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    Image of Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.
    08/09/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    At least they didn't send him a piece of amber, a drill and the keys to a genetics lab.
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    OW-Holmes:Enemy of R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. was starred Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/09/09

    @Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.:I bring the scientist, you bring the rockstar.
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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    And all this time, I thought that the rock were so you can all collectively stone Cammie Dunaway, like a pillar at Mecca!
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    Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was starred Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was unstarred
    Image of 716 716
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?

    Spectrobes did something similar when they were sending copies to press, if I remember correctly. I particularly enjoyed the way one IGN editor dealt with it (seen above).

    (Edit: I guess gifs don't animate in the comments section. Click the pic above for full enjoyment.)
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    Edited by 716 at 08/07/09 3:21 PM 716 was starred 716 was unstarred
    Image of Karlott Karlott
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    I'd probably have just kept the rock. THat's going to be worth a ton of cash in about 20 years.
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    Nintendo is trying to move in on Spectrobes' territory, I see. The games are pretty much identical (find fossils, resurrect them, pit them against one another), and Spectrobes has actually been rather successful for Disney Interactive.

    Cool promotion, nonetheless.
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    Edited by GohanGVO at 08/07/09 1:40 PM GohanGVO was starred GohanGVO was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    "I became a VideoGame Blog Editor and all I got was this lousy rock"
    Though I may have now found a great way of wrapping Xmas gifts.
    p.s you really wanted to be doing the hammering didn't you, that brush did nothing!
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    Image of (Zombie) Jölan (Zombie) Jölan
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    So that's how Red got the hammer for Andy...
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    Image of the-hypnotoad the-hypnotoad
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    For anyone that's a parent, they will recognize the way Fossil Fighters was packaged was just about equally tough to open as most other kids toys these days.
    Some of these toys have that murderously sharp clamshell plastic, then they are bolted to the cardboard inner shell with real screws and/or 6-8 twist ties.
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    Image of Jbourne37 Jbourne37
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    Let's see the church explain THAT!
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    Image of Grand_Marquis Grand_Marquis
    08/07/09

    @Jbourne37: Are you kidding?! It's a videogame embedded in a rock! Yet MORE evidence that fossils were put in the ground by Satan!
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    Image of Advent Chaos Loves You Advent Chaos Loves You
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    Daymn! Those are some Mad Brushing skills right there Mr.Crecente! And Tristan will be in the future "Wrecking Crew 2" for the Wii as the main character =D
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    Image of depward depward
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    Sure it's cute and nice to share for video game bloggers, but why do companies waste money on this sort of thing?
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    Image of Dreamwriter Dreamwriter
    08/07/09

    @depward: It makes the blogger take notice. Note, Nintendo didn't only get an article about this game, they got a whole video. That's pretty cheap advertising really.
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    Image of YukiSeta YukiSeta
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    I got Pokemon
    I got Mario
    I got a rock.....or did I
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment YukiSeta was starred YukiSeta was unstarred
    Image of trustter trustter
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    Let's keep using all the planet resources to make little kids happy with their hammers.
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment trustter was starred trustter was unstarred
    Image of iRaybot iRaybot
    08/07/09

    @trustter: Like the electricity powering your computer as you typed out that message? Yeah!
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Shawnrw222 approved this comment iRaybot was starred iRaybot was unstarred
    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    08/07/09

    @trustter: Holy fuck, there's a shortage on rocks now??! I'd better start scavenging!
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    Image of Vrank92 Vrank92
    08/07/09

    @Showmeyomoves!: Yeah, I had no idea there was a shortage of plaster of paris... someone should notify the pentagon STAT!
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    Image of trustter trustter
    08/07/09

    @iRaybot: Yes, just like that.
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    They need to start packaging all games in rocks... After all what could possibly go wrong?
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    08/07/09

    @-Skyline-: *Bubsy flashback*

    AAARRGHHGHGH... THE UNFULFIlLMENT..SHODDY LEVELDESIGN AAAHHH...

    *vacant eyes*
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    Image of Super_fly Super_fly
    08/07/09

    In reply to Why Did Nintendo Send Me A Rock In The Mail?
    I'd buy the game if it came with a rock hammer and brush. I could Re-enact the escape scene in shawshank
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    Showmeyomoves! promoted this comment Super_fly was starred Super_fly was unstarred
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