How far should game characters go to advertise

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/heyl/s_24…

ummm.. does that mean some photoshop artist is going to paint them or they are going to get stand-ins? [?]

Seems kind of ridiculous but any publicity is good publicity, I guess.

ok um that is a good point

aahhhhhh!!! great im goin insane (thanks alot) :P

I guess someone will eventually post an answer id most probably guess a photoshop creation

I guess ur sorta right any publicity helps but only if it wont be helping the side trying to sensor games.

lol that just seems obsured, i mean i wonder how the poor guy making the bloodrayne model feels, i know id sure feel like a damn twit. The stats from the article rahnem posted do show reason enough for it to happen, itd be damn good advertising.

theyll probably all have to make nude cheats for their next games now -_-

yea you'd have to have no shame to be doing this to a game character he must be gettin paid well

Im guessing the company's profits will jump up a few notches after this stunt especialy with bloodrayne 2 being released in october aswell.

saw ur stuff on deviant moonunit, kool stuffs

wat a coincidence october is also when the next mortal kombat game is being released

quote:Originally posted by racrevel

saw ur stuff on deviant moonunit, kool stuffs

ta, but i hardly update that thing anymore.
coincidence, no i dont think so ;) (yes i know you konw that)

The Uncanny Valley!

Stumbling around a fair few 3d forums over the years, I've seen quite a lot of nude female models, and none of them are really "quite right". Some of the best attempts (Steven Stahlberg created the first 3d model model to advertise/wear fashion labels, or the models created by [url="http://www.3dyanimacion.com/entrevistas/entrevistas.cfm?link=fcortinaeng"]Francisco Cortina[/url] (Final Fantasy, Animatrix)) are nice, but they're easily noticable as CG characters.

I think the idea of having CG game characters as playboy models is pretty strange. No attempts so far are anywhere close to the real thing, and with a magazine full of real females, the CG attempts are just going to end up looking quite odd.

I remember stumbling on some website which I actually still have bookmarked. "Miss Digital World is the first ever virtual beauty contest".. http://www.missdigitalworld.com/ . Oh man, is that a freak show. The Uncanny Valley article rings so true when you visit that site.

sad, oh so very sad...

Is there going to be a corresponding nude Mario in Playgirl?
I think it would work, since he looks like a 70s porn star already ;)
'Zis is why zey call me SUPER Mario'

That is getting a little too ridiculous! (>_<)

quote:Is there going to be a corresponding nude Mario in Playgirl?
I think it would work, since he looks like a 70s porn star already ;)
'Zis is why zey call me SUPER Mario'
hahahahaha, that's awsome

ba ha ha 10 points for cube

Yeah, I'm sure the ladies would appreciate a rendered version of a hairy overweight Italian plumber. [:p]