What better way is there to spend a slow news Friday than to bring you fun and quirky stories from the world of videogame lore? Case in point: our video director R3y headed out to Wal-Mart last night at midnight to pick up his copy of Madden NFL 10. When he got to the register, he was informed that his purchase also came with one of three free items: Gillette shaving cream or deodorant (or deo-bro-dorant, as Topher calls it) or little Xbox 360 stickers that you stick under your eyes that replace those black smears you see real pros sporting. How manly!
R3y figured there was nothing better than improving your personal scent while on the go, so he went for the travel deodorant. We had a laugh about it when he arrived at work today. You guys ever get any weird of interesting promo items like this for buying a game?
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1:00 PM on 08.14.2009
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But seriously, that is the dumbest promotion ever.
Oh, no, wait. Gamestop bundling a rubber ducky with a Wii was.
But this is close.
... but a man always needs deodorant. Hmmm....
But about the promotion... that is a weird-ass promotion... I think it all goes back to that "Macho Complex" that Topher (at least, I think it was Topher (at least, I think someone was talking about it...)) was talking about.
"OH, LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR LITTLE NON FPS/SPORTS GAME!!! YOUR GAY, LOOK AT MY MANLY DEOSERANT!!"
Yeah. About that.
...
I don't think so.
It wasn't a game promo but, my brother's friend worked at the movie theater and got us in to see There's Something About Marry. After he took our tickets at the little booth he pulled two packets out of the drawer and threw them at us saying, "have fun with those." Because we were about to see the movie, i didn't see anything odd about Something About Marry hair-gel packets, but afterward i realized how wrong it was that they said "hand made by the Farrelly brothers."
Yeah, why does R3y look hella younger there?!
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