere in San Francisco on Thursday, the company said in a press release this week.http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...space-edition/ This is quickly turning into a thread about bizzarre Mass Effect marketing, but now this has happened: HEROIC SPACE-DISCS GET STUCK IN TREE At time of writing, the arms race between humanity and Mass Effect 3 has escalated to high-end slingshot-level; would-be rescuers report that “a guy at Home Depot offered to make us a potato gun” if the package can't be dislodged with sling-fired marbles. Oh Mass Effect Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henroid Posted February 26, 2012 "This whole story's basically been an elaborate excuse to use that caption" It's worth it, I'll say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites