Not All GTA IV Branding Is Fake - Kotaku Comments

Not All GTA IV Branding Is Fake

Billkwando — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:33:03 MDT

@j.howlett: Oh ok, so I did assume correctly.

Excellent.

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Not_Matt — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:17:41 MDT

Isn't LRG's 'Dead Serious' hoodie (red skeleton hoodie) also featured legitimately? Thought that as soon as I saw it in game

Not_Matt

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kahjah — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:15:22 MDT

Rockstar is the only company to get Jamaican accents right, I give them massive props for that. As a NYer I salute you.

kahjah

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elronathon — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:30:02 MDT

@Thorax: absoutely not, marketing is at its strongest when its covert. Association and gentle encouragement are far more potent than "**** is the best **** since ****"

man I need to buy me some ****

elronathon

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j.howlett — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:13:36 MDT

@ Billkwando: he's a graffiti artist who became famous the he made clothes, and he has a magazine. and i believe he has some type of game studio.

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TRT-X — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:07:40 MDT

Wait...there's Jamaican gangster's in this game?

Awwww SPOILERS! you guy!

TRT-X

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Salen — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:30:01 MDT

Woah, in-game advertising that doesn't beat you over the head with a baseball bat and rob you as you stand outside an ATM and then having your body run over repeatedly by it till the ambulance shows up, and then the advertising runs over them too.

In other words, cool.

Salen

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Billkwando — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:19:44 MDT

@mr_dimsum: For the longest time, I assumed that Ecko was some kind of famous tagger like Cool "Disco" Dan.

Nothing else made logical sense, looking at the game's title. Now I know better.

Billkwando

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SundaySunday — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:12:52 MDT

I can attest to in-game marketing that works. I've "discovered" more than one musical artist/group in my collection through their music credit in a videogame. The first group was Chevelle, who I absolutely love. I first heard them while playing Road Rash Jailbreak on my PS1.

The funniest videogame connection came when attending a concert where the Ravonettes were the opening act. I hadn't heard of them before and suddenly I'm hearing a familiar tune live and in concert. Then it dawns on me where I'd heard it: an EA Sports FIFA Soccer menu music. And yes, I ended up buying that CD also.

SundaySunday

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Pinhead — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:50:00 MDT

@mast3r_blast3r: This is gospel.

Pinhead

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DigiMish — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:22:39 MDT

It's not just me who turns the subtitles on for the Jamaican guys, is it?

DigiMish

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Frank — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:10:18 MDT

Not all GTA IV branding is fake.

Most of them like using sexual entendre though.

Frank

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mindscienceofthemind — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:26:29 MDT

@mr_dimsum: What? Blatant advertising? Mark Ecko WROTE that game when he was millions in debt.

mindscienceofthemind

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goodbadorugly — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:02:31 MDT

@biznatch: I know what you're thinking: Best name for a character ever?

goodbadorugly

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Xerxes 8933A — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:01:05 MDT

I don't think anyone fully understands Badman, I just take everything he says as Kill, Steal, Kill. Hell, can pretty much do the same for everyone in the game.

Xerxes 8933A

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ArmyofJuan — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:00:13 MDT

Jamaican me crazy.

There. Done.

I too thought Little J and Badmans clothes were way to awsome to be not real.

i also wish ic ould re-watch the cutcenes starring little j and badman so i can write down what they say and take notes.

ArmyofJuan

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biznatch — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:51:53 MDT

Let me get something straight: There's a character actually named "Real" ..."Badman" ????!!

biznatch

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iamcool388 — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:49:07 MDT

I had to turn on the subtitles because of Little Jacob. What him and badman say are incomprehensible to me.

Also, did anyone else think that the whole conversation they had before the mission was the absolute best mission introduction in the game. I wish there was a way I could play that mission again... Absolute comedic gold. I sat there with my mouth open throughout the whole scene.

Ok, back to GTA... I keep failing the last mission, I'm getting pissed now. Once thats done... the satisfaction of completing a game will be mine!!!

iamcool388

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lordargent — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:45:29 MDT

Trowble: Many of the West Indies islands were colonized by the English.

And the dutch, Lord'a'mercy.

/originally from St Thomas. USVI

lordargent

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Luke Plunkett — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:44:06 MDT

@Bluecell: Yeah, I left that off. Kinda ruins it.

Luke Plunkett

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Bluecell — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:42:38 MDT

@Trowble (XBL/PSN): I don't mean the Rasta, I mean the actual foreign languages. Like when Niko and others speak Serbian / Bosnian, the subtitles are in English.

Try it.

Bluecell

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:24:45 MDT

@Bluecell: It's not really a foreign language. It's kind of like a different dialect, like Mandarin is to Canton, as Broken English is to Rasta/Patua. Many of the West Indies islands were colonized by the English.

@t0yrobo: @Thorax: Not really if it's viral marketing at work. All you need is a good eye and a cohesive enough mind to remember where you saw it from. It would help, but branding wouldn't need to play a role.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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Thorax — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:22:33 MDT

@Luke Plunkett: Well I'll definitely give them points for subtlety. I also love that they stuck with the good old Burger Shot instead of sticking a few Arby's in the game.

Thorax

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Luke Plunkett — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:18:33 MDT

@Thorax: I'm sure streetwear fashionistas can tell. Which is why its interesting(and kinda new) that of all the real copanies R* could have featured, they chose this one.

Luke Plunkett

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Thorax — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:15:41 MDT

Don't you have to able to tell it's advertising for it to work?

Thorax

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Erwin — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:04:57 MDT

Real Badman is cool, but Little Jacob is great. Unlike Roman, he's even actually enjoyable to play the minigames with and his special ability is invaluable.
@Bluecell: Excuse me ma'am, I speak jive.

Erwin

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t0yrobo — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:03:14 MDT

It's not very useful if no one knows that they're real clothes.

t0yrobo

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Saint Anima — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:21 MDT

It's so sad when I look at my PSN friend list and I'm the ONLY ONE not playing GTA4. Makes me a sad Anima.

-_-

Soon enough, soon enough.

I like that vest by the way. Stylish.

Saint Anima

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feiz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:54:23 MDT

I knew Real Badman's awesome Jamaica pattern vest was too cool not be real! This explains it.

feiz

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:52:30 MDT

Viral marketing at it's finest.

Step 1 - Person sees clothing in game, thinks nothing:

Step 2- Person sees clothing in store, thinks, "Looks just like the shirt in GTA IV, looks good." Makes purchase.

Step 3 - Shows and/or tells friends, "I just bought a cool shirt that looks like the one Little Jacob wears in GTA IV. The game says nothing about it coming from RockersNYC, but it looks just like it."

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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Bishmon — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:52:04 MDT

RockersNYC drussd dem careters inja gum, mon? Thabbe purree coo, magess. I juswish I cu undastad 'em, mon, jano?

Bishmon

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mast3r_blast3r — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:23 MDT

Wat fi you meen you no wat I and I be sayin bloodclot?

mast3r_blast3r

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Bluecell — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:12 MDT

@Bluejuan85: I had so much trouble understanding Little J and Badman I had to put the subtitles on, too. And it's still hard to understand them with all the "I an' I" "seen?" "blood clot breda". They just talk too fast.

An unexpected advantage I found to the subtitles though, they display in English what the characters say in foreign languages.

Bluecell

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mr_dimsum — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:49:59 MDT

I'm mighty impressed. It's about time somebody does this asides from the blatant advertising in "Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure"..

mr_dimsum

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xXFallenXx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:45:12 MDT

Awesome!!! ....i guess.
Who really cares?

xXFallenXx

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Bluejuan85 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:41:48 MDT

Cool. but u know I seem to have trouble understanding what Real Badman is saying at times heck even in subtitles as well.

Bluejuan85

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mast3r_blast3r — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:35:23 MDT

this game kicks all types of ass.

mast3r_blast3r