6:25 PM on 12.28.2006
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Niero
I've been looking at this thing for months. Every time I drive by it, I always wondered how that got there. The blessed terminal that bares the Rockstar Games emblem is located at the BP on 69th and Biscayne in Miami, just across from my office. Whodunnit? I have a hot lead.
I'd always suspected that it might have been put there by a fan or a paid/guerilla marketing stunt. That is, until I went to Mark Soyka's restaurant and happened to have a waiter who spotted my DS, a symbol of international gamer kinship. We were talking about Destructoid and then he shared a possible drunk & deboner direct connection:
"Did you know that the Rockstar team from Europe likes to eat here when they are in town? There was a bunch of them in here! Last time I saw them, they sat at the long table by the bar for the entire day and didn't order anything to eat, they just talked for hours and drank and drank and drank. They were funny and loud like a big family."
O RLY? They must have missed their pub away from home. It doesn't take a Carmen Sandiego expert to figure this caper out. The car wash and Sokya are just blocks away from each other ... and if they are flew in, they were probably in rental car who's gas tank needs to be replenished before returning ... good times, good times. Rockstar Leeds, you can tag up our block anytime.
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# Rockstar Leeds was previously known as Mobius Entertainment and are based in Stanningley, Leeds. They created the Grand Theft Auto Portable series.
# Rockstar Lincoln, quality assurance and localization studio, formerly Tarantula Studios.
# Rockstar London, formed in November 2005.
# Rockstar North is the best known Rockstar company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were previously known as DMA Design. They are famous for their Grand Theft Auto series.
# Rockstar San Diego was previously known as Angel Studios of Midnight Club and Red Dead Revolver fame.
# Rockstar Toronto is Take Two's in-house development team, previously known as Rockstar Canada. Their most well-known work is their adaptation of the cult classic film The Warriors.
# Rockstar Vancouver was previously known as Barking Dog Studios. They recently completed and released Bully.
# Rockstar Vienna was previously known as neo Software; closed on May 11, 2006
So, what explains what a lot now?
I believe that the Ping-Pong game was one of the few that were made in the US. Most were made somewhere in the UK, other european cities or Canada.
Rockstar Leeds didn't make Table Tennis, Rockstar San Diego did.
@People who are confused.
Read the wiki on Rockstar Games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_games
Look !
Was in Boston a while ago, this was spotted on the bridge right accross of the MIT.
Guess they saw the triforce coming...
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