<![CDATA[Kotaku: Publicity]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Publicity]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/publicity http://kotaku.com/tag/publicity <![CDATA[ Carmen Electra Hosts Guitar Hero Parties Without You ]]> Guess who's playing Guitar Hero III instead of you? Carmen Electra, that's who. The Beverly Hills-based model, actress, author, Def Jam: Fight for New York character, singer and one-time boner source has added Guitar Hero Party Hostess to her curriculum vitae, rocking out against various Dallas Cowboys team members, specifically Tony Romo, over Xbox Live.

That's someone named Chris Balish in the pic above, not, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who happens to be on the receiving end of a Guitar Hero thrashing from Carmen, warranting some victorious knucks, apparently. Funny, one of these private parties seems to be occurring mere miles from my house, yet I've seen not a single e-mail invite from Ms. Electra in my work inbox. Does that seem strange to anyone else?

If you'd like to see a photograph of Carmen humping a Guitar Hero III controller, it's right after the jump.

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And, just for proof, here's Tony Romo and his teammates, hopefully standing in front of at least two televisions with playable copies of Guitar Hero III. Notice that again that I am not in this pic. What gives?

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Regardless of being shut out from fun video game parties with actresses and professional football players, I'm still taking great comfort that our nation's celebrities have early access to the best video games.

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Kotaku-314325 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:00:00 MDT Michael McWhertor http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=314325&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ E3's Random Half-Naked Woman: The Video ]]>

Remember this Wonder Woman? She was tossed out of E3 for wearing bikini briefs. She claimed she was wearing proper shorts, and who's to argue with Wonder Woman? Apparently, Staples Center security as the lass was promptly thrown out on her bottom.

At the time, we thought she was just some random crazy. She's not, apparently. Crecente chatted her up the Sony party and got her side of the story. Then just out of the blue, we got an email from a friend of Wonder's that points us to a video of the incident. Hit the jump for the email, along with the clip.

Her name is Kasey Poteet. She is a friend of mine. If you want the whole story on why she was dressed up like that, check out her myspace, http://www.myspace.com/kaseykicksass, or watch her show, geek rock on musicplustv.com at 10:00 pm mon-thurs. im sending you this because i cant comment and i wanted to lay to rest the people calling her an attention whore, etc3

Hmm...

Her MySpace page features posts on Mister T, Chuck Norris, Halo 2 and images of her tush. These are complemented with Kasey ranting on why people misjudge her and images of shirtless dudes posting comments on her site. Don't be quick to judge. Like us, Kasey was at E3 to cover the event. (Our asses, of course, were covered, while Kasey's wasn't.) Here is her side of the story in movie pictures, complete with E3 security and the LAPD:

Look closely when watching the vid. You can see one of our E3 reporters in the background and what looks like Crecente rolling up at the very end.

Random Half-Naked Woman Getting Tossed Out of E3 [Kotaku]

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Kotaku-177576 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:22:17 MDT Brian Ashcraft http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=177576&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Xbox 360 Celebs Hurt More Than They Helped ]]> hilton.jpg

An exec for Virgin Megastores USA says that Microsoft's dropped the ball when they decided to hand out Xbox 360s to a bunch of celebrities who will never play them when the company's hardcore fanbase was going without because of stock shortages.

The backlash from gamers unable to get hardware has started, mainly due to the continuing images of celebrity gamers like Paris Hilton being given Xbox 360s while there is a distinct shortage available to buy.

Personally I would query the strategy of the worldwide launch: the world didn't ask for it, nor expected it and as such Microsoft gave themselves a huge task. If they are able to meet demand by Christmas they will have pulled off a feat no other format holder has ever managed.

I couldn't agree more. Trite photos of Paris Hilton fondling your product for pay are great when there's no demand, but not so nice when gamers can't get what they want.

Time Celeb 'Gamers' Were Forced to Wait [Next-Gen]

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Kotaku-140944 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:00:43 MST Brian Crecente http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=140944&view=rss&microfeed=true