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The Top 7... PR disasters

We chronicle the embarrassments that the industry would rather you forgot

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US
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6. Uwe Boll

Yes, Uwe Boll. Not his career as a director of schlocky game-to-movie adaptations, not one of his films, but the man himself. We'll let him explain in his own words, which we've taken out of context because we're horrible bastards:

"We had so much backlash before (BloodRayne) came out - on IMDB, the movie was already rated by 800 people with 0 or 1 points, before they'd even seen it. And this really pissed me off - everything that 'Boll' was doing must be bad." - The Guardian , Feb. 24, 2007

"I think I made a perfect House of the Dead movie, because it really shows how the game is. It's a lot of fun, it's over-the-top action." - Eurogamer , Feb. 15, 2006

 Above: 'See what happens when they take a blow to the head? They like my movies.' - Golden Palace Events, Sept. 25, 2006

"i didnt helped (BloodRayne star Kristanna Loken) - i throwed [sic] her in her first scene in a situation where a guy wants to rape" - 1Up, Jan. 8, 2006

"They were better than actors. We looked for local Romanian actresses, but there they are all from the theater and act very broadly. For 150 euros apiece, the whores would be naked and do as they were told. It was better." - Ain't It Cool News, Oct. 24, 2005

"My favorite TV moment was the September 11 attack." - IGN, June 15, 2006

"After Far Cry, maybe I'll go away from videogame-based movies. And everybody can be really happy about it." - Eurogamer, Feb. 15, 2006

"What the hell is a GamesRadar?" - His immediate reaction after he hears about this article


 
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Smeggs  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I was waiting for the retard in the video to say "Fo-shizzle my N******"...it wouldn't have been to surprising, that ad was already borderline racist and he was humping a ladder with a santa hat that looked like a sex toy.
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key0blade  - 1 year 2 months ago 
"Yo dogg! Ya heard? Conglomex-brand Corn Snax be tha bomb-diggety, yo! Y'all can just taste the bio-enhanced Cruntulum-60™ flavor colonies in every crunchy bite. Word... izzle."

Hilarious
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RandyChimp  - 1 year 2 months ago 
this isnt really fair, i agree with the other things, but whats games radars problem with ps3? its doin okay now, ive owned it since the UK launch (which sucked, yes!) but all these other things are still crap. PS3 is advancing.
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Y2Ken  - 1 year 21 days ago 
But in fairness, this was about PR disasters, and around that time, Sony was making quite a mess of things. Especially seeing as the technology they had was actually pretty darn good.

The launch was a PR disaster. Since then, it's been constantly improving, and IMO it is the superior console. Sony just didn't put it across properly.

And they're more than making up for it now. Oh, and just to clarify, I'm very much a PS3 gamer.
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oryandymackie  - 1 year 19 days ago 
Hey Kids! Do you want to be a spiky blonde prisoner dancing about the joys of PSP on a VGA camera? AND IT'S POSTED ON......YOUTUBE!
Yo mon, dat PSP's got next-gen graphics! DA BOMB!
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MyGameName  - 11 months 22 days ago 
The PS3 was named the BEST BluRay player on the market. For the amount of money it costs, it better be!
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Cwf2008  - 11 months 22 days ago 
"My favorite TV moment was the September 11 attack." - IGN, June 15, 2006

Was that supposed to be funny?

"What the hell is a GamesRadar?" - His immediate reaction after he hears about this article

Sounds like China's reaction to Mitt Romney when he disapproved of China's decision to refuse a visa to that one Olympic athelete guy
Mitt Romney: That was a bad thing to do.
China: "What's a Mitt Romney?"
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Thequestion 121  - 11 months 21 days ago 
Oh man, those were disasters. I didn't fully realize that the PS3 launch went so horribly wrong.
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spacecase610  - 11 months 20 days ago 
Sony's problems seemed to start with one thing. They built the PS3 thinking their competition was CRAY, not Microsoft. This would explain the price (600$ is close to illegally cheap for a supercomputer), and the games (Deep Blue playing chess aside, you dont use supercomputers to play games).
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tofu294  - 11 months 2 days ago 
all I want for christmas is a set of ear-plugs so I don't have to hear his song!
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musashi1596  - 10 months 9 days ago 
It's a bit unfair to take such a dig at sony when you consider the way they apologised for the delayed launch.
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SuperBadnik  - 9 months 13 days ago 
I think because the PS2 was a success Sony just assumed everyone would mindlessly buy PS3s. Not me though, 360 has nicer graphics, nicer games and the Wii offers a whole new experience. 360 & Wii all the way!
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Trakx  - 8 months 26 days ago 
*sarcasm* That's EXACTLY what they need in games - more warning labels! *sarcasm*

Ironically, it's the parents who don't read the labels who find themselves upset when their child plays something they disapprove of. But they don't discover this on their own, but rather when the topic comes up as gossip at work or with their friends - and then they check if their little Tommy (who is probably in his teens) has the game, and *GASP* he does! Enlist in the angry mob and get your choice of free pitchfork or torch! Weeeeee!
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ajcull  - 8 months 7 days ago 
trakx is totally right, and ps3'S got nothing on the 360
go 360!!
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044magnumx  - 8 months 6 days ago 
i hate hackers
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killemall  - 8 months 4 days ago 
AAaaa, poor sony...you got pwnd.
I also weep for Daikatana, why did you remind me?
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penguinsrule3  - 7 months 28 days ago 
don't trash on the ps3 so hard, i mean what is microsoft doing about the red ring of death? and wtf was up with nintendo basically abandoning its hardcore fans? sony may have screwed up, but so did everyone else.
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RavingRudeboy  - 5 months 6 days ago 
penguinsrule3

in case u didnt notice this was written over 2 years ago when the ps3 was a joke

since then its managed to salvage some of its credibilty... only some of it though :D
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RickyV300  - 4 months 22 days ago 
ps3 is indeed the lowest bought system but by far the most powerful
the 360's bland color pallet and ugly problems make it look horrible

really? u bump your 360 when your saving a 100% complete gta 4 and you get scratch ring AND loos of data AND you have to buy the game AGAIN

ps3 is better by far the graphics pwn 360 in the ass
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FETALJUICE  - 4 months 4 days ago 
I find it hilarious that Daikitana failed epically to the point where Romero is non-exisistant in the video game world anymore. John Romero had to have seen it coming with all of that overhype and arrogance that he would "make you his bitch". He got what he deserved; a healthy dose of reality. Seriously, who in their right mind would tell their own consumers you would make them their bitch? LOL
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