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    Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen

    New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    The mighty fell a long time ago....
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Calling it the "Wii Game" is the real problem. It's the reason Nintendo has such a poor attach rate. A lot of people (people I know, scarily enough) don't even realize it does more than Wii Sports. Wii Fit has worked toward fixing this, but there are still quite a few people out there that think the Wii is simply a box that comes with Wii Sports and plays Wii Sports exclusively.


    Hasselhoff has always came off as sort of pathetic to me, so using his "celebrity," his daughter AND his alcoholism to score a "Wii game" doesn't surprise me at all. But the guy bragging about it does come as a bit of a shock.

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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    03/11/09

    @Sloopydrew: He said in the interview that playing the celebrity card is "friggin embarrassing" for him...
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    Image of alanxu alanxu
    03/11/09

    @Sloopydrew: The Wii still has a attachment rate of more than 5 games per wii and thats better than the PS3.
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    03/11/09

    @Milkzhakes - got his tax return *seems pleased:


    That would be so awesome to take the Hoff on with the Knightrider theme. It could be a reality. Knowing Activision, they'll be announcing Guitar Hero: Television Theme Songs Edition any day now!


    @alanxu:


    That, of course, counts a controller (AKA - "Wii Play"). What is the PS3 attach rate, anyway? I own 10 games for the Wii and have MadWorld ordered. I don't even want to say how many games I have for the 360, because it's getting bloody damn ridiculous. I own 2 games for the PS3, but haven't owned a PS3 for quite a while, which would explain the shortage.

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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03/12/09

    @Sloopydrew:

    The Wii has the highest attach rate of any console out there. Don't quite know where you got your facts...
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    Image of KenseiKitsune KenseiKitsune
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Honestly?


    You're calling shame on this?


    If there was a game or system you really wanted and you could play the "I'm a celebrity" card as soon as yopu could if it meant you would get the game/system. Don't pretend you wouldn't.

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    Image of Gossy... Fortune and Glory Gossy... Fortune and Glory
    03/11/09

    @KenseiKitsune: Dude, i'd do it for everything... groceries, dvd rentals, cinema tickets hell i'd even do it taking leaflets off of guys in the street. "Gimme that coupon for a free brake check, don't you know who I am?"
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Anyone who has the audacity to make this should never ever trump the "celeb card".


    See that and gasp in horror!


    I admit he was funny in Click though.


    I assume Germans dig him because of all the war and suffering they've been through...That would've made them immune to his music.


    I kid about the German dig! god knows I don't want this thread to about nationality and whatnot. =D

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    Image of DMC-Man DMC-Man
    03/11/09

    @excaliburps: The magic cubes at around :53 is kinda weird, disturbing, and hilarious at the same time.
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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    03/11/09

    @excaliburps: Whoo, was I ever late to the punch when I posted that video above. Kudos to you, sir.
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    Image of excaliburps excaliburps
    03/11/09

    @DMC-Man: I imagine that's what the Hoff sees when he's plastered with booze.


    @Methusalah: Hilarious? Why it's the most awesome thing ever! And by awesome I mean it's something you can scare men with to turn them into dribbling idiots...=D


    @Bialia: No one's late to the punch when it comes to the Hoff! =D

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    Image of FalconPunchProof FalconPunchProof
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    ummmm

    it really isnt that hard to get a wii
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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03/12/09

    @Wiitard:

    This happened over a year ago. Does anyone read the article anymore?
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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Look at him sucking in his stomach! Heh heh.


    Wouldn't any decent store hold something for you for as little as 30 minutes? Methinks he over estimates his "influence"...

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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    03/11/09

    @Bialia: Not here, I don't think. Especially if its often sold out. I think its some kind of store policy. I mean, for the most part, the stores don't want to do it because they don't want to lose a sale just in case you didn't show up and someone else wanted it.


    Look at his deep, penetrating eyes....

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    Image of Cojo21 Cojo21
    03/11/09

    @Bialia: I thought the same thing. Way to suck it in Hassellhoff!


    I think we know what happened to his physique:

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    Image of Bialia Bialia
    03/11/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: Chain stores for you. :p


    @Cojo21: God damn it, even the thumbnail of that video is too much.


    Who among us hasn't gotten hammered and molested a cheeseburger like that? ;)


    Also, while we're at it:


    Oh, and [www.stevestenzel.com]

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    Image of Deflicted Deflicted
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    "I jumped in my car and drove over"
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    03/11/09

    @Deflicted: HAHA that was awesome. Well done, sir.
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    Image of aw3str1k3r aw3str1k3r
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Just a note to anyone who wants to bad mouth the Hoff. He's more man than you ever will be. Look at that chest hair!
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    Image of WEGGLES90 WEGGLES90
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    ...he has to play the celeb card to get a wii?


    All I'd have to do is go to walmart.


    I think rehab may help him more than a wii, as well.

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    Image of Gyaruson Gyaruson
    03/12/09

    @WEGGLES90:

    She said this was over a year ago.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    03/11/09

    In reply to Hasselhoff Uses Stardom To Score A Wii — How The Mighty Have Fallen
    Meh. IF I was Hasselhoof, I would Freakin have Knight Rider tattoed to my forehead.
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    Image of Gossy... Fortune and Glory Gossy... Fortune and Glory
    03/11/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666: or a swooshing led implant!
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    Image of Eltigro Eltigro
    01/10/09

    In reply to New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
    What about other famous cars? I wanna see the Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino and Smokey and the Bandit's Firebird.
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    Image of Bernard McGraw Bernard McGraw
    01/09/09

    In reply to New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
    I really have no interest in Burnout at all but I can't help but be constantly impressed by all the work that Criterion are putting into the DLC even after all this time. They seem like a wonderfully passionate team.
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    Image of Takara_Kitsune Takara_Kitsune
    01/09/09

    @Bernard McGraw: Well... it's probably just that racing games are not your thing, huh?


    No worries. I suppose they're not really mine, either. But I wanted to shake up my routine of RPGs, Strategy, and Adventure games, and recently picked up a few things outside of my normal realm (first of which was The Orange Box... second of which was Burnout Paradise). Now, admittedly, it was the announcement of the DLC that drew me in, I'm a sucker for DeLoreans, and since I can't afford a real one at this time, getting one in a game will do.


    But seeing the true passion of this team has been quite inspiring for me, as well. I was more than certain EA had taken to not giving half a crap on what their studios put out, and were content with releasing the same thing every year with some minor tweaks... but in many ways, I think they see they can make more money by not only doing things that make their customers happy (adding content to the existing game) but also allowing their developers to be creative. It's some fun downloadable content that I'm certain not only was fun to make, but is also going to be fun for us to play with.


    Truly and honestly, I would love to see more studios do this sort of thing, it just seems like an all-around good thing.

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    Image of Bernard McGraw Bernard McGraw
    01/10/09

    @Takara_Kitsune: That's it really, the only games that don't grab my attention/hold my interest are racing/sports titles. The only racing games I've ever really loved were Diddy Kong Racing and Ridge Racer on the PSP. I don't understand Burnout; I might just be wrong but when I've played iterations in the series, you're rewarded for racing and crashing, and I never really could grasp how it worked because the two seem to be in conflict. Just frustrated me.
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    01/09/09

    In reply to New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
    *drool*
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    Image of Acorn Pop Acorn Pop
    01/09/09

    In reply to New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
    Bah. That is not my KITT I used to love. :(
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    Image of Maxyboy13 Maxyboy13
    01/09/09

    In reply to New Burnout Legendary Cars Channel KITT, Ecto-1, And The General Lee
    I smell a lawsuit coming on especially since this is paid DLC.
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