Interview Why Marilyn Manson Worked for BioWare

[Arcanoix]

I think it probably expanded the audience a little bit into people -- it's one of the hits of thee fall, and it's one of the big games -- and they're like, "Okay, well, it looks action-y enough that I'm interested in it," and I think that was actually the reason that it worked.

That potential new audience, those are the people especially that need the extra hand-holding.

GZ: Yeah. I definitely agree.

Sometimes I feel like the whole modern gaming industry is just a dream, a very ridiculous and overdone nightmare, too silly and retarded to actually be true, and I might wake up from it at any moment to see Troika games alive and successful, Garriott making single player RPGs again, Total War being polished and having good AI instead of trying to make money by silly DLC (the whole idea of DLC is fucking ridiculous in 90% of cases)... but it won't happen because all this shit is actually real.

What the fuck happened to humanity

JarlFrank4WorldDictator

I feel pretty certain that the Bioware doctors were secretly very pissed about the EA campaign.

Inon Zur was. He was asked in a podcasting interview awhile back about what he thought about the music in the commercials versus the game, and he didn't sound like he was happy that some EA marketing drone pushed the "OMG metal!" approach. He was polite about it, but you could tell that he thought it was a dumbfuck idea.

If you think Marilyn Manson is true metal, you're a fucking retard. In my opinion, EA should have gone with Manowar.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws--VxdEtXA

 

[JarlFrank]

If you think Marilyn Manson is true metal, you're a fucking retard. In my opinion, EA should have gone with Manowar.

Other games are played, Dragon Age...?

But nah, ManOwaR aren't DARK AND EDGY (read: less mainstream appeal and "bad guy"-image than Manson) enough for EA.

 

[TheCowburner]

If you think Marilyn Manson plays metal, you're a fucking retard.

Fixed

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

If you think Marilyn Manson is true metal, you're a fucking retard. In my opinion, EA should have gone with Manowar.

Other games are played, Dragon Age...?

But nah, ManOwaR aren't DARK AND EDGY (read: less mainstream appeal and "bad guy"-image than Manson) enough for EA.

Dragon Age doesn't have enough rape to be promoted by ManOwaR .

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Two pages until "my music taste is better than yours".

Nice! I was expecting it by third post, really.

 

[Darth Roxor]

If you think Marilyn Manson is true metal, you're a fucking retard. In my opinion, EA should have gone with Manowar.

Other games are played, Dragon Age...?

But nah, ManOwaR aren't DARK AND EDGY (read: less mainstream appeal and "bad guy"-image than Manson) enough for EA.

Dragon Age doesn't have enough rape to be promoted by ManOwaR .

It does have enough faggotry, though.

 

[JarlFrank]

If I wanted to be really trve and hardkore I'd hire Burzum.

Or make a WW2 game and hire Hanzel und Gretyl.

 

[Micmu]

If I wanted to be really trve and hardkore I'd hire Burzum.

EA, Lord Of the Depths.